By Kathryn Reed Crystal Ann Aguilar is no ordinary 11-year-old. She was born with a crushed aortic valve and three holes in her heart. Two were repaired within days of her birth. She has spent months at a time in the hospital. For an entire year she was on a feeding tube. Doctors said she […]
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By George Skelton, Los Angeles Times Many of us could use a refresher course in California geography as we debate how to manage the drought and prepare for an uncertain water future. For starters, calling the hardest-hit farm region the Central Valley is much too simplistic. Second, agriculture per se is not the issue — […]
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By Associated Press CARSON CITY – An Assembly committee has passed a bill aimed at saving the Nevada Public Employees Retirement System $1 billion every 10 years. The Assembly Government Affairs Committee voted Friday to pass SB406, which is sponsored by Republican Senate Majority Leader Michael Roberson. The bill got the support of the state […]
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By Kathryn Reed By early June anyone building or remodeling in the South Tahoe Public Utility District sewer boundary will see a break on connection fees. The board this month rolled back the sewer connection fees by 25 percent. This means the fee is now $3,660 per sewer unit instead of $4,930. “The board heard […]
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By Kyle Roerink, Las Vegas Sun In response to a bevy of controversial energy issues emerging in the state, a coalition of gaming, tech and energy companies will align to promote more consumer choice in what’s shaping up to be a long battle against the state’s dominant power company, NV Energy. The Nevada Coalition to […]
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By Emanuella Grinberg, CNN Cyclist Alan Crocker regrets flipping off the driver of the blue pickup that buzzed past him on a recent Saturday morning in Rome, Ga. He’s not proud of it, and he’ll never do it again — especially now that he knows how unpredictable the response might be. Crocker was wearing a […]
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By Kathryn Reed Climate change is going to bring bigger floods, warmer waters, less snow and more rain to the Lake Tahoe Basin, according to scientists. And then what? The Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board is asking that and other questions. “We have tools. But the big question is what tools don’t we have […]
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By Jeff DeLong, Reno Gazette-Journal A former Nevada lawmaker who claims harassment by bear advocates at his Lake Tahoe home has filed a request for a protective order with Washoe County authorities. William O’Donnell, who served as a Republican state senator representing Las Vegas from 1987 to 2001 and previously as a state assemblyman, filed […]
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By Jessica Calefati and Josh Richman, San Jose Mercury News SACRAMENTO– Gov. Jerry Brown released a revised state budget proposal Thursday that sinks billions in better-than-expected tax revenues into California’s public schools and some tax relief for the state’s poorest families. But it still didn’t satisfy Democratic lawmakers who want to mend the state’s shredded […]
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By Kathryn Reed It’s not just professional sports teams paying more attention to athletes with concussions. It’s a big deal in the Tahoe-Truckee area, too. One of the problems is there is no diagnostic tool for medical professionals to use to test if someone sustained a concussion or if they have fully recovered. That is […]
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