By Alexei Koseff, Sacramento Bee On any given day, most inmates in California jails have not yet been convicted of a crime. About 63 percent are being held awaiting trial, according to data collected by the Board of State and Community Corrections, an average of nearly 47,000 people. Federal statistics on the largest urban counties […]
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Reno-Tahoe International Airport in 2016 had the highest year-over-year increase in passengers since 2004. Last year 3,650,830 passengers used the airport, a 6.4 percent increase from 2015. Additional flights and improved economy helped spur the growth. This is the main airport for people traveling to Lake Tahoe and Truckee. 2016 was the best year for […]
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By Kathryn Reed Skyrocketing retirement costs are impacting Lake Tahoe Unified School District. “It’s a half million-dollar hit. We will not be able to keep it going,” Superintendent Jim Tarwater said of the shift in CalSTRS and CalPERS allocations. Certificated employees pay into the California State Teachers Retirement System, while classified staff are part of […]
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By Angela Hart, Sacramento Bee Facing a packed auditorium and raucous crowd, Republican Rep. Tom McClintock on Saturday defended his party’s national agenda and voiced strong support for President Trump’s controversial executive actions to scale back Obamacare, ban visitors from seven predominantly Muslim countries and build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. “Vote him out,” […]
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By Gary Martin, Las Vegas Review-Journal WASHINGTON — Nevada’s two U.S. senators have joined a bipartisan effort to expand mobile broadband to rural and underserved areas. More than two dozen senators from both political parties on Thursday asked the Federal Communications Commission to expand mobile broadband in rural areas to improve public safety and enhance […]
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By Kathryn Reed Schools in Lake Tahoe Unified School District are going to have their water tested for lead per a voluntary initiative put forth by the state Department of Water Resources. The water purveyor for a particular district must provide the testing to the schools at no charge. The school districts must ask the […]
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By Ryan Sabalow, Dale Kasler and Phillip Reese, Sacramento Bee After five years of drought, could California really have so much rain and snow there’s no room to store all the water? The answer – as the state’s water picture careens from bust to boom – is yes. One month into an exceptionally stormy 2017, […]
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By Jessie Marchesseau Housing for workers and traffic were two of the main concerns of Placer County planning commissioners on Feb. 2 as they discussed amendments to Northstar’s master plan. The 20-year Northstar Mountain Master Plan includes the following key points: · 5 new lifts · A gondola from the lower parking lots · 25 […]
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By Mark Glover, Sacramento Bee Luxury home sales in the North Lake Tahoe and Truckee area, which dropped off the table during the recession, shot up 50 percent in 2016, according to the regional office of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage. Coldwell said 280 single-family homes and condominiums priced at $1 million and higher sold last […]
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By Jenny Kane, Reno Gazette-Journal A Bureau of Land Management supervisory agent from Utah violated federal ethics rules after he used his position to get his family and girlfriend into Burning Man and influenced the hiring process for a friend, according to a report released Monday. The Department of Interior’s Office of the Inspector General for a year […]
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