By Thomas Moore, Las Vegas Sun CARSON CITY — Homeowners may not think about property taxes often, but Nevada’s county and city government officials do. During this year’s Legislature, they’re busy asking state lawmakers to change the property tax abatement, or the cap, that limits how much larger your property tax bill can grow from […]
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The Lake Tahoe Relay crew is moving the start/finish to the beach. The June 10 event will start at the Tahoe Beach Retreat in South Lake Tahoe. Lake Tahoe Relay is a relay race that consists of teams of seven, each running eight to 12 miles around Lake Tahoe. This year there will be a […]
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By Alessandra Malito, Market Watch California has beautiful beaches, plenty of sunshine and the Terminator for a former governor, but it doesn’t have many homes for the first-time buyer. In fact, the state is the toughest to break into for those looking to get their first homes, according to a report released Tuesday by personal […]
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By Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee Q: In cases like the snowboarder who had to be rescued after he skied out of bounds at the Heavenly Mountain Ski Resort, is he charged for the cost of the CHP helicopter and those who risked their lives to rescue him? George, Sacramento A: Officer Matt Causie, a […]
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A winter storm watch is in effect for the greater Lake Tahoe area from Saturday afternoon through Sunday afternoon. The National Weather Service in Reno is calling for 1 to 2 feet of snow above 7,000 feet, and 10-18 inches elsewhere. The bulk of the white stuff is expected Saturday night into Sunday morning. It […]
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By Sandra Chereb, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY — Ride-hailing companies would have to verify that their drivers have state business licenses under a bill introduced Tuesday in the Nevada Senate. Senate bill 226, sponsored by the Committee on Commerce, Labor and Energy, would require transportation network companies such as Uber and Lyft to submit […]
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By Lauren Sommer, KQED-TV Californians are in shock that after five years of too little water, the problem now is too much. All eyes in California have been on Oroville Dam, where a broken spillway forced major evacuations. But the damage from winter storms has gone beyond the dam in the northern part of the […]
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By Joe Mathews What do we do now, Nelson Rising? I pose that question not just because this is a confusing era. And not just because no living Californian is better than Nelson Rising—developer, lawyer, civic leader—at navigating our state’s complexities. “What do we do now?” is the question that concludes the 1972 film “The […]
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By Brian Freedman, Forbes Unusual weather throughout much of the United States this winter has been the subject of speculation, consternation, and obsession across the country. Springlike heat in the Mid-Atlantic and flooding rains in the West have wreaked havoc across a wide range of industries. In the past two months, both the Napa […]
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By Anne Foster One of the priorities mentioned during Trump’s election campaign, public health, is thus far missing from the “top issues” category of his government’s new website. Experts are stressing the importance of governmental support for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and its work with international institutions, to prevent the spread of illness […]
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