An El Dorado County jury returned with a verdict of guilty on July 29 on all 11 counts against Howard Martin Harmless II. Harmless had been charged with nine counts of child molestation and two counts of providing drugs to juveniles. Harmless faces 25 years to life in prison when he is sentenced Sept. 2.
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By Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times At a special meeting Monday, the state board of education unanimously adopted common national academic standards. These standards are to provide the basis for future instruction in the state. The common-standards initiative has been pushed by the Obama administration, but executed through a voluntary national effort in which nearly […]
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By Reno Gazette-Journal NV Energy Inc., doubled its net income in the second quarter from the same period in 2009, according to the utility’s earnings report released today. The Las Vegas-based utility reported profits for the April-June period of $36.9 million, or 16 cents per share, compared with $18.4 million, or 8 cents, a year […]
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By Erin Kelly, Gannett News Service WASHINGTON — As he fights for a fifth term, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., is touting his clout as a key reason that voters should keep him in Washington. But just what has Reid’s seniority — and his powerful position as majority leader — brought Nevada? The […]
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By Ann M. Simmons, Los Angeles Times Firefighters have made significant progress in taming an aggressive wildfire that has burned almost 14,000 acres in northern Los Angeles County. By 6am Sunday, containment of the Crown fire, which had ravaged areas of western Palmdale and the Leona Valley, had reached 87%, according to Inspector Don Kunitomi, […]
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The fire chief for the U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit is suspending residential burning, also known as “dooryard” burning, effective today through the remainder of fire season. The prohibition applies to debris burning on private, state and federal lands of El Dorado and Placer counties in the Lake Tahoe Basin. Residential debris […]
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By Reno Gazette-Journal Plumas National Forest fire crews were dispatched to the Bar Fire in the western Sierra today where at least 100 acres was burning in steep terrain, about 80 miles northwest of Reno. The U.S. Forest Service says the fire in the Feather River Canyon, near Rich Bar, approximately 4 miles east of […]
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By Ann M. Simmons, Los Angeles Times By late Friday, firefighters appeared to be gaining control of the Crown fire near Palmdale. Authorities did not issue any further updates on the fire’s status, leaving the total acreage burned so far at 13,000 acres, but the day’s aggressive aerial assault appears to have been successful. Several […]
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By Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal With a warming climate making for longer fire seasons and more intense wildfires, an ongoing effort to revamp the nation’s firefighting strategy is gaining increasing importance, the chief of the U.S. Forest Service said. Tom Tidwell, in Reno last week as part of a coalition of officials discussing fire policy, […]
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More people are expressing interest in the South Lake Tahoe City Council race. Joy Curry, Steve Kubby, Adrian Gooch, Elizabeth Hallen and Doug Cichowicz have taken out papers. They join Tom Davis, Angela Swanson, Georg May and Claire Fortier. None of them has turned in their papers. Documents must be turned in by Aug. 6. […]
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