To the community, I just couldn’t help writing re: Liana’s article on O2 depletion. You should know she is beyond redemption. Saying O2 below 19.5 percent concentration is dangerous is ridiculous as the O2 equivalent at 6,000 feet — Tahoe’s elevation — is only 16 percent. I guess we are all zombies. Also, only one molecule of […]
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By Dan Walters, Sacramento Bee The Sacramento River, by far the state’s most important waterway, has been running high, fast and dirty in recent days. Upstream reservoirs on the Sacramento and its two major tributaries, the American and Feather rivers, have been increasing releases to make room for water from melting snow later in the […]
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To the community, As I walk through Tahoe neighborhoods and open spaces, I can’t refrain from glumly noting stumps where once trees stood. Before the Angora Fire of 2007, trees were cherished and protected from cutting. Since then they have been deemed hazardous and under assault by many. Trees in my neighborhood alone have been […]
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By Joe Mathews Wherever you live in California, your county probably doesn’t fit you. Many counties are too small; 24 of the 58 California counties have populations less than 140,000, the population of my hometown of Pasadena. Some counties are too sprawling; it can take more than three hours to get across Riverside and San […]
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By Joe Rodriguez, Mercury News Dan Karr’s new year began with sorrow, but the veteran Silicon Valley hand’s new mission in life as an auto-insurance reformer is moving along nicely — for a 21st-century Don Quixote. “Tilting at windmills, hah!” he said over breakfast in downtown San Jose recently to talk about his new company, […]
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To the community, Bread & Broth would like to thank Kirkwood Mountain Resort for the ongoing support of our Monday evening meal program at St. Theresa Church Grace Hall. Kirkwood’s Adopt a Day sponsorship provided the funds for the filling and nutritious meal prepared by B&B’s talented volunteer cooks at B&B’s March 14 dinner. That […]
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By A. Janet Tomiyama and Jeffrey M. Hunger You’ve just returned from your morning run and you’re rustling through your snail mail when you receive some shocking news—an official memo from your employer informing you that your health insurance premium is increasing by 30 percent. You’ve been deemed a health risk, and you are being […]
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By Richard Rojas Sr. During my more than 30-year career as a California state park ranger, I was known as the diversity guy because I was one of the few Latinos to wear the park ranger uniform. Similar diversity deficits exist across most park systems. The National Park Service workforce is only 5 percent Latino, […]
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By Larry Weitzman El Dorado County’s roads are literally falling apart, especially with the significant precipitation the county has had in the past four months. For the last eight years the county has allocated between $1 million and $2 million annually to attempt to keep up with EDC’s road maintenance. But that ended as the […]
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By Joanne Marchetta Restoring and conserving our environment at Lake Tahoe means setting our aspirations at the right scale. That’s what TRPA and many partners are working to do through strategic initiatives to ensure the health of our basin’s forests, streams, and lake, and to improve our communities and transportation infrastructure. Regions around the world […]
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