By Tim Hearden, Capital Press California’s record-setting rainfall in the past week has left many reservoirs flush with water and mountains smothered in snow. The state’s Department of Water Resources is predicting its deliveries of state project water will be at least half of contractors’ requests — an extraordinarily high amount for this early in […]
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By Kathryn Reed Randy Lane and John Serpa are no longer involved in the would-be convention center project in South Lake Tahoe. The two men who ran Lake Tahoe Development Company and sunk about $90 million of their money in the 11-acre site must walk away with only concrete and rebar to show for their […]
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By Reno Gazette-Journal A Mt. Rose Ski Resort lift was operating again Monday after it was jammed on Sunday with skiers stuck on it for two hours. There were 23 chairs on the Zephyr lift holding 76 skiers when a freak wind from the south moved the cable on which the lifts operate and moved […]
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By Jason Hildago, Reno Gazette-Journal Lord Chesterfield once said that an injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult. Which raises the question: Does inclusion in a list of forgotten vacation destinations qualify as the former or the latter? That’s the predicament Reno finds itself in after being included in U.S. News & World Report’s […]
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By Steve Timko, Reno Gazette-Journal Nevada has picked up a fourth seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, according to U.S. Census Bureau figures released today. Despite a population contraction toward the end of the decade, Nevada remained the fastest growing state in the country between 2000 and 2010. Read the whole story
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By Michael Doyle, Fresno Bee Washington Bureau WASHINGTON – California’s congressional delegation will remain the same size while Texas and Florida will bulk up, under final 2010 census results released Tuesday morning. With a population of 37.3 million, California will retain its current 53 House seats for the coming decade. Along with every other state, […]
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By Susan Carpenter, Los Angeles Times About 50 percent of the water used inside U.S. homes can be reused to irrigate landscapes and flush toilets, according to a greywater report released by the Oakland-based Pacific Institute last week. The Overview of Greywater Reuse examined the application of greywater systems worldwide to determine how the wastewater […]
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By Laurel Rosenhall, Sacramento Bee Rocklin’s Victory High School and Truckee’s Sierra High School have been named two of the state’s model continuation schools. The campuses made a list — released Friday by state Superintendent Jack O’Connell — of 27 continuation schools that should serve as models to the rest of the state for their […]
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By Carlos Alcalá, Sacramento Bee El Dorado County’s auditor-controller has issued a warning to the Board of Supervisors about unfunded pension liability. According to Joe Harn’s letter to the supervisors last week, the liability has more than doubled from June 2008 to June 2009, the most recent reported. The current liability is $264 million, he […]
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By Mark Glover and Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee Friends and relatives may be urging you to drive on down for the holidays, but prices at the gas pumps are definitely arguing for the joys of gathering around the home fires. Regular gas in California is at $3.26 a gallon and rising. An unprecedented – for […]
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