PROFILE
FROM Porter Fox
Is California's Snow Economy Melting? After three years of drought, California’s winter sports economy is in trouble. At Lake Tahoe, Bryan Allegretto blogs about conditions for skiing. He says residents are doing snow dances and holding "Pray for Snow" parties. Climate change, of course, is not confined to California — and it has different consequences in different parts of the world.
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California catastrophe The fires rage on in our own backyard, and in Northern California, encompassing tens of thousands of acres each. In L-A and Ventura Counties, the Woolsey Fire has scorched everything in its path. To the north, in Butte County, the Camp Fire has charred and destroyed even more acreage, of trees, brush and everything else, north of Sacramento, and the town of Paradise is a scene of utter devastation and heartbreak.