By Laura Parker, National Geographic TWISP, Wash. — The largest fire in state history swept through the eastern slopes of the Cascade Range with explosive force last summer. The Carlton Complex Fire burned more than 250,000 acres, devouring everything in its path at the hypersonic pace of 3.8 acres per second. Until then, the top […]
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The incumbents on the Tahoe Paradise Resort Improvement District board are being challenged to force an election in November. For years this parks board has been appointed by sitting members. Four of the five seats are supposed to be elected, with the fifth being appointed by the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors. The District […]
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By Samantha Ehlinger, Tribune News Service WASHINGTON — A century and a half after the war ended, Americans still fundamentally disagree about slavery’s role in the Civil War and what to teach schoolchildren about it, according to a new McClatchy-Marist Poll. Fifty-four percent of respondents think slavery was the main reason for the Civil War. […]
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By Jeff DeLong, Reno Gazette-Journal There’s El Nino, and then there’s “the blob.” Both are phenomena associated with warm water in the Pacific. Both could have some impact on the weather, including building hopes for a big winter that might help pull the West out of protracted drought. No one really knows. “This is a […]
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By Sarah Heise, KCRA-TV A solo vehicle crash in Georgetown killed a mother of two and resulted in her husband being arrested on DUI charges, according to the California Highway Patrol. The family of four from the Georgetown area was driving about 10:30 p.m. Sunday on Wentworth Springs Road, east of Quintette Court, officers said. […]
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By Kathryn Reed Four people from the Bay Area were injured in a personal watercraft accident in Zephyr Cove, with one man lucky to be alive. Antonio Villobos, 26, of San Francisco and Scott Alexander, 26, of Campbell were driving and the women – Marisa Borelli, 22, of San Francisco and Erica Sempolski, 26, of […]
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By Conor Shine, Las Vegas Sun Alcohol wholesalers play a crucial role in providing the Nevada economy with an important lubricant — and they have the political clout to match. Now, many of those same companies are angling for a piece of what could be Nevada’s next big vice — recreational marijuana. The 2016 ballot will […]
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By Javier Panzar, Los Angeles Times The Lakeview Motel’s name is false advertising these dry days. The same thing is true for the Paradise Cove Lodge down California 178. That’s because the water level in man-made Lake Isabella has dropped about 59 feet since the last big wet year in 2011. There are 32,632 acre-feet […]
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By Dana Griffin, KCRA-TV A rookie U.S. Forest Service firefighter killing while fighting a fire near Lake Tahoe was remembered as a hard worker who sacrificed his life for others. Michael Hallenbeck, 21, of Shingle Springs, died when a tree came crashing down on him Saturday evening while he was battling the Sierra Fire in […]
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Updated 8:20pm: Michael Hallenbeck, 21, of Shingle Springs is the firefighter who died Saturday fighting a small fire near Sierra-at-Tahoe. He was a member of Organized Crew 36 on the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit. Hallenbeck was struck by a tree at approximately 5:30pm during the initial attack on the Sierra Fire, just inside the LTBMU boundary […]
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