By Jessica Calefat, CalMatters In California and across the country, suicide is the second leading cause of death among teens—a grim reminder that many high school students’ primary barrier to adulthood is themselves. More young people take their own lives than the number killed by cancer, heart disease, birth defects, stroke, flu, pneumonia and chronic […]
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An early morning fire ripped through the South Lodge at Homewood Mountain Resort. The West Shore ski resort is closed today as crews mop up the fire and resort officials assess the damage. The South Lodge was primarily used as a restaurant and administration offices. The fire was reported just after 3am Dec. 28. No […]
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Lake Tahoe residents were jolted by two powerful earthquakes today that were centered near Hawthorne. The first one was recorded at 12:18am Dec. 28. It was 5.8, according the Nevada Seismological Laboratory. Four minutes later a 5.7 temblor hit. Both were felt by residents of South Lake Tahoe. A third quake, this one slightly closer […]
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By Cathie Anderson, Sacramento Bee SlideBelts co-founders Brig and Michelle Taylor ship their ratchet belts around the world from El Dorado Hills, and they have celebrated that fact by surrendering about 20 feet of wall in their company headquarters to a world map. That wall provides a portal for viewing the company’s rapid growth. SlideBelts’ […]
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By Associated Press With six new gun control bills signed by Gov. Jerry Brown in July, sales of semi-automatic rifles have more than doubled in California over last year. The Santa Rosa Press Democrat reports that the California Department of Justice shows 364,643 semi-automatic rifles had been sold by Dec. 9 whereas 153,931 rifles […]
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By Sean Whaley, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY — Women made impressive gains in capturing public offices in Nevada this year, and now represent 40 percent of the 63-member state Legislature heading into the 2017 session. That ties Nevada with Colorado and Vermont as the states with the highest percentage of women legislators, according […]
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Multiple windows in multiple classrooms were broken at Douglas High School. “The means to how the windows were broken are being withheld at this time for investigation purposes. The classrooms are still useable,” Douglas County sheriff’s Investigator Jon Storke told Lake Tahoe News. A dollar value for the damage has not been given. The incident […]
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Updated Dec. 27, 5:40pm: By Kathryn Reed More than 30 people in South Lake Tahoe were abruptly without jobs when Chevys didn’t open today. Sara Barker, spokeswoman for the chain, told Lake Tahoe News no advance notice was given to the workers. Dec. 24 was the last day the restaurant on Highway 50 served food. A few […]
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By Dale Kasler, Sacramento Bee The cost of that government pension is about to go up again, for California taxpayers as well as some public employees. CalPERS moved to slash its official investment forecast Tuesday, a dramatic step that will translate into billions of dollars in higher annual pension contributions from the state, local governments […]
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By Daniel Rothberg, Las Vegas Sun As part of a final push for clean energy in the remaining weeks of the Obama administration, the Department of the Interior approved a 728-mile power line Dec. 13 that will move wind energy from Wyoming to Southern Nevada. That wind power, which the federal agency says is enough […]
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