By Dale Kasler, Sacramento Bee This is how dry it has been so far this season: California’s chances of having a normal “water year” have fallen to around 33 percent in much of the state, according to a federal scientist. Michael Dettinger, a hydrologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, said those dismal odds are based […]
Read more
Is an independent local news source important to you? If your answer is yes, keep reading. While Lake Tahoe News is free to read, it is not free to produce. We depend on advertising dollars and subscribers – who are really donors who have the benefit of commenting. Businesses have multiple options how to spend […]
Read more
Publisher’s note: This is the second of two stories about California’s tree mortality and how biomass is one solution to the problem. By Susan Wood If a record 129 million dead and dying trees collected over the last seven years doesn’t electrify California to get serious about renewable energy like biomass, then perhaps nothing will. […]
Read more
While it’s in the contract for the SnowGlobe to return the field to the condition it was in prior to setup for the concert, promoter Chad Donnelly is going a step further this year. He has purchased a cover for the new field near Lake Tahoe Community College. It will be over the majority of […]
Read more
By Julie Cart, CalMatters Beyond the devastation and personal tragedy of the fires that have ravaged California in recent months, another disaster looms: an alarming uptick in unhealthy air and the sudden release of the carbon dioxide that drives climate change. As millions of acres burn in a cycle of longer and more intense fire […]
Read more
Placer County has created a committee to provide input into how the lodging taxes collected at Lake Tahoe should be used. Until now the North Lake Tahoe Resort Association filled that role. But the county wanted a broader voice because not everyone is a member of the NLTRA. The Capital Projects Advisory Committee will be […]
Read more
By Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee A Placerville resident and El Dorado High School graduate serving in the Army was killed last week in South Korea. Sgt. Eric Schenck, 33, was a non-commissioned officer stationed with the 35th Air Defense Artillery Brigade at Suwon Air Base. On Dec. 7, Schenck was returning from a field training […]
Read more
Publisher’s note: This is the first of two stories about California’s tree mortality and how biomass is one solution to the problem. By Susan Wood As California experiences what may be its worst wildfire year on record, a multi-agency working group has sparked new ways for the state to see the forest through the trees […]
Read more
By Julie Cart, CalMatters As Gov. Jerry Brown was making his way through Europe this fall, striking an evangelical tone about the global peril represented by climate change, California’s Air Resources Board released good news about emissions reported by companies covered under the state’s cap-and-trade system. Its report showed greenhouse gas emissions reduced by almost […]
Read more
By Kristen Edwards, KRNV-TV The Environmental Protection Agency added the Anaconda Mine in Nevada to a list of Superfund sites that require immediate action. The Anaconda Mine site has groundwater contamination, waste rock areas, and contaminated process areas. “Getting toxic land sites cleaned up and revitalized is of the utmost importance to the communities across […]
Read more