By Kathryn Reed Wind could affect Day 2 of the SnowGlobe music festival in South Lake Tahoe. “We will be monitoring the winds out there. If there are prolonged gusts in the 40 mph range, we will shut it down. That is in the emergency operations plan. It would not be a surprise to anyone,” […]
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Sound checks for the annual SnowGlobe music festival in South Lake Tahoe have been rattling windows for the past two days. Neighbors of the Lake Tahoe Community College ball fields, where the event is staged, are sensitive to the loud bass because the first year it was so bad pictures fell off walls in houses. […]
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By Evan Halper, Los Angeles Times The long-range weather forecast is the biggest wild card in the battle over every available bucket of water in drought-stricken California — but a close second may be Dianne Feinstein. In a dispute in which positions have hardened after years of fighting, the state’s senior U.S. senator, who is […]
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By Lauren Coleman-Lochner, Bloomberg After a rocky start to the holiday shopping season, U.S. retailers benefited from cheaper gas prices and an improving job market in the weeks leading up to Christmas, raising optimism that sales reached a three-year high. Customer Growth Partners President Craig Johnson, who tracks the retail industry, now expects holiday sales […]
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By Associated Press SACRAMENTO — California’s historic drought prompted the Legislature into action in 2014, leading lawmakers to regulate groundwater for the first time and override homeowners associations that fine members for replacing lawns with more drought-tolerant landscaping. The most populous state also becomes the first to set a “yes means yes” standard for sex […]
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By John Vidal, Observer He has been called the “superman pope”, and it would be hard to deny that Pope Francis has had a good December. Cited by President Obama as a key player in the thawing relations between the US and Cuba, the Argentinian pontiff followed that by lecturing his cardinals on the need […]
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By Jeff DeLong, Reno Gazette-Journal Nevada is suffering from a debilitating drought, experiencing the impacts of a warming climate and, some say, is deficient when it comes to long-term water planning for the state as a whole. Debate is mounting over the need to begin development of a comprehensive water plan taking into account available […]
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By Cynthia H. Craft, Sacramento Bee Older people, believed to be at greater risk for developing severe flu symptoms this season, should seek a high-dose vaccine instead of the standard dose even if they are frail and in long-term care, researchers say. Federal officials approved the high-dose vaccine for people ages 65 and up about […]
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By Nick Houser, KCRA-TV STRAWBERRY — A Folsom man was killed and a second man was hurt in a snowmobile crash Friday night, according to the California Highway Patrol. The CHP said the snowmobile was going about 50 mph on Pack Saddle Pass Road when the driver took a curve too fast and hit a […]
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By John Ingold, Denver Post As marijuana legalization took hold in Colorado, the estimated percentage of regular cannabis users in the state jumped to the second-highest level in the country, according to new federal data. When asked, roughly one out of every eight Colorado residents over the age of 12 reported using marijuana in the previous […]
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