By Dale Kasler and Ryan Sabalow, Sacramento Bee It’s only a beginning. But it’s a strong beginning, and it offers at least a rain gauge’s worth of hope to a state enduring its fifth year of drought. The National Weather Service said Monday that the rainy season in the northern Sierra Nevada is off to […]
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By Kathryn Reed CAMINO – One aroma above all says Christmas – the scent of a freshly cut evergreen. It’s everywhere in the foothills of El Dorado County this time of year. It didn’t matter that the temperature was dropping and snow was beginning to fall, it just added to the magic of the countless […]
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By Nicole Raz, Las Vegas Review-Journal A company’s potential water use, in some cases, is the deciding factor in whether Nevada will provide tax incentives. “We have discouraged a couple of companies (considering relocating for tax abatements) that we felt were water users of such significance, particularly in comparison to the jobs and quality of […]
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By Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle The California Supreme Court jumped into a high-stakes dispute over public employee pensions last week, agreeing to decide whether laws aimed at limiting preretirement actions to inflate future benefits can be applied to millions of government workers. A state appeals court in San Francisco ruled in a Marin County […]
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By Kathryn Reed One of the perks of being director of the National Park Service is being able to check in on the land you manage. So it should be no surprise Stephen Mather was in Lake Tahoe on Friday giving a talk about his agency. But Lake Tahoe isn’t a national park and Mather […]
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By Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times Giuliana Tapia was way behind her classmates. She was just 5 years old, starting kindergarten at Telesis Academy of Science and Math in West Covina. At a kindergarten screening two months before her first day, she happily chattered about her dog Toodles, her favorite color pink, her Santa Claus pajamas, her nickname […]
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By Sean Whaley, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY — Nevada’s new execution chamber at Ely State Prison is finished, but there is no expectation it will be used anytime soon. The state can no longer obtain the drugs it needs to proceed with an execution. Nearly $860,000 was approved for the new chamber by the […]
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By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal The ski and snowboard industry has had more than its fair share of face plants when it comes to depicting women. Whether it is ads with women as worse skiers than men or apparel and gear makers who push inferior products on female customers just about anyone with open eyes and […]
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By Susan Wood Bill Crawford, who made a name for himself on the South Lake Tahoe City Council, died Friday. He was 82. Mr. Crawford was more than a two-term council member. He loved nature, was an avid athlete and a teacher who touched many lives. The news of his Nov. 25 death prompted several family […]
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By Sandra Chereb, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY – Before the nitty-gritty of lawmaking begins in February, newbie Nevada legislators fresh off the campaign trail need to know the basics. Orientation began last week for 17 freshman Assembly and Senate members who’ve never served in the Legislature. It was a three-day crash course on everything […]
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