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The independent and nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) in Sacramento says there will be some economic disruption and higher energy costs if the 2006 climate change law is implemented.  Senator Dave Cogdill (R-Modesto), an opponent of the law, requested the analysis and accurately sums up its key findings. More jobs will be likely lost in the near term. Overall job impact in the long term is unknown. Certain individual businesses and households would be seriously affected. Nea

The Sierras are in the midst of a series of major storms expected to add significant depth to the winter snowpack.  And in case you think that’s just ho-hum information, here’s a fact you might find more compelling:  the Sierra snowpack provides 60 percent of Southern California’s water.  Agriculture, recreation and life in general could be affected by the continuing drought that has plagued California for at least the past four years.  And according to one Weather Channel report last week, the

Corporate America embraces Earth Day for its symbolism, but California’s ski industry takes its role in the protection of our planet far more seriously.  Why?  Because bumps along the Earth’s surface create their product; therefore, stewardship of the planet’s environment makes good business sense. Following a series of water quality issues in the Sierras over the past decade that brought public criticism and steep fines to the industry, an effort was undertaken by a consortium of ski resorts,

Probably no one who attended or watched last Friday's funeral service for the four slain Oakland Police officers spent much time reflecting on the fact that two of these brave public servants died at the hands of a career criminal wielding a Russian-designed AK-47 assault rifle. That's wholly understandable and appropriate.     Friday's service, touching and poignant as it was, was rightly focused on the lives of these four fine men -- Officer John Hege, Sgt. Mark Dunakin, Sgt. Ervin Romans and

California officially has a budget-yes! Now that that order of business has been taken care of, let's turn to another pressing local problem: water in the time of drought. The California seasonal drought outlook, as forecast by the National Weather Service and the National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration, is not a happy one. The NOAA/NWS official U.S. Seasonal Drought Outlook predicts the months of February 2009 through April 2009 will bring persistent and/or more intense drought conditi

For Californians who feel they are part of anAlice-in-Wonderland budget process, check out what's going on in theneighboring state of Nevada.  Governor Jim Gibbons recently announcedsome draconian solutions to the state's $1.5 billion budget shortfall. Theone most shocking is a 40+ percent cut to the  university systembudget.  Imagine the reaction here in California to a cut of nearlyhalf the spending for higher education. Boardof Regents head Jim Rogers likened the governor's approach to aski