By Jim Carlton, Wall Street Journal After three years of debilitating drought, California appears headed into a second straight wet year, giving a boost to ski resorts, farms and communities that languished during the dry spell in the fiscally troubled state. Since California’s rainy season began Oct. 1, the state has received roughly double the […]
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By Kathryn Reed A C-plus – that’s the grade South Lake City employees gave their employer and overall work environment. City Manager Tony O’Rourke is not surprised by the results of the survey 92 percent of the 198 employees took in early December. Results are being disseminated to staff this week, with directors having received […]
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More records fell on Monday as the Lake Tahoe area baked under a hot sun. For the second day in a row South Lake Tahoe set a record. The high of 61 degrees Jan. 17 was three degrees hotter than the previous record set in 1961. Reno’s record high for Jan. 17 was 64 set […]
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By Amanda Gardner, U.S. News & World Report Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords continues her remarkable recovery after she was gravely wounded by an assassin’s bullet to her brain nine days ago: On Sunday, her doctors upgraded her condition from critical to serious. Giffords underwent surgery Saturday to replace a breathing tube that had been in […]
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By Rocklin & Roseville Today Retired Coast Guard officer and South Lake Tahoe attorney Matt Williams has filed the necessary papers with the Secretary of State to run for the 4th Assembly District seat recently vacated by Senator Ted Gaines. Williams, a Republican and two-time Olympic torch bearer, has pledged to cut his Assemblyman salary […]
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People were in short sleeves in much of the region Sunday and are likely to be today as well as unseasonably warm weather settles in. Record highs were recorded several places Jan. 17. In South Lake the 60-degree mark was hit, breaking the 1985 record of 55 degree. Markleeville hit 69, nine degrees warmer than […]
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By Kathryn Reed ZEPHYR COVE – Douglas County School District is moving forward with plans to sell the former Kingsbury Middle School site. Superintendent Lisa Noonan briefed the board at its meeting this month about her intention to begin tackling all the state statutes involved with selling school property as well as concerns the Tahoe […]
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By Henry Fountain, New York Times For meteorologists and climate scientists, the flooding that has affected the Australian state of Queensland has not been unexpected. It is seen as collateral damage from the current La Niña, a lowering of sea-surface temperatures in the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean. While a typical La Niña — the low-temperature […]
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By Greg Welter, Chico Enterprise Record SACRAMENTO — CalFire, the state’s firefighting agency, is facing a budget cut in excess of $30 million for fiscal year 2011-12, and will trim staffing on engines from four down to three to cover most of it. Starting in 2003, former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger issued an annual executive order […]
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By Sacramento Bee A convicted murderer of an Olivehurst man wants out from behind bars – this time legally, according to the State Board of Parole Hearings. Troy Alexander Temple, now 50, is serving 15 years to life for killing Kenneth D. Cossey, 50, of Olivehurst in 1989. He also is under a nearly 32-year […]
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