By Alexei Koseff and Taryn Luna, Sacramento Bee A multi-bill package aimed at addressing California’s housing affordability crisis headed to Gov. Jerry Brown Friday as lawmakers prepared to draw the curtain on the 2017 legislative year. Legislative leaders had previously reached agreement with Gov. Jerry Brown over measures to generate money for low-income housing development, […]
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By Louis Sahagun, Los Angeles Times Conservation groups, aiming to end California’s dwindling fur trade, filed a lawsuit Wednesday that would force state wildlife authorities to raise license fees to levels required by law to cover the full costs of regulating the trapping, killing and skinning of wild animals. That would drive the fees […]
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By Kathryn Reed Every decision made at Lake Tahoe Community College is done so with the same common denominator – students. There was a time when the philosophy in higher education was that students had the right to fail. After all, they are adults and can make decisions that may not allow them to succeed. […]
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By Nicole Raz, Las Vegas Review-Journal What actually happens when businesses look to relocate to Nevada? It usually starts with a phone call, which leads to a series of other phone calls to coordinate the process, said Ryan Smith, business development manager with the Governor’s Office of Economic Development. He said the call either comes […]
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By Associated Press WASHINGTON — Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke on Tuesday directed all land managers and park superintendents to be more aggressive in cutting down small trees and underbrush to prevent wildfires as the smoke-choked West faces one of the worst fire seasons in a decade. In a memo, Zinke said the Trump administration will […]
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Updated Sept. 14: By Kathryn Reed An internal investigation by Lake Valley Fire Protection District revealed the captain who fell out of a moving engine was taking off his coat and his gear got hung up on the door lever. The firefighter, whose name has not been made public, had to be airlifted to a […]
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By Jim Miller, Sacramento Bee One in five Californians lives in poverty, the highest rate in the country, according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau. The “Supplemental Poverty Measure,” factors in cost of living and shows a stubbornly high share of Golden State residents in poverty even as the national rate has dropped […]
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By Jenny Kane, Reno Gazette-Journal Nevada’s local governments have the green light to license certain businesses that want to allow marijuana consumption on-site, according to an opinion released Sunday by the Legislative Counsel Bureau. Businesses may establish lounges at which patrons can consume marijuana, and municipalities may create ordinances that require those businesses to purchase a license to […]
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By Susan Wood Kirkwood Mountain Resort has agreed to pay more than $750,000 to settle a wetlands contamination case brought against the ski resort by the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board and California Department of Fish and Wildlife. The water board found through a complaint in April 2016 that the ski resort used […]
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By Art Marroquin, Las Vegas Review-Journal The Nevada Department of Transportation is abiding by the terms of a federal consent decree aimed at resolving stormwater runoff violations, with only one unfulfilled requirement that must be met by the end of this year, officials said Monday. A comprehensive stormwater management plan must be completed by […]
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