By Jeremy B. White, Sacramento Bee California will need to find billions of dollars annually to improve its water system, according to a Public Policy Institute of California report. Lawmakers are currently debating several water bond proposals for the 2014 ballot, but the report cautions that the state cannot rely on uncertain bond money to […]
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By Patricia Yollin, KQED-TV In November, two computer science graduate students at Stanford University began a study of phone metadata privacy. They figured that this kind of information could be extremely sensitive, but they didn’t expect to find much evidence one way or the other. They were wrong. The two grad students identified the participants’ […]
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By Scott Neuman, NPR Attorney General Eric Holder is backing a proposal to shorten sentences for nonviolent drug dealers in an effort reduce federal spending on prisons. Holder appeared before the United States Sentencing Commission on Thursday to announce his support of the panel’s recommendations to trim federal guidelines for sentencing of drug traffickers to […]
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By Charles Passy, MarketWatch Is the no-tip movement at restaurants reaching, well, a tipping point? In recent years, such renowned restaurants as Thomas Keller’s Per Se in New York and French Laundry in Yountville, Alice Waters’ Chez Panisse in Berkeley, and Grant Achatz’s Alinea in Chicago have put no-tip policies in place. So did the […]
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By Will Stone, NPR When the Nevada Department of Wildlife gave its comments on sage grouse, Ron Torell says the agency threw the livestock industry under the bus. “We had to get their attention somehow. This did it.” Torell is president of the Nevada Cattlemen’s Association and says NDOW’s stance on sage grouse could spell […]
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Californians are walking, biking, or using public transportation twice as much as they did in 2000. Nearly 23 percent of household trips were taken by walking, biking, and public transportation. In 2000, that share was only 11 percent, according to the California Household Travel Survey. “Based on this research, we can make good decisions about […]
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Nevada County Treasurer and Tax Collector Tina Vernon will be setting up office in the Truckee area to serve residents during peak property tax season. Second tax installments are due no later than April 10, 2014. The seasonal office will be located at the Truckee Sheriff Substation at 10879 Donner Pass Road, Suite A. The […]
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By USSA LENZERHEIDE, Switzerland — The U.S. Ski Team, captained by Mikaela Shiffrin (Eagle-Vail), Julia Mancuso (Squaw Valley), David Chodounsky (Crested Butte, Colo.) and Tim Jitloff (Reno), powered to second in the Audi FIS Alpine World Cup Finals Nations team event Friday. Anchored by Shiffrin and Chodounsky, who won every dual on the faster blue […]
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By Kathryn Reed Construction this summer on Kingsbury Grade is going to require patience from drivers, businesses and residents. Expect the roadway to be torn up until just before July 4, 2015. If the weather holds, the work could begin before May 1. This stretch of road that connects Lake Tahoe to the Carson Valley […]
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By Carl Lackey Mid-March is the time for black bears to emerge from their dens and begin their annual search for food. The first bears to emerge are usually males and females who do not have cubs. Females with cubs usually emerge from the den later in the spring, from mid-April to early May. The […]
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