By Mike TeSelle, KCRA-TV A ballot measure in Placer County would impose a sales tax increase that could impact everyone who commutes or shops via Interstate 80, Highway 65 and other roads in the county. The passage of Measure M would impose a half-percent increase in the retail sales tax to raise funds for transportation […]
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By Adam Nagourney, New York Times EAST PORTERVILLE — California slashed urban water use over 25 percent in the face of a punishing drought last year, exceeding a mandatory order issued by Gov. Jerry Brown and turning the state into a model of water conservation. Californians tore out lawns, cut back landscape watering and took shorter showers […]
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Kindred Murillo is one of three finalists for the chancellor position in Contra Costa Community College District. Murillo earlier this year tendered her resignation at Lake Tahoe Community College, which will be effective in February. The next round of interviews at the Bay Area district will be Nov. 1 with the board of trustees, with […]
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By Associated Press Top state election officials and federal authorities in Nevada say plans are in place to ensure a fraud-free vote on Nov. 8. Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske told the media Tuesday she’s heard fears about voting insecurity in the presidential battleground state. The Republican state official and the FBI chief and federal […]
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By Kathryn Reed To be, or not to be, that is the question regarding Lake Tahoe Community College’s Theater Arts Department. Only it won’t be Hamlet answering the question. Ultimately it will be up to the board of education to decide if the department is disbanded, which is the recommendation of staff. On Oct. 18, […]
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By Dianne de Guzman, San Francisco Chronicle Forecasts are already showing a possibility of La Niña in our future, with the Climate Prediction Center for the National Weather Service rating our chances at about 70 percent. The system is predicted to be weak and short-lived, possibly arriving early next month. La Niña is not expected […]
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Comments are being taken on a proposed 76,500-square-foot, 127-room hotel and five three-story apartment buildings with 138 rental units adjacent to the Truckee Cemetery. Maryland-based Triumph Development wants to develop the 10 acres at 10470 E. Jibboom St. The CEQA document for the project has been released. People have until Nov. 14 to comment on the […]
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By Patrick McGreevy, Los Angeles Times The defendant told an LAPD officer he had smoked pot five hours before he was pulled over on Melrose Avenue for driving erratically. A blood test found a significant level of the chemical THC in his system, and a drug recognition expert ruled he was too impaired to drive safely. […]
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By Thomas Moore, Las Vegas Sun Getting new casino games in front of gamblers faster is the idea behind a change in regulations being considered by the Nevada Gaming Commission on Thursday. The commission will meet in Carson City to vote on amendments to regulations that would create a New Innovation Beta process intended to […]
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According to the U.S. Forest Service, the weekend storms did not adversely impact the multi-million Upper Truckee River rerouting project. “Flows in the Upper Truckee River (UTR) came up over the design capacity of the pumped diversion system, as well as the design capacity of the new channel on Sunday night,” Theresa Cody, a hydrologist […]
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