By David Siders, Sacramento Bee If the full extent of Gov. Jerry Brown’s frustration with the California Environmental Quality Act was not already clear, it became so last week, when he said, “I’ve never seen a CEQA exemption that I don’t like.” The remark, Brown’s plainest yet about the state’s landmark environmental protection, reflects his […]
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By Sean Whaley, Nevada News Bureau CARSON CITY – A libertarian think tank’s legal team has filed an opening brief in a case before the state Supreme Court seeking to pursue its separation-of-powers lawsuit aimed at state lawmakers who also work in state government jobs. The Nevada Policy Research Institute’s Center for Justice and Constitutional […]
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By Ed Fletcher, Sacramento Bee The Placer County Republican Party is taking a big-tent approach to the local candidate endorsement process by inviting the party members to a new one-day selection convention. The Aug. 18 event replaces the normal process, which limited participation to the 27 elected members of the county’s Republican central committee. The […]
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By Saki Knafo, Huffington Post The “Kids Count” report, one of the most widely cited surveys of how children are faring in the United States, hasn’t offered much good news in recent years, and this year’s edition offered few surprises. Drawing mostly on U.S. Census data, the report noted that the percentage of children living […]
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By Julian Granka, Sacramento Bee National Weather Service meteorologist Mike Smith sits at a desk most of the year. In wildfire season, however, he takes on a new persona: He wears a fire suit and camps out for days at a time at ground zero of major forest fires. Smith spent a week and a […]
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By Ed Fletcher, Sacramento Bee An El Dorado Hills woman remained in critical condition Monday after her vehicle rolled off the Rubicon Trail, causing a 2-acre forest fire and stranding as many as 300 other Jeeps participating in the Jeepers Jamboree. Rachel Anne Gray, 21, was part of a large caravan of off-road enthusiasts driving […]
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By KRNV-TV HOMEWOOD- – A Placer County sheriff’s deputy says a bear was found shot and killed on a beach in the Homewood area Sunday night. The deputy told News 4 the investigation is now in the hands of the California Department of Fish and Game. According to Placer County authorities, a person can obtain […]
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By Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee The former president of the El Dorado County Deputy Sheriff’s Association has been sentenced to five years in state prison for embezzling more than $300,000 over six years from the association. Attorney General Kamala D. Harris and El Dorado County District Attorney Vern Pierson announced the sentencing of Donald Philip […]
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A mountain lion was seen near the Environmental Magnet School in Meyers on Monday morning. El Dorado County sheriff’s officials said the animal was walking in someone’s front yard about 9am July 30. “It did not appear threatening or injured, and then walked away from the area,” sheriff’s Lt. Pete Van Arnum told Lake Tahoe […]
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By Chris Ciarlo, KTVN-TV It’s now official, the 49th annual National Championship Air Races will take to the Reno skies once again this year, now that they have the funding they need – thanks to a $600,000 sponsorship from the Nevada Commission On Tourism. After last year’s crash, the air races insurance premium spiked nearly […]
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