By Justin Doom, Bloomberg Drought-stricken California has more than twice the water capacity needed to erase an annual deficit of more than 6 million acre-feet, through better conservation and management efforts, according to the Pacific Institute and the Natural Resources Defense Council. Almost half of the potential 13.7 million acre-feet in savings could come from […]
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By Robert D. Dávila, Sacramento Bee Mark A. Smith, a world-class adventurer and 4×4 motorsports pioneer who organized the first gathering of Jeep owners for an off-road trek along the torturous Rubicon Trail over the Sierra Nevada, died June 9 at 87. The cause was a stroke, said Pearse Umlauf, vice president of Jeep Jamboree […]
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By Liberty Zikos MEYERS – It all started with the word “Handglovery” painted in black on a plain white wall. It’s a word that designers used in the past when creating new font or typeface, and ever since Kim Wyatt, owner and publisher of Bona Fide Books, put it up in her office last fall, […]
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By Jim Kuhnhenn, AP WASHINGTON — Capping a rare instance of congressional compromise, President Obama signed a $12.3 billion water projects bill Tuesday, financing improvements ranging from a harbor expansion in Boston to flood control in Iowa and North Dakota. Obama praised the work of Democrats and Republicans and said he hoped it set a […]
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By Jeanna Smialek, Bloomberg Vera Johnson from Seattle is barely making do, let alone saving for retirement. “I try to remain in the present moment and not live in fear of the future,” said Johnson, who has neither retirement savings nor a college fund for her two children. “My property is underwater, the properties around […]
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By Kathryn Reed Douglas County voters clearly want Ron Pierini to be sheriff. Assuming he carries the momentum he had Tuesday into November, he will continue on as sheriff. With 100 percent of the precincts reporting June 10, Pierini dominated his opponents by tallying 69.36 percent of the votes with 6,335 votes. David Brady had […]
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By Jennifer Medina, New York Times LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles Superior Court judge ruled Tuesday that teacher tenure laws deprive students of their constitutional right to an education, a decision that hands teachers’ unions a major defeat in a landmark case that overturns several California laws that govern the way teachers are hired […]
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By Martin Griffith, AP RENO — Scientists are hailing the return of a threatened fish to its home spawning grounds in Nevada for the first time in 76 years, calling it a milestone in efforts to re-establish a self-sustaining population of the species at a desert lake near Reno. About 90 Lahontan cutthroat trout weighing […]
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By Susan Wood Nevada Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki may serve his last day on the job come January, but it will always be Labor Day in which he made the most lasting impression on former state official Sue Wagner. Fourteen years ago on that day, Wagner narrowly survived a plane crash with Krolicki while campaigning […]
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By Bettina Boxall, Los Angeles Times Most Californians surveyed say the statewide drought has had little or no impact on their daily lives, and a majority oppose the suspension of environmental protections or large-scale public spending to boost water supplies, a new USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll has found. Although 89 percent characterize the drought […]
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