By Robert J. Samuelson, Newsweek As 56 million children return to the nation’s 133,000 elementary and secondary schools, the promise of “reform” is again in the air. Education Secretary Arne Duncan has announced $4 billion in Race to the Top grants to states whose proposals demonstrated, according to Duncan, “a bold commitment to education reform” […]
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By Andy Furillo, Sacramento Bee A 42-year-old transient who shot and killed a man in a Placerville homeless camp has been sentenced to 70 years to life in prison, the El Dorado County District Attorney’s Office said in a press release. Kenneth Sharonoff had been convicted of second-degree murder in the Jan. 23 killing of […]
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By Jocelyn Wiener, Center for Health Reporting DOYLE – Just before the turnoff into this tiny community, near the shuttered Burger Barn, a sign announcing Doyle’s existence also hints at its fade toward oblivion. Underneath the name of the local clinic, Doyle Family Practice, someone has added the words: “Temporarily closed.” Last summer, state budget […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE — “I’m going out of state and getting trashed” is not what my Mom wanted to hear I was doing on my birthday. It was met with silence on the other end of the phone. The truth is I’ve spent the last two nights in Nevada – out of state — […]
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By Amanda Finnegan, Las Vegas Sun Watchdog journalism needs to be preserved but finding a way to financially sustain it will remain a challenge in the coming years, industry experts said. During a panel discussion Wednesday entitled “The Death of Old News” hosted by the Black Mountain Institute at UNLV, three longtime journalists discussed how […]
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By Bill O’Driscoll, Reno Gazette-Journal Their mission is the same: To grow business in Northern Nevada. But with record-high unemployment and the harshest recession since the Great Depression comes the question of cohesion among economic development agencies, as the region continues to compete with other states for commerce. Pessimism in the recently released Sierra Region […]
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By Kathryn Reed Mediation this week failed to resolve the lawsuit MV Transportation filed against the South Shore’s transit agency and the members in the organization. MV Transportation filed a lawsuit against South Tahoe Area Transit Authority after the agency severed the contract with the Fairfield-based company. MV had signed a three-year contract in summer […]
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By Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal The Navy is investigating an incident during which two Seahawk helicopters attempting to hover over Lake Tahoe were damaged when they briefly hit the water, a Navy spokesman said Friday. The Navy’s two MH-60 Romeo helicopters, were en route from Mather Air Force Base near Sacramento to Lemoore Naval Air […]
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By Sam Stanton, Sacramento Bee A judge in Placerville suspended the criminal prosecution of accused kidnapper Phillip Garrido after his public defender declared she doubted his mental competency to face trial. The judge ordered a hearing for Oct. 8 on whether to appoint a mental expert to examine the 59-year-old alleged kidnapper of Jaycee Lee […]
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By Kevin Yamamura, Sacramento Bee State leaders broke a dubious record today as California entered the 86th day of the fiscal year without enacting a budget. Perhaps that served as sufficient motivation. Legislative leaders and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced Thursday they had agreed on a “framework” for a budget agreement that could be voted on […]
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