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Snow expected for Tahoe Sunday, this week
South Lake Tahoe :: CA :: USA | about 3 hours ago
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Calif. — Two snowstorms forecast for the Tahoe region could be the beginning of a cold, wet winter, said Scott McGuire, National Weather Service meteorologist. “The pattern is changing to a cold and wetter pattern,” McGuire said. “It looks like it's going...
Tags: Scott McGuire, Tahoe, snow ratio, South Lake Tahoe, Sierra Nevada, Weather, Snow, Winter storm, Precipitation, Lake Tahoe
Bond could increase Kings water supply
Hanford :: CA :: USA | about 13 hours ago
Credibility The $11.1 billion measure passed in October goes before the state's voters in November 2010. If approved, it would specifically set aside $70 million for projects in the Tulare Lake Hydrologic region, which includes all of Kings and Tulare counties and...
Tags: Tulare Lake Hydrologic, Kings River Conservation District, Kings County Water District, David Orth, ground water, water supply, water recharge, Don Mills, Hanford, Environment, Sierra Nevada, Central Valley of California, San Joaquin River, Kettleman City California, Kings River, Groundwater, Disaster Accident, Water, Kings County California
Network of cameras and high-speed connections could provide real-time data stream for Lake Tahoe Basin scientists
South Lake Tahoe :: CA :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility Calif. — Imagine a bird's eye-view of Tahoe on a sunny summer day — a wide expanse of blue speckled with boats. Imagine that same view, but over an area of stream-zone restoration as it morphs over time. Now imagine how the view would look in the case...
Tags: Tahoe City, Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, Sony Europe, Sony Forest Eye, SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Graham Kent, Geoffrey Schladow, forest fire, Environment, Sierra Nevada, Reno Nevada, El Dorado County California, Washoe County Nevada, Great Basin, Red Digital Cinema Camera Company, Technology Internet, Lake Tahoe
Climbing with giants
Nevada City :: CA :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility Researchers hang a ground-level insect trap near a giant sequoia in Calaveras Big Trees State Park this summer. Local arborists Randall Frizzell and Austin DeRock volunteered for an insect study and scaled the giant trees. Submitted photo The perch from...
Tags: Randall Frizzell, Austin DeRock, Calaveras Giant Sequoias, big trees, Peter Kerr, Sequoiadendron, Nevada City, Environment, Sierra Nevada, Natural history of California, Land management, Arborist, Cupressaceae, Trees, Sequoia
Lawmakers oppose conservation mandate in state water bond
Auburn :: CA :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility Nevada County's state legislators are dead-set against the recently approved water bond, which goes to voters in November 2010. Their issue: The bond bill demands a 20 percent reduction in water use across California.
Tags: Sierra Nevada Conservancy, Dan Logue, water bond, Sen. Sam Aanestad, water supply, conserve mandate, local water, Jim Branham, Bill Bird, Southern California, Auburn, Sierra Nevada, Nevada, Sam Aanestad
Valhalla Holiday Gala set for Saturday
South Lake Tahoe :: CA :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility The Tahoe Tallac Association will host its annual Holiday Gala Saturday at 5:30 p.m...Association volunteers gathered Nov. 18 to decorate the hall and a 20-foot Christmas tree. The group's volunteers were also honored with certificates of appreciation.
Tags: Tahoe Tallac Association, Valhalla Holiday Gala, Valhalla Grand Hall, South Lake Tahoe, Sierra Nevada, El Dorado County California, Valhalla, Christmas music, Lake Tahoe
Youth programs receive $66,000 in grant funds
South Lake Tahoe :: CA :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility The El Dorado Community Foundation awarded $66,000 in grant funds to 36 local youth programs during the 2009 grant awards ceremony at the Inn by the Lake. Earlier this year, the foundation sought grant proposals from any group whose program enhances the...
Tags: South Lake Tahoe Children, Lake Tahoe Shining Stars, El Dorado Community Foundation, Joan Rochelle Memorial Fund, youth programs, South Tahoe Middle School, Tahoe Valley Elementary School, El Dorado County Library, Sierra Tahoe Children, grant funding, South Lake Tahoe, Sierra Nevada, Tahoe Valley California, El Dorado County California, South Lake Tahoe California, Parasol Foundation, Lake Tahoe, Al Tahoe California, South Tahoe High School
Alpine Meadows Ski Resort set to open Saturday
South Lake Tahoe :: CA :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility Lake Tahoe's Alpine Meadows Ski Resort will open for skiing and snowboarding Saturday. The resort will offer beginner through advanced terrain via Roundhouse high speed quad chair and Meadow double chair from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., weather and conditions permitting....
Tags: meadow skiing, skiing resort, South Lake Tahoe, Sierra Nevada, Northstar at Tahoe, Alpine Meadows California, Alpine skiing, Hospitality Recreation, Lake Tahoe
Inspectors look at 12,800 vessels on Tahoe last year
South Lake Tahoe :: CA :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility Calif. — While implementing tighter inspections to prevent aquatic invasive species from entering Lake Tahoe, Tahoe Resource Conservation District inspectors looked at about 12,800 vessels since November 2008...The 12,800 vessels is a solid count on the...
Tags: Lake Tahoe, Tahoe Resource Conservation District, South Lake Tahoe, Sierra Nevada, Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, El Dorado County California, South Lake Tahoe California, Douglas County Nevada, Environment, Placer County California, SS Tahoe, Stateline Nevada, California law
Scientists predict massive dry spells
Fresno :: CA :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility While Californians worry about the three-year drought dragging on another season, researchers say climate change soon could create much longer dry spells — lasting decades or even centuries. Scientists from the University of California-Davis, this month...
Tags: Sierra Nevada, Isabel Montanez, University of California-Davis, dry spells, University of California-Merced, Fresno, Environment, Show caves, Moaning Cavern, Stalactite, Coastal geography, Stalagmite, Speleothems, Cave, Droughts
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