By Rong-Gong Lin II and Paige St. John, Los Angeles Times California’s climate has long been dominated by cycles of intense dry conditions followed by heavy rain and snow. But never before in recorded history has the state seen such an extreme drought-to-deluge swing. Experts and state water officials say California is seeing more […]
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By Jason Blevins, Denver Post The new Aspen Skiing Co.-KSL Capital Partners alliance is buying Mammoth Mountain, June Mountain, Snow Summit and Bear Mountain, giving the nascent partnership more than 6,000 acres of Southern California ski terrain across four resorts that host more than 2 million visits a year. No price was announced, but […]
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By Alison Noon, AP Dumbfounded that Nevada law does not consider people who cart around the perpetrators of sex tourism as sex traffickers themselves, one trafficking survivor asked legislators Tuesday to extend strict penalties to the people who market and connect the illicit industry. Kimberly Mull told the Senate Judiciary Committee that first she was […]
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By Kathryn Reed Congestion on the slopes at Heavenly Mountain Resort could be lessened in the coming winters via trail widening throughout the mountain – in both states, and inside and outside the basin. The resort has plans to remove hundreds of trees in a 25.3-acre area for widening, while another 29.6 acres would be […]
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Douglas County commissioners this month said no to pot shops. The ordinance prohibits “marijuana establishment uses, including cultivation, testing, product manufacturing, distribution and retail facilities in all Douglas County zoning districts.” Even though voters in Nevada said yes to recreational marijuana, it is up to each county to set the rules. Even so, the use […]
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By Jeff Daniels, CNBC Shares of Whole Foods Market jumped nearly 10 percent on Monday after activist investor Jana Partners took a nearly 9 percent stake in the company and suggested it should consider putting itself up for sale. Jana is attempting to engage with Whole Foods CEO John Mackey, sources told CNBC, although […]
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By Brian K Sullivan, Bloomberg It’s not your imagination. The weather has been weird. So weird, in fact, it’s had an almost biblical feel: a February tornado in Massachusetts; record wildfires across the Great Plains and beyond; more snow than ever in the Sierra Nevada; and temperatures whiplashing from balmy to frigid, killing crops and coaxing flowers […]
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By Jessica Hice, Sacramento Bee A bus driver was struck and killed by a California Highway Patrol vehicle while assisting at the scene of a traffic accident near Truckee Saturday night. A CHP officer arrived at an accident site on eastbound Interstate 80 near Iceland Grade, about 5 miles east of Truckee, where a charter […]
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By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal The people who measure Sierra Nevada snow are running out of adjectives to quantify 2017’s drought-busting totals. It’s forcing them to use more creative descriptions. At one snow-measuring site in the Desolation Wilderness southwest of Lake Tahoe there’s so much snow that if it melted in place there would be […]
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A fire early Monday morning caused the roof to collapse on a home in Homewood. The occupant and dog were able to escape without injury. According to the North Tahoe Fire Protection, the fire was reported about 12:50am April 10 on Sierra Vista Avenue. “Firefighters arrived to a fully involved structure fire, with energized power […]
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