By Russell Morse, San Francisco Chronicle My introduction to Pacific News Service came in 1996, when I was an angry teenager housed at San Francisco’s Juvenile Hall. Officially, PNS was a nonprofit news service based in San Francisco, but it had many projects, including the Beat Within, which facilitated weekly creative writing workshops with the […]
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South Lake Tahoe police detectives this week concluded a 10-month investigation into the nearly $100,000 that went missing from the Lake Tahoe Humane Society. At the center of the investigation is Niki Congero, who was fired in March as executive director of the nonprofit. All of the paperwork is now with the El Dorado County […]
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By Nicole Raz, Las Vegas Review-Journal State officials are hoping to get Nevada one of five guaranteed spots in a federal drone program. The Federal Aviation Administration sees the program as a way to speed innovation in integrating drones with national airspace. Nevada officials see the program as another way to solidify the Silver […]
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By Jenny Kane, Reno Gazette-Journal Despite complaints from some critics that Burning Man is already too big, the organization may make their main event even bigger. As Nevada Bureau of Land Management officials review how the annual, weeklong arts festival has affected the surrounding environment and communities since it moved to Nevada in 1990, Burning […]
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· There will be fundraiser Dec. 9 for Tina Pearce, who was in a horrific car accident this fall. It will be at 7pm at Divided Sky in Meyers. A donation of $10 will be collected at the door. · Douglas County is hosting a public workshop concerning the Waterloo Lane Reconstruction Project. It will […]
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The Mammoth Lakes area was rocked by a series of earthquakes on Friday, with the highest being 4.1. It struck at 2:19pm on Dec. 8. The epicenter was less than five miles southwest of South Landing. The other temblors were 3.7 and 2.9. At this time there have been no reports of damage. — Lake […]
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The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office has received more than a dozen reports regarding phone contacts from callers claiming to be a person’s grandchild. The phone number identification accompanying most of these calls is 775.328.3001, which is the front desk number for the sheriff’s office. Typically the scammers identify themselves as a person’s grandchild in need […]
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Placer County is giving people more time submit a letter of interest for the redevelopment of the old Tahoe City firehouse properties. The deadline is now Feb. 28. The lakefront property offers access to recreation and proximity to the Tahoe City town center, transit hubs, bike trails, ski resorts, marinas and residential communities. The county-owned […]
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By Adam Ashton, Sacramento Bee The nation’s largest public pension fund is leaving money on the table by favoring environmental and social causes in its portfolio, a business-backed nonprofit argues in a study it’s releasing Tuesday on the California Public Employees Retirement System. The report by the American Council for Capital Formation criticizes CalPERS’ sustainable […]
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By Colton Lochhead, Las Vegas Review-Journal It took nearly the entirety of Gov. Brian Sandoval’s two terms as Nevada’s governor, but the state has finally paid off a nearly $800 million debt to the federal government. During the Great Recession, the state saw 175,000 jobs dry up and the unemployment rate soar above 14 […]
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