By Patrick McGreevey, Los Angeles Times Every eligible Californian with a driver’s license would be automatically registered to vote under a proposal Thursday by Secretary of State Alex Padilla, who estimated it would add millions of people to the voter rolls. Padilla and Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, D-San Diego, are modeling their legislation on a “motor […]
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By Carl Hulse, New York Times WASHINGTON — Senator Harry Reid, the tough tactician who has led Senate Democrats since 2005, will not seek re-election next year, bringing an end to a three-decade congressional career that culminated with his push of President Obama’s ambitious agenda against fierce Republican resistance. Reid, 75, who suffered serious eye […]
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By Amber Phillips, Las Vegas Sun WASHINGTON — In a choose-your-own-facts debate, a Sheldon Adelson-backed bill to ban online gaming got its first airing in Congress with a controversial hearing Wednesday. Ban proponents, led by powerful members of Congress, argued that allowing online gaming to continue would degrade America’s morality by proliferating gaming. “Every home […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – Going forward, Heavenly Mountain Resort will no longer be known as a just a ski resort. Its Epic Discovery project received unanimous approval from the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Governing board on Thursday. “It’s conceivable if all the pieces fall into place, we could break ground on a handful of […]
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By Victoria Stilwell, BloombergBusiness For most people, buying a home is no cheap venture. That’s especially the case when the growth in U.S. home prices is beating wage increases 13 to 1. Wages climbed by 1.3 percent from the second quarter of 2012 to the second quarter of 2014, compared to a 17 percent increase […]
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By Lewis Griswold, Fresno Bee PINEHURST — A massive die-off of pine trees in the southern Sierra Nevada caused by beetles attacking drought-stressed trees is turning forests brown and creating a fire tinderbox. From El Portal in Mariposa County to Kernville in Kern County and beyond, stands of dead trees are striking fear in the […]
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By Jenna McLaughlin, Mother Jones In 2014, the 300 million visitors to U.S. national parks may have noticed the potholes in the roads, the magnificent vistas obscured by dense brush, dirty visitors’ centers in need of basic repairs, trails that were not maintained, and overgrown campgrounds. Why? Blame Congress, which has routinely purchased new federal […]
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By Jessie Marchesseau Residential neighborhoods in South Lake Tahoe being used for tourist lodging are beginning to divide the town. More than 100 people packed the City Council chambers for Tuesday’s vacation home rental workshop, while still more looked and listened in from outside the door. The meeting, originally scheduled for 1½ hours, lasted twice […]
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By Kathryn Reed Education and life post high school graduation are becoming less distinct transitions in South Lake Tahoe. Instead of the solid lines between grade levels and physical entities, the powers that be are on a quest to make it a seamless transition. Lake Tahoe Unified and Lake Tahoe Community College are trying to […]
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By Tom Knudson, Reveal It’s not a secret that California is facing a groundwater crisis. But something else is: a vast repository of state records that scientists and water policy specialists say could dramatically improve our understanding of California’s groundwater resources if they were made public. The records are called well completion reports, or well […]
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