By Taryn Luna, Sacramento Bee California voters passed a measure on Election Day urging state politicians to use their authority to limit corporate and special interest spending in elections. Then they sided with the campaign that raised the most money on the majority of statewide ballot measure contests. Proposition 59 was advisory-only, aimed at overturning […]
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By Kathryn Reed “You have just hit us with a bomb.” That was the reaction of a care-giver when told Tahoe Wellness Cooperative will likely close next month. The medical marijuana dispensary’s permit expired in May. City officials have been working with Cody Bass, who operates the nonprofit, to get the business into compliance. The city […]
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By Matt Stevens, Los Angeles Times The number of dead trees in California’s drought-stricken forests has risen dramatically to more than 102 million in what officials described as an unparalleled ecological event that heightens the danger of massive wildfires and damaging erosion. Officials said they were alarmed by the increase in dead trees, which they […]
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By Thomas Moore, Las Vegas Sun Even after Question 2’s passage last week, casinos will likely avoid dealing with the marijuana industry and continue to prohibit guests from using pot on their properties, if the discussions of Nevada’s gaming regulators Thursday are any indication. Both the Nevada Gaming Control Board and Gaming Commission heard testimony and […]
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By Kathryn Reed Bijou Community Park needs help. “There are a lot of things people would like to do and add to the park but there is no master plan,” Pete Fink told the South Lake Tahoe City Council on Nov. 15. Fink is a member of the city’s Parks and Recreation Commission. That advisory […]
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By Sandra Chereb, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY — Nevada has received a $978,000 federal grant to combat and reduce recidivism among inmates convicted of property crimes and drug offenses, the state Department of Corrections announced Wednesday. The grant from the U.S. Department of Justice will fund a program targeting male property crime offenders between […]
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By Alexandra Witze, Air & Space To know California’ true water content in the mountains help is coming in the form of a King Air A90. Scientists have loaded the airplane with instruments to study California’s snowpack in unprecedented detail. Each spring, they fly back and forth over the mountain ranges, measuring where the snow […]
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By Kathryn Reed Sifting through assumptions and reality. That is the goal of a consulting team hired by the city of South Lake Tahoe to work on the vacation home rental quagmire. More than 70 people attended a meeting Wednesday night aimed at getting the public’s opinions about these rentals that are usually found in […]
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By Science Magazine While climate contributes strongly to fire activity in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, human activity, starting well before European contact, has also played an important part in the severity, frequency and sheer numbers of forest fires occurring in the area, according to researchers. “Initially, we did work to see if we could develop […]
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By Thomas Moore, Las Vegas Sun In the early 1980s, a battle was fought and lost in the casinos of Las Vegas and Atlantic City. The result, said two experts at the Cutting Edge Table games conference at the Flamingo Las Vegas this week, was that slot machines won the high ground on the casino […]
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