Updated Sept. 14: By Kathryn Reed An internal investigation by Lake Valley Fire Protection District revealed the captain who fell out of a moving engine was taking off his coat and his gear got hung up on the door lever. The firefighter, whose name has not been made public, had to be airlifted to a […]
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By Jim Miller, Sacramento Bee One in five Californians lives in poverty, the highest rate in the country, according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau. The “Supplemental Poverty Measure,” factors in cost of living and shows a stubbornly high share of Golden State residents in poverty even as the national rate has dropped […]
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By KCRA-TV A funnel cloud was spotted Wednesday over Lake Tahoe as a tornado warning expired, the National Weather Service said. A severe thunderstorm produced a funnel cloud about 4:05pm Sept. 13 over Lake Tahoe. Read the whole story
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By Sean Whaley, Las Vegas Review-Journal Consumer advocates are concerned about a proposed rate filing from NV Energy because it would raise the fixed monthly service charge by 31 percent. The request was added this month to a June rate filing with the Nevada Public Utilities Commission. The fixed monthly charge would increase for all […]
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By Susan Wood Kirkwood Mountain Resort has agreed to pay more than $750,000 to settle a wetlands contamination case brought against the ski resort by the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board and California Department of Fish and Wildlife. The water board found through a complaint in April 2016 that the ski resort used […]
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By Jim Miller, Sacramento Bee Despite the risk posed to students and staff, many California schools fail to include active shooter scenarios in state-required safety plans, according to a new audit. Schools and colleges were the second-most common location for shooting incidents from 2000 to 2015. California law, though, does not mandate that school safety […]
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By Art Marroquin, Las Vegas Review-Journal The Nevada Department of Transportation is abiding by the terms of a federal consent decree aimed at resolving stormwater runoff violations, with only one unfulfilled requirement that must be met by the end of this year, officials said Monday. A comprehensive stormwater management plan must be completed by […]
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Motorists going west on Interstate 80 this afternoon in the Sierra are not moving because of multiple accidents. Hail and heavy rain have caused numerous vehicles to spin out, including a big-rig that jackknifed at Cisco Grove at about 1pm Sept. 12. Westbound I-80 is closed at Rainbow because of a crash. Crews are hoping […]
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By Sean Whaley, Las Vegas Review-Journal Two environmental groups on Monday filed a lawsuit challenging the Bureau of Land Management’s June sale of oil and gas leases in Northern Nevada. On June 14, the BLM offered nearly 200,000 acres of public lands in Nevada’s Battle Mountain district for fossil fuel development, including hydraulic fracturing, also […]
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By Wes Siler, Outdoor Hurricanes, earthquakes, and nuclear war, oh my. And don’t forget to add a near-record wildfire season to that list of disasters. According to the National Wildfire Coordinating Group, there are 137 large wildfires currently raging across the American West, burning a total of 7.8 million acres. That’s not yet as bad as 2015, which […]
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