By Kathryn Reed A proposed 17 percent rate increase by Liberty Utilities generated little interest from the public in the way of giving feedback to the California Public Utilities Commission. The commissioners, who are responsible for granting or declining the hike, conducted four hearings last week – two in Kings Beach and two in […]
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By Howard Stutz, Las Vegas Review-Journal Count the analysts at Fitch Ratings Service as predicting 2016 to be a stable environment for most U.S. gaming operators. Few casino openings are planned that could tip the scales in saturated gaming markets. Discretionary spending by consumers remains on an upswing. Companies saddled with a hefty long-term debt — […]
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By Christine Mai-Duc, Los Angeles Times After one of the most destructive fire seasons in California history and with an eye toward the increased potential effects of climate change, Gov. Jerry Brown has proposed spending more on fighting wildfires than the state has in more than a decade. Brown’s $170.7 billion budget proposal includes a $719 million one-time […]
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By Jessie Marchesseau Olympic snowboard gold medalist Jamie Anderson started the season with a clavicle broken in five places, her first surgery, one plate and eight screws. Her collarbone now on the mend, Anderson is anxiously awaiting approval from her doctors to get back on the snow. When she does return to competition, she will […]
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By Ian Whitaker, Las Vegas Sun Technology in the classroom has come a long way. What started with a simple chalkboard has evolved into projectors, computers, tablets and now robots. If you go by what you see at CES, which kicked off Tuesday in convention centers on the Strip, the beeping, booping machines are the […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – To the untrained eye the three images looked practically they same. They showed the El Niño pattern from 1982-83, 1997-98 and 2015-16. The first two brought crazy weather to Northern California and Northern Nevada. It’s usually the first quarter of the year where the moisture really starts to fall. “So […]
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By Kathryn Reed California’s nearly $700 million investment in Lake Tahoe is slowing down as evidenced by the governor’s proposed budget. The California Tahoe Conservancy is left out of any new funding. “Overall, the state of California has been historically — and will continue to be — committed to the restoration of Lake Tahoe, including […]
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By Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle For the first time, the federal government is recommending a specific limit on Americans’ sugar intake, making waves in the food industry and public health community with its 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans released Thursday. Every five years, these federal guidelines impact spending on school lunch, military, food stamp […]
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By John Myers , Melanie Mason and Christine Mai-Duc, Los Angeles Times By now, it could easily be called Gov. Jerry Brown’s budget doctrine — an insistence on only modest expansions in state services but liberal payments for one-time expenses and accumulated government debt. In his new $170.7-billion budget proposal to legislators, Brown is again staying consistent […]
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By Kathryn Reed Bridging the neighborhoods of South Lake Tahoe is one of the primary goals of the Greenway bike path. By 2020 the residential areas of Bijou and Sierra Tract should be linked so the need to travel on Highway 50 or Pioneer Trail can be avoided. “By minimizing the number of streets you […]
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