By Victor Calderon, Reno Gazette-Journal Firefighters continued Tuesday to battle several fires caused by lightning strikes including one north of Gerlach while containing just over half of the Constantia Complex Fire north of Reno. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is managing the Rock Creek Fire, about 18 miles north of Gerlach, said Lisa Ross, […]
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By Carlos Alcalá, Sacramento Bee The El Dorado County Board of Supervisors gave the go-ahead to start planning cuts of 150 positions from the county’s budget for 2011-2012. The job eliminations are needed to bridge a projected $16 million budget deficit. They would cut nearly one out of every six full-time positions covered by the […]
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By Tom Knudson, Sacramento Bee It seemed a perfect symmetry: California, the world’s high-tech capital, would lead the way in recycling the debris of our digital revolution. But five years after its launch, the state government-run electronic waste program stands out not as a model of the green innovation for which California is famous but […]
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By Ray Hagar, Reno Gazette-Journal LAS VEGAS — They came from cross the state tonight — Nevadans involved in sports, schools, banking and government — to pray for the soul of departed former Nevada Gov. Kenny Guinn, who died here Thursday after falling from the roof of his home. U.S. Sen. John Ensign, R-Las Vegas, […]
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By Victor Calderon, Reno Gazette-Journal Firefighters continued Monday to contain several brush fires caused by lightning strikes and made progress on the large Constantia Complex Fire about 45 miles north of Reno. Fire activity was slow Monday on the Constantia Complex Fire, which had consumed more than 1,700 acres of timber, grass and brush near […]
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By Jaclyn O’Malley, Reno Gazette-Journal An overturned truck that dumped 40 gallons of diesel fuel is causing Mount Rose Highway to be closed for the next hour, Nevada Highway Patrol reported. Upon completion of the clean up, the road will be a single lane for the next few hours after that. Troopers said motorists will […]
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By Kathryn Reed Fred Kollar was a short timer from the first day he took the helm of the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Department. And he’s OK with that. But he’s not about to take on the roll of a lame duck leader just because he was appointed the position earlier this year when Jeff […]
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Gray skies started early Sunday, with the South Shore losing most of its blue sky by 11am. The sun has peeked in and out most of the day, as threatening thunderheads loom nearby. “Thunderstorms will be driest through 4pm, then begin to produce some wetting rains and abundant lightning with the threat of new starts […]
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By Pete Krajewski, Reno Gazette-Journal The Garson Fire near Verdi was 100 percent controlled Sunday afternoon, with full containment expected by 5pm for the blaze that burned an estimated 40 acres near Boomtown. Another blaze that started around 11:30am near Eagle Canyon Drive and Loop Road north of Spanish Springs charred about one acre. The […]
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By Loretta Kalb, Sacramento Bee The foothills and mountains to the east of Sacramento are in line for a dose of lightning strikes today and Monday, courtesy of “monsoonal moisture” from the nation’s Four Corners region. Drew Peterson, meteorologist, said some 20 or so lightning strikes were recorded by mid-morning, mostly within the mountains east […]
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