By Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times A crushing medical bill can cause money problems not just for a cash-strapped patient but for his or her entire family. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show more than one in four U.S. families recently experienced a financial burden due to the cost of medical […]
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By Mark Hugo Lopez, Pew Research Center According to Gov. Jerry Brown’s new state budget, Latinos are projected to become the largest single racial-ethnic group in the state by March, making up 39 percent of the state’s population. That will make California only the second state, behind New Mexico, where whites are not the majority […]
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By Kathryn Reed While state water officials scramble to contend with a worsening drought, Lake Tahoe taps are not going to go dry. Water purveyors in the Lake Tahoe Basin use groundwater or the lake. And while the lake level is dropping at a time when it should be replenishing, there are so many acre-feet […]
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By Katharine Mieszkowski, Center for Investigative Reporting The infant boy had been left alone in a closet. He was strapped into a car seat, facing a wall on the second floor of a Milpitas day care. A state inspector discovered the isolated boy when she visited in April and shut down the day care that […]
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By Andrew Doughman, Las Vegas Sun Marijuana advocates say they are crafting the necessary initiative language for Nevada voters to approve the use of pot for recreational purposes, perhaps by next year. In their best scenario, enough Nevada voters — a minimum of about 102,000 — will sign petitions supporting legalization of marijuana, setting the […]
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By Dale Kasler, Sacramento Bee Developers and environmentalists said Thursday they have settled a lawsuit that blocked a major redevelopment of Homewood Mountain Resort. The settlement means the project, which will cost $400 million to $500 million, will break ground in spring 2015, said Art Chapman of JMA Ventures, the owner of Homewood. The settlement […]
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A layer of fresh snow cannot disguise the fact that the snowpack is in dismal shape. The second snow survey of the season on Jan. 30 revealed the snowpack water content statewide is at 12 percent of normal. This sets a record. Prior to Thursday, the lowest snowpack water content readings for this time of […]
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By Andrew Doughman, Las Vegas Sun Several state legislators took a jaunt to Israel last year, touring the Holy Land and dining beside the Sea of Galilee. The largest Israeli lobbying group in the United States bankrolled the all-expenses trip, but when it came time this month for elected officials to report gifts they received […]
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By Kathryn Reed A brainstorming session of more than 70 business owners and employees on Tuesday uncovered a wealth of topics designed to make the South Shore more successful. At the annual Lake Tahoe South Shore Chamber of Commerce breakfast Jan. 28 much of the focus was on tapping into what the people in the […]
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By Mason Levinson, Bloomberg Sochi may attract the fewest American visitors to a Winter Olympics in 20 years amid terrorism concerns, a lack of luxury hotel rooms and difficulties procuring visas, according to U.S. tour operators. Russia’s plan to spend $50 billion on hotels and other infrastructure to convert a small city on the Black […]
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