First meeting of BMPTalks highlights policy challenges
March 25, 2008
Participants in the first meeting of BMP Talks, a forum organized by the Reynolds School of Journalism to discuss ways to improve BMPs, identified concerns about effectiveness as one reason compliance with the landscaping regulations is so low throughout the Tahoe basin.
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Light bulb moment: Turn it off
March 1, 2008
In the pitch blackness of her bathroom in the dead of night, a light bulb came on for Robin Rittenhouse. If she could instinctively use the bathroom in the middle of the night, why then did she routinely turn the light on when she used the bathroom in the middle of the day? Read more
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Latest Headlines
- Hearing planned in Incline tree-felling case - The federal trial for an Incline Village woman charged with hiring a tree-cutting company to chop three Ponderosa Pines from her Lake Tahoe property has been canceled and a change-of-plea hearing scheduled May 1.
- Truckee man takes torch to North Pole - A Truckee man who reached the North Pole this week carrying an unlit torch for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games plans to discuss his experience and environmental issues Saturday by audio and video transmissions with participants at a Lake Tahoe festival.
- Quake pattern watched closely - As earthquakes continue to shake Reno, two reports released this month give new insight into the likely characteristics of a temblor at Lake Tahoe.
Winds are South at 9 MPH. The pressure is 30.28" and the humidity is 23%. The heat index is 76. Last Updated on Sep 30, 2:45 pm PDT.
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