El Dorado County Superior Court Judge Steve Bailey has designs on being the attorney general of California. He plans to seek the office in 2018. However, to hedge his bets he has also filed paperwork with the state to retain his current job. That election would be in 2020. Bailey was first elected to the local bench […]
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· Newschoolers teamed up with Transworld Snowboarding and Snow Park Technologies to rank and catalog the best terrain parks across North America. Northstar, Sierra and Mammoth made the list. · There will be an interactive field tour on the South Shore on Nov. 5 to learn about the threat of wildfire in the basin. Space […]
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By Patrick Whittle, AP A handful of recreational marijuana legalization drives has the medical pot industry bracing for something it never expected to deal with: competition. Legalization is on the ballot in five states this November, and all five currently allow some form of medical marijuana already. Growers, medical professionals and users of medical marijuana […]
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By Associated Press The federal Bureau of Land Management is planning to remove 1,100 wild horses from a part of Northern Nevada that also contains sage grouse habitat. The helicopter gather in the Owyhee area is scheduled to begin Tuesday, according to the Elko Daily Free Press. BLM Nevada Wild Horse and Burro Program Manager […]
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The 22nd annual Let’s Talk Turkey Food Distribution and fundraising drive is under way. Last year, the Incline Village-based nonprofit Project M.A.N.A. helped 325 families, (or 944 individuals), in the area. They received a turkey and all the trimmings to cook a traditional Thanksgiving meal. Project M.A.N.A.’s goal this year is to raise $25,000 to […]
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By Kathryn Reed NAPA – With 10 pools, two hot tubs, two PGA championship golf courses, 10 lighted tennis courts, three bocce ball courts, a spa, three restaurants, and a market why would anyone leave? Wine would be the No. 1 reason. The Silverado Resort is in the heart of Napa, just off the famous […]
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By Joe Mathews To legalize cannabis successfully, California is going to need its own cartel. For the record (and to reassure federal law enforcement), I am not smoking anything. And I am not suggesting that California encourage a criminal syndicate like the Zetas. The California cartel would need to be a legal corporate oligopoly. The […]
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By Andrew Lachman, Santa Cruz Sentinel For John Laird, California Secretary for Natural Resources, a commitment to conservation is a natural outgrowth of fishing at Bodega Bay and hiking along the Russian River as a child as well as exploring the backcountry above the family cabin nestled between Lake Tahoe and Yosemite National Park. “When […]
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By Brian Melley and Julie Watson, AP LOS ANGELES — Rosa Ruiz returned from a gambling jaunt to San Diego before dawn Saturday and was back on another bus that evening, headed for a desert casino. Like others who routinely board buses bound for distant casinos, Ruiz wasn’t so much dreaming of striking it rich, […]
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By Michelle Rindels, AP A busload of casino housekeepers wearing pinstripe uniforms and Caesars Palace nametags waited at a warehouse early voting site just off the Las Vegas Strip, speaking in Spanish as they clutched pocket-sized brochures listing candidates endorsed by the powerful Culinary Union. Asked who they chose in Nevada’s super-close Senate race, one […]
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