By Ben Botkin, Las Vegas Review-Journal Gov. Brian Sandoval will help put Nevada’s technology-driven economy on the national stage when he becomes chairman of the National Governors Association. Sandoval starts his one-year term as chairman this week at the association’s summer meeting in Providence, R.I. Sandoval will use the three-day event that starts Thursday to […]
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By Joshua Emerson Smith, San Diego Union-Tribune Wildfire season is getting longer and more intense, and both scientific and forestry experts foresee hotter and drier conditions that would significantly exacerbate the situation. State and local officials have in the last decade updated efforts to keep people and property safe from out-of-control conflagrations. This includes […]
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Updated 10:12pm: The Farad Fire is at 600 acres and 5 percent containment. Firefighters will continue to construct control lines in preparation for Tuesday’s late afternoon winds that are expected to be 20 mph. There are no evacuation orders in effect, but patrols will monitor the seven identified threatened structures in the Gold Ranch and […]
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The owner of a South Lake Tahoe massage parlor was arrested on sexual battery charges. Qiteng “Eric” Lu, owner of Chinese Magic Massage on Highway 50, was arrested July 6 on charges of penetration by a foreign object, sexual battery and attempting to prevent a witness from reporting a crime. The 34-year-old victim told police […]
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The last of three trials for the four defendants in a 2015 El Dorado County murder ended with a guilty verdict. Nalana Omega was found guilty last week in the stabbing of Pete Thomas, 55. Thomas’ body was discovered Feb. 3, 2015, at a home in the town of El Dorado. According to authorities, it […]
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By Kathryn Reed The much anticipated vacation home rental study commissioned by South Lake Tahoe doesn’t say much that people didn’t already know. On July 11 the study titled Socioeconomic Impacts of Vacation Home Rentals in South Lake Tahoe will be the subject of a workshop by the City Council. The council will likely discuss […]
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A swimmer is alive thanks to the help of a paddleboarder. Placer County sheriff’s deputies on July 8 got a call saying a swimmer was in distress just off Dollar Point. By the time the police boat arrived the person had been pulled onto a paddleboard. The swimmer, who was not wearing a life jacket, […]
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By Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times They have built careers isolating cells, designing integrated circuits and mastering computer languages. Now they are knocking on doors, being interviewed on TV and asking perfect strangers to give them money. Across the country, scientists — card-carrying members of an elite that prizes expertise — are exiting their […]
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Douglas County is trying to figure out how to pay for body cameras for sheriff’s personnel, which in this last legislative session lawmakers mandated. The state will allow Nevada counties to increase the 911 surcharge from 25 cents to $1. This would equate to about $9/year per cell phone if the increase were implemented. Douglas […]
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By Brian K. Sullivan, Bloomberg Texas struggled through its driest year in history in 2011. Four years later was its wettest ever. The Mississippi River rose to all-time-high flood levels in 2011. In 2012, its second-lowest. After a five-year drought that made agricultural irrigation a political hot potato, Northern California experienced nearly double the normal […]
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