When the name is Squaw, there's a lot of meaning attached - not good meaning, either. That's why the ski resort will now be known as Palisades Tahoe. What other natural features, monuments, businesses, streets and parks will follow suit?
“It was just the right time”: After a year’s worth of community Zoom hearings, committee brainstorms and consultations with tribal leaders, Squaw Valley in north Lake Tahoe announced its new name.
To the Tahoe ski area, the disruption offered an opportunity to confront an awkward truth that has haunted the resort and community since their establishment in the mid-20th century: “squaw” is a misogynistic term with an ugly history.
“I truly think we should change the name but I really don’t know that I’ll ever call it anything different, even though I want to,” said one resident who has lived in the valley all her life.
“I don’t know how I’ll ever stop saying it. It’s just habit.
As for the second ballot question of whom Californians would want to replace Newsom, FiveThirtyEight’s polling averages show Larry Elder in the lead at 28%. sfchronicle.com/politics/artic…
A wave of Bay Area restaurants and pop-ups have recently closed temporarily to give time off to overworked employees feeling the mental and physical drain of working during the pandemic.
This moment feels particularly trying for workers in the restaurant industry. Besides uncertainty about the delta variant, a shortage of workers means that even one person taking a day or two off creates extra work for others.
The Dixie Fire has climbed into Lassen Volcanic National Park, where it was recently burning near 8,500 feet. sfchronicle.com/bayarea/articl…
Other large fires have gotten even higher. Last year’s Creek Fire and Sequoia Complex fires in the southern Sierra approached the dizzying elevation of 10,000 feet.