By Jim Sanders, Sacramento Bee The California Assembly says the public has no right to see lawmakers’ current office budgets and spending projections, documents that could show whether punishment is doled out for key votes. Assemblyman Anthony Portantino raised the issue last month, saying that his budget was slashed shortly after casting the lone Democratic […]
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Douglas County District Court will not be the venue for the civil sexual assault case against Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. The accusations against Roethlisberger stem from when he was on the South shore in 2008 for the American Century Celebrity golf tournament. A woman working for Harrah’s Lake Tahoe at the time accused Roethlisberger […]
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The Postal Service has named 3,655 offices to study for possible closure next year. It has asked Congress to allow it to cut back to delivery five-days-a-week and to ease the requirement for an annual $5.5 billion payment to fund future retiree health benefits. Neither has been acted on, which is prompting the current action. […]
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By John Holland, Sacramento Bee Clifford Parker was on patrol when all hell broke loose near Highway 50 in September 1992. He was working as a recreation technician in the Eldorado National Forest when the Cleveland fire erupted. It would grow to 22,485 acres over 13 days. “I have never witnessed anything so devastatingly powerful […]
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By Kathryn Reed What policies would you change to make Lake Tahoe function better? Define what local contribution means, promote stewardship, overhaul infrastructure, improve transit, who is responsible for operation and maintenance costs, encouraging public-private partnerships, mandatory mediation before litigation, alignment within and between organizations, and balance environmental and economic goals. Those were some of […]
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By Susan Voyles, Reno Gazette-Journal David Creekman really knows how to silence a room. Washoe County Commissioner David Humke asked the chief deputy district attorney the other night about outstanding lawsuits involving Incline Village. Creekman said that five cases are outstanding. In one case, the Nevada Supreme Court has not ruled on the lawsuit that […]
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By Sam Stanton, Sacramento Bee With the Phillip Garrido fiasco as a backdrop, legislative and law enforcement leaders today agreed to work toward preventing a similar one. In a public meeting at the state Capitol convened by state Sen. Ted Gaines, R-Roseville, and El Dorado County District Attorney Vern Pierson, officials discussed the failures that […]
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With contaminated soil and groundwater found at the site of the fuel leak at Zephyr Cove Resort, more testing has been ordered. More than 3 cubic yards of contaminated soil constitutes a reportable quantity, explained Cheva Heck with the U.S. Forest Service. The Forest Service owns the land on the South Shore where the leak […]
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By Peter Hecht, Sacramento Bee Just north of Highway 180 in Fresno County, a wildfire in mid-June ate through thick grass, burning into oak woodlands and roaring up steep hills. For firefighters, it appeared to be a routine event. Six engine teams, including five from CalFire and one from Fresno County, attacked from two sides. […]
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By Susanne Rust, Climate Watch Despite a global decrease in the production of certain toxic chemicals, we may be in for an onslaught. That’s because rising global temperatures are causing the release of persistent organic pollutants, such as DDT and PCBs, which have been locked in arctic ice for more than half a century. Although […]
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