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For more stories like this, check out The Chronicle’s weekly Travel newsletter! Sign up here. To get a job right now at a ski area, about all you need to do is walk up and say, “I’ll show up.” The big Thanksgiving holiday snows brought nearly 80 inches to some mountains in the high Sierra and caught so many ski areas and resorts by surprise that many are now scrambling for seasonal workers. In fact, several ski areas list themselves online as “urgently hiring.” As winter ramps up, the annual ski industry staffing spree will produce thousands of jobs in the region. The National Weather Service has forecast another big wave of snow, this one warmer and wetter, for this weekend. By then, at least 18 of 21 significant ski areas in the Sierra Nevada and Tahoe Basin will be open, with the rest by mid-December. Most plan to operate more lifts and open additional runs and terrain as more snow arrives. To do so, they need warm bodies. Vail Resorts, for … [Read more...] about Need a job? Tahoe ski resorts are scrambling to hire early-season help

Another storm is set to hit the Tahoe Basin this weekend. Motorists are being advised to avoid roads. Another storm is set to hit the Tahoe Basin this weekend. Motorists are being advised to avoid roads. Photo: Denise Taylor/Getty Images Photo: Denise Taylor/Getty Images Image 1 of / 43 Caption Close Image 1 of 43 Another storm is set to hit the Tahoe Basin this weekend. Motorists are being advised to avoid roads. Another storm is set to hit the Tahoe Basin this weekend. Motorists are being advised to avoid roads. Photo: Denise Taylor/Getty Images Cold storm set to slam Tahoe: 'Don't travel over the weekend' 1  /  43 Back to Gallery The storms keep on coming, and the snow keeps on piling up, … [Read more...] about Cold storm set to slam Tahoe: ‘Don’t travel over the weekend’

Ericsson is nearing a resolution of a long-running U.S. corruption investigation, according to two people familiar with the matter, a deal that could cost the telecommunications equipment maker more than $1 billion. Such an agreement, which the people said could be announced this week or next, would end probes by the Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission into potential bribery in six countries where the company did business. In September, Stockholm-based Ericsson said it had set aside 12 billion kronor ($1.2 billion) to cover U.S. penalties. The head of the Justice Department's criminal division hinted at an imminent resolution during a speech Wednesday at the American Conference Institute's Foreign Corrupt Practices Act gathering in Maryland. Without naming Ericsson, Assistant Attorney General Brian Benczkowski said a corporate case to be announced soon would enable the Justice Department to finish the year with a total of about $1.6 billion in FCPA recoveries. … [Read more...] about Ericsson nears U.S. bribe settlement that could cost more than $1 billion

TORONTO - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will lay out his legislative agenda for his second term on Thursday when Canada's Parliament reopens in Ottawa. In a ceremony steeped in age-old traditions and pageantry, Governor General Julie Payette, the representative of Queen Elizabeth in Canada, will read the Speech from the Throne, which is written by the prime minister and details his government's priorities. Whether he can deliver on any of them is a different question. Voters dealt a rebuke to the telegenic Liberal Party leader in October's federal election, leaving his party 13 seats short of a majority and reliant on the backing of opposition parties to pass bills. Trudeau has ruled out a formal coalition, opting instead to marshal support from his political rivals on a case-by-case basis. Chief among the challenges confronting the prime minister will be to quell a growing sense of alienation in Canada's oil-producing prairie provinces fueled by opposition to Trudeau's … [Read more...] about Trudeau to lay out priorities for a second term as Canada’s Parliament reconvenes

Pamela Karlan’s formidable reputation as a scholar and Supreme Court advocate, coupled with a deep commitment to progressive causes, have made her a leader of the sometimes disorganized liberal legal movement. Her credentials Karlan, 60, received bachelor’s, master’s and law degrees from Yale University and clerked for Justice Harry Blackmun of the Supreme Court. She is now a director of Stanford Law School’s Supreme Court Litigation Clinic. Karlan made regular media appearances discussing the 2000 presidential election and recount, and was one of the authors of “When Elections Go Bad: The Law of Democracy and the Presidential Election of 2000.” During the Obama administration, she worked in the Justice Department’s civil rights division and received the Attorney General’s Award for Exceptional Service, the highest award employees there can earn. She has also worked on the California Fair Political Practices Commission and for the NAACP … [Read more...] about Who Is Pamela Karlan? Legal Leader Committed to Progressive Causes