A motorcyclist died early this morning in South Lake Tahoe. Officers at 8:20am were still on scene gathering evidence. The collision between the motorcyclist and vehicle occurred about 6:15am July 26 on Highway 50 near Safeway. Details about the accident and people involved have not been released. — Lake Tahoe News staff report
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By Cassandra Moseley, The Conversation Just six months after the devastating Thomas Fire – the largest blaze in California’s history – was fully contained, the 2018 fire season is well under way. As of mid-July, large wildfires had already burned over 1 million acres in a dozen states. Through October, the National Interagency Fire Center […]
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By Associated Press An attention-grabbing pimp’s campaign for the Nevada Legislature has sparked an anti-brothel effort that sex workers fear could spread to parts of the state that allow legal prostitution. A November ballot referendum is seeking to shut down four brothels in Lyon County in eastern Nevada owned by Dennis Hof, the Reno Gazette-Journal […]
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A construction worker at the Gondola Vista condo project in South Lake Tahoe was critically injured Tuesday when he was run over by a colleague, according to officials. The name of the man in his mid-40s has not been released. He was in a manhole when another worker backed over him on July 24. Eric […]
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By Yvonne Gonzalez, Las Vegas Sun Millions of dollars and enhanced protections have helped Nevada shore up systems protecting voter data and ballot-casting since the 2016 election marked by suspicions of foreign interference. One of the latest suspected Russian ties to election interference includes an indictment last week over emails and data stolen from Democratic […]
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By William Ramirez and Cresencio Rodriguez-Delgado, Fresno Bee Yosemite Valley will shut down Wednesday as fire crews try to stop the Ferguson Fire from spreading into the national park, according to fire crews. A noon closure will be imposed on a portion of Highway 41 from Wawona to the tunnel entry into Yosemite Valley, according […]
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By Associated Press Nevada voters could soon make history by electing the country’s first female-majority state legislature. Women, after winning a record number of primary contests last month, could make up nearly two-thirds of the statehouse by Nov. 7, the Reno Gazette-Journal reported . “In the past, we’ve had to ask women five, six, seven […]
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By Jessica Calefat, CALmatters California’s public schools have enjoyed a remarkable restoration of funding since the bone-deep cuts they endured during the recession, but many now face a grave financial threat as they struggle to pay the escalating costs of teachers’ pensions. Over the next three years, schools may need to use well over half […]
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By Yvonne Gonzalez, Las Vegas Sun So-called sin taxes on alcohol, tobacco and gambling are not a reliable source of state revenue, authors of a new research report warn. Sin taxes are volatile and likely to shrink as more states look to expand sports betting under a new Supreme Court ruling and legalize recreational marijuana […]
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By Tom Vanderbilt, Outside Brian Barker was living in Portland with a well-paying union job as a spokesperson for the fire department. But despite having “a job you don’t leave”—he had an itch. “I wanted to go live in the mountains,” he says. “I didn’t want to sit in traffic all the time. I was […]
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