By Peter Hecht, Sacramento Bee A drive to regulate California marijuana dispensaries won a key victory Thursday, raising the hopes of advocates who argue that state oversight is critical to staving off federal raids on California’s medical cannabis industry. The state Assembly voted 41-28 to pass a bill to create a California policing agency to […]
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If people didn’t already know it, U.S. News & World Report confirmed it — Truckee is one of the most expensive places to live. The Northern California city comes in at No. 8. The magazine says, “Everyone from librarians to shop owners feel the economic pinch of working and living in Truckee. The monthly cost […]
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Publisher’s note: The two South Lake Tahoe Raley’s are part of Local 8. The strike vote is being taken June 3-4 at Embassy Suites. By Dale Kasler, Sacramento Bee Raley’s, trying to head off a strike vote, is warning its union workers about more store closures and other consequences if they walk out. With members […]
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By Kathryn Reed Even if someone were arrested or admits to having been responsible for the Angora Fire, he or she may never be punished other than through their own guilt or if vigilantism takes over. It would depend on the state and/or federal charges that could potentially be levied against the person or persons […]
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Updated June 2, 2012 9:50pm: The Preacher Mine Fire is estimated to be 55 percent. contained; still at 1,070 acres burned. The fire has not grown since 3:30pm Saturday. Mop up has started on the interior of the fire. The River Bend Fire was contained June 2 at 8pm at 11 acres. —– Updated June […]
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By Scott Sonner, AP U.S. Forest Service officials have agreed to move post-Angora Fire logging operations farther away from nests with rare, black-backed woodpecker chicks at the request of conservationists who’ve been fighting the overall project for years. But John Muir Project members — who have documented one nest in the path of the logging […]
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By David Bienick, KCRA-TV SACRAMENTO — The California Assembly has approved a bill that would ban cities and counties from asking about criminal history on initial job applications. The bill, known as AB 1831, passed the Assembly Tuesday by a vote of 41-31. The bill’s author is Roger Dickinson, a Democrat from Sacramento. “Employment is […]
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By Sean Whaley, Nevada News Bureau CARSON CITY – Two years ago it was the metric system. Now it’s communists. The Legislative Commission this week took the first step toward repealing several antiquated statutes, including a provision of state law dating to the “Red Scare” days of the 1950s directed at the Communist Party. The […]
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By Kathryn Reed The Best Western at Timber Cove changed hands this week and a new restaurant on the pier is open. Bob Maloff, who died a year ago, had left the South Lake Tahoe hotel, including the pier that juts far into Lake Tahoe, to his estate. Urbana Holdings based in Georgia is now […]
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Several fires are burning out of control in Northern Nevada — all presumably caused by lightning strikes on June 1. The largest is the Preacher Mine Fire at 500 acres as of Friday night. This is where most resources are being used. “There are several homes in this remote rural area, however no structures have […]
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