By David Z. Morris, Fortune One of the biggest challenges of the shift to renewable energy like solar and wind is energy storage. The wind or sun don’t always generate power exactly when it’s needed, so infrastructure needs to bridge the gap. Batteries are the most frequently discussed solution, but there are other options out there, […]
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By Lake Tahoe News Trees once found at lower elevations are moving higher in an attempt to adapt to climate change. These are the findings of a study done by researchers at UC Davis. The report was published this week in the “California Fish and Game” 2016 winter issue. Signature tree species in the high […]
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By Amanda Foreman, Wall Street Journal The Big One is looking a little more likely these days. Since the California earthquake of 1857, tectonic plates along the San Andreas Fault are thought to have shifted by as much as 26 feet. Only last year, scientists raised the chances of a quake in California of magnitude […]
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By Kathryn Reed El Dorado County will have a new chief administrative officer beginning at 8am May 25. At today’s Board of Supervisors meeting Don Ashton was unanimously hired. He knows what he is getting into, the systemic dysfunction, the questionable hires from predecessors and a budget process that is a mess. The 45-year-old is […]
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The proposed hockey academy at the bottom of Old Meyers Grade will not be on the May 25 Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Governing Board agenda. A TRPA spokesman said it will be heard at a later date, but at this time that date is unknown. Lake Tahoe News on May 23 first reported that Tahoe […]
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By Melissa Gomez, Las Vegas Review-Journal On Monday, James Dorsey sat with Nevada’s attorney general in a conference room, drafting up his will. “We had a little bit of military talk ‘cause he was Navy also,” Dorsey, 74, said. “I enjoyed it.” Attorney General Adam Laxalt was at Texas Station Monday morning with about 10 […]
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By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal Nevada’s wildland firefighters are readying themselves for a treacherous fire season in months ahead. That’s because a multi-year drought interrupted by El Nino moisture created conditions that cranked up the risk of wildfire in the Sierra Nevada and Great Basin. The ramped up risk factors as well as measures fire officials […]
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By Michael Doyle, McClatchy Washington Bureau House Republicans this week are adding a controversial California water bill to an unrelated Senate energy package, opening a new front in a fight that’s already put Democrats on the defensive. The unexpected energy bill maneuver gives San Joaquin Valley lawmakers a third vehicle they might propel all the […]
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By Kathryn Reed Those tasked with keeping gritty stormwater from reaching Lake Tahoe are looking into whether the roads are actually a problem. “Pavement wear” is what Russ Wigart, with El Dorado County, called it. “We completely annihilate our roads on an annual basis,” Wigart said. “Fifteen to 25 percent of fine sediment is from […]
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The average price of gasoline has jumped by a nickel over the past two weeks to $2.32 a gallon for regular grade. Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg said Sunday that the hike is mostly due to a continuing increase in crude oil prices. The price at the pump has risen 55 cents since late February. In […]
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