By Susan K. Livio, Star-Ledger TRENTON — State medical marijuana programs and the people who work for them are not likely to run afoul of federal law if they keep their operations small and controlled, and don’t allow growers to create “industrial marijuana cultivation centers,” according to an eagerly-awaited letter from the Obama administration. The […]
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Updated: July 1 12:50pm Construction crews are taking a break from working on Echo Summit from July 1-5 so locals and tourists can travel to and from the South Shore without delays. Most of the work to replace the crumbling rock wall has been completed. When work resumes July 6 at 7am it will be […]
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By Cynthia Hubert, Sacramento Bee Things just got bleaker for California’s poorest residents. CalWORKs, the state’s “welfare to work” program, took a major hit in the state budget deal that Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law Thursday, reducing grants to their lowest levels in more than 20 years. Beginning today, monthly grants will be slashed […]
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By Martha Bellisle, Reno Gazette-Journal A state agency has launched a statewide investigation into all Nevada roads with high speed limits and railroad crossings after a Reno Gazette-Journal report found that nine months ago another truck almost crashed into an Amtrak passenger train at the site of last week’s deadly crash. Scott Magruder, spokesman for […]
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With the 4th of July quickly approaching, Douglas County sheriff’s deputies are reminding people the possession and discharge of fireworks in Douglas County are against the law. Anyone found in violation of the fireworks ordinance face criminal penalties, including a fine of up to $1,000 and/or confinement in the county jail for a period of […]
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By Bridget Jones, Auburn Journal Plans for a new courthouse in Tahoe City by 2015 are “up in the air” after a state budget approved by the California Legislature Tuesday. The new building is scheduled to be funded by Senate Bill 1407, which passed in 2008 and authorized the statewide increase in court use fees. […]
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By Kathryn Reed At the end of a 2½-hour meeting Thursday, the main thing decided by the recreation board overseeing Measure S was to have another meeting. With it being nearly the eleventh-hour in terms of figuring out whether to put an initiative on the Nov. 8 ballot, the three-member panel has set July 13 […]
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By Ashlie Rodriguez, Los Angeles Times The new normal is warmer. “The climate of the 2000s is about 1.5 degree Fahrenheit warmer than the 1970s, so we would expect the updated 30-year normals to be warmer,” said Thomas R. Karl, director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Climatic Data Center. That recent temperature […]
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By Kevin Yamamura, Sacramento Bee After a veto fight with his own party and unresolved differences with Republicans, Gov. Jerry Brown signed an on-time $85.9 billion spending plan Thursday that slashes higher education and the safety net while relying on a windfall of tax revenues. Besides a February 2009 budget that was $24 billion out […]
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By Bill Lindelof, Sacramento Bee State fish and game officials warned the public to take precautions to avoid encounters with bears in the Lake Tahoe Basin. The warning comes in the wake of a black bear tearing at a tent at Camp Richardson over the weekend. The camper suffered shallow scratches on his back in […]
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