By Amy Graff, San Francisco Chronicle A series of supercharged storms that blasted the Sierra in March has bolstered the snowpack that was alarmingly low before the start of the month. The National Weather Service in Sacramento tweeted Saturday that the water content of the snowpack has more than tripled in the past month. […]
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By Kathryn Reed El Dorado County is trying to get a handle on homelessness by creating a continuum of care for those in need. Daniel Del Monte, deputy director of the Community Services Division of the county’s Health and Human Services Agency, was at last week’s South Lake Tahoe City Council meeting painting a bleak […]
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By Michael Biesecker, Jake Pearson and Jeff Horwitz, AP WASHINGTON — A new U.S. advisory board created to help rewrite federal rules for importing the heads and hides of African elephants, lions and rhinos is stacked with trophy hunters, including some members with direct ties to President Trump and his family. A review by the […]
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By Riley McDermid, San Francisco Business Times A report has found that less than 1 percent of California’s cannabis growers have registered with the state’s new legal licensing system, because the costs associated with new regulations and a host of local laws banning grows are too prohibitive. The massive 38-page report from the California Growers […]
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The Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest has released the NV Energy Bordertown to California 120 kV transmission line project draft record of decision and final environmental impact statement for a formal objection period until the end of April. Objections will be accepted only from people who have previously submitted specific written comments regarding the proposed project during […]
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By Conor Dougherty, New York Times A growing homelessness crisis. Complaints about traffic congestion. Worries that the economy is becoming dominated by a wealthy elite. Those sound like California’s problems in a nutshell. But now they are also among California’s leading exports. Just ask the citizens of this city, where growing numbers of Californians and […]
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By James DeHaven, Reno Gazette-Journal Democratic megadonor Tom Steyer says a closely watched U.S. Senate race and a much-anticipated governor’s race will be the top targets of his new multimillion-dollar push to get young Nevadans to the polls. The San Francisco-based hedge fund tycoon said Thursday that the $2 million millennial-focused voter turnout effort will […]
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Police are looking for a man who robbed the South Lake Tahoe Wells Fargo Bank on Saturday. The suspect entered the Emerald Bay Road on March 24 just before 1pm, presented a teller a note. He left with an undisclosed amount of cash. No weapon was seen. The suspect is described as a white or […]
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By Kathryn Reed Solutions to South Lake Tahoe’s housing woes were in short supply during a talk about the issue on Wednesday. Mayor Wendy David’s monthly gathering was focused on housing last week, with planning staff (Kevin Fabino and John Hitchcock) there to provide the bulk of the information. “There are a lot of things […]
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By Joanna Klein, New York Times If you’re lucky, you can spot a gray wolf in Yellowstone National Park. But a century ago, you’d have been hard pressed to find any there. Poisonings and unregulated hunting obliterated nearly all of these majestic canines from Canada to Mexico, their original home range. Then the rewilding began. […]
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