By Kathryn Reed CAVE ROCK – “He just gave us the fin and swam away.” That’s Capt. Andrew Lubrano’s way of saying the fish won that round, time to put some new bait on the hook and cast the line out again. There was a lot of that going on last Sunday. There were also […]
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By J.D. Morris, Las Vegas Sun Efforts to open legal sports books outside Nevada suffered a major setback Tuesday when a federal appeals court denied New Jersey’s attempt to bring betting on athletics to its casinos and racetracks. Still, the possibility remains that sports books will eventually spread to other states — just on a […]
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By Gary Richards, San Jose Mercury News California’s improved economy has brought commutes to an unprecedented slowdown from one end of the state to the other, making drivers here the most stressed out in the nation. A nationwide report released late Tuesday found that motorists in California’s congested population centers spend nearly two work weeks […]
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By Susan Wood If a leaf or a cone falls in the forest, will anyone see the symptoms of change? That’s the question botanists, foresters, climatologists and arborists may be asking in the age of an unprecedented Western drought. Come fall, aspens represent the most recognizable tree that changes color in the Sierra Nevada. But […]
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By Lisa Leff, AP SAN FRANCISCO — The likelihood that California voters will be asked to legalize recreational marijuana next year is prompting lawmakers to make a serious run at reining in the state’s vast medical marijuana industry — a job they have deferred for nearly two decades. A pair of bills pending in the […]
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By Kyle Roerink, Las Vegas Sun Nevada negotiated an option to buy up to 2.5 million rounds of ammunition for state agencies over the next two years, according to documents and interviews with the Nevada Purchasing Division. State officials made 55 separate requests for ammunition for 9mm pistols, 12-gauge shotguns, semi-automatic rifles and other firearms […]
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By Rachel Swan and John Wildermuth, San Francisco Chronicle Filling car-shaking potholes and repairing crumbling highways and bridges shouldn’t be a partisan issue, Gov. Jerry Brown said. Joined by Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins, D-San Diego, Brown used a news conference last week at the Port of Oakland to urge the Legislature’s Republicans and Democrats to […]
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By Kathryn Reed ROUND HILL – Lake Tahoe’s congressional delegation wants the feds to spend more money in the basin. But they are divided on how much and where to spend it. Money, forest health, lake clarity and transportation were the key subjects during the 19th annual Lake Tahoe Environmental Summit at Round Hill Pines […]
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By Kathryn Reed Jeremy Meyers, El Dorado County superintendent of schools, was booked at the El Dorado County jail in Placerville on Aug. 22 on driving under the influence charges stemming from an incident in June. This was a condition of having pleaded no contest to the charges, which is the same as a guilty […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – Dressed in his signature tight T-shirt with biceps bulging as he stroked the guitar, there is no doubt why People magazine earlier this year named Dierks Bentley country’s hottest guy. However, Kip Moore, the third opening act, might have a good chance to usurp that title from Bentley. For those […]
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