By Kate Kelland, Reuters The spread of deadly superbugs that evade even the most powerful antibiotics is no longer a prediction but is happening right now across the world, United Nations officials said on this week. Antibiotic resistance has the potential to affect anyone, of any age, in any country, the U.N.’s World Health Organisation […]
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By Mark Glover, Sacramento Bee California’s long-talked-about “Hydrogen Highway” has received a major commitment to help it take shape. The Sacramento-based California Energy Commission says it will invest $46.6 million to accelerate the development of public hydrogen fueling stations throughout California to promote a consumer market for zero-emission fuel-cell vehicles, which could be widely available […]
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Updated 10:38am: A head-on collision injured four people early Monday morning near Zephyr Cove. A Suburban struck a Ford Ranger. One person in the Ranger had to be extricated. Two people were flown to Carson-Tahoe Hospital and two were taken by ambulance to Barton Memorial Hospital. Another vehicle was also involved. Names of the injured […]
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Updated May 5 6:15am: Ruth Anne Scudder has been found safe and is back home. —– South Lake Tahoe resident Ruth Anne Scudder has been missing since April 29. She was last seen leaving her home on Lakeview Avenue. Scudder has mental issues that may affect her judgment, and she speaks slowly. She frequently uses […]
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By Kathryn Reed Fighting a wildland fire is nothing like a structure fire. The tools are different, the terrain is not the same and the amount of time it might take to knock down the fire could be the difference between days and hours. It’s a skill unto itself. That is why a component of […]
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By Michael R. Blood, AP LOS ANGELES — With a vast swath of the West primed for wildfires, federal foresters are preparing for the worst with a budget that might run dry and a fleet of air tankers that in some cases aren’t ready for takeoff. A combination of extended drought, warming weather and an […]
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By Kathryn Reed Sewage from an overflow tank at the Fresh Ketch restaurant flowed into Lake Tahoe for at least 24 hours this weekend. People at the restaurant first saw the spill Friday night, but Summit Plumbing of South Lake Tahoe said they didn’t receive a call for service until 6:08pm May 3. Employees with […]
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The Tahoe-Baikal Institute has suspended its operations. Lake Baikal in Russia is said to have more similarities to Lake Tahoe than any other water body. Scientists have often studied both to help the other. The Tahoe-Baikal Institute came about in 1988 by Soviet and American students who attended a bilateral youth conference in Helsinki. “The […]
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By KOLO-TV Nevada is one of the top states where the most children go hungry, according to a report released by one of the largest hunger relief charities and food banks in the nation. Feeding America created Map the Meal Gap, a study measuring food insecurity within the general population and children by state and […]
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By Gary Richards, San Jose Mercury News If $4.26 for a gallon of gas seems painful, relax. The price at the pump in California is ever so slowly falling after four weeks of constant increases — and could drop as much as 40 to 50 cents by July 4. “They just started to ease. The […]
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