Multiple times this fire season firefighting aircraft had to be grounded because of drones. It is now against the law in California to fly the unmanned aircraft near a wildland fire. “Wildfires continue to ravage our state and we can’t have drones or anything else getting in the way of the first-class emergency response we […]
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By Jason Blevins, Denver Post Denver private equity firm KSL Partners, Vail’s East West Partners and Aspen Skiing Co. are partnering to buy the Snowmass Base Village project from an affiliate of New York’s Related Cos., reviving hope for the stalled project that has languished for nearly a decade. East West, which developed Northstar Village, […]
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By Adam Ashton, Sacramento Bee Patsy Jardin is used to being in the know in the small Sierra County town where she worked for more than 30 years, sometimes as its only public employee. She understood that Loyalton had broken with the California Public Employees’ Retirement System three years ago. She just didn’t know that […]
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Truckee police officers are investigating a series of thefts that have occurred in the area in the past few weeks. Several unlocked commercial vehicles have been stolen from behind secured fences on private property and subsequently used in the commission of numerous thefts. TPD urges business owners to be vigilant in locking up their vehicles and […]
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By Michelle Rindels, AP The Nevada Supreme Court has ruled that the state’s voucher-style Education Savings Accounts — seen as the broadest school choice program in the country — have an unconstitutional funding mechanism and the program should remain blocked. Justices issued a 4-2 ruling on Thursday striking down the program — which has been […]
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By Brittny Mejia and Veronica Rocha, Los Angeles Times After a kidnapped Denise Huskins turned up in Huntington Beach in March 2015, police in Vallejo cast her disappearance as a hoax, saying it appeared to be part of an “orchestrated event.” On Thursday, a Harvard-educated attorney from South Lake Tahoe pleaded guilty to the kidnapping, closing […]
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By Kathryn Reed A South Shore drug task force has disbanded, but it’s not because crime has gone away. Five years ago California said it was shutting down South Lake El Dorado Narcotics Enforcement Team. While the state didn’t actually pull its funding until 2014, the remaining two partners – South Lake Tahoe and […]
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By Thomas Moore, Las Vegas Sun Where is the innovation in casino gaming? It’s a simple question and one Mark Yoseloff, executive director of UNLV’s Center for Gaming Innovation, seemed to ask repeatedly during his presentation at the Global Gaming Expo (G2E) on Wednesday. The resort itself has changed, adding day clubs, high-end nightclubs and […]
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By Ryan Sabalow, Sacramento Bee Last year at this time, weather forecasters had a pretty good idea of what was in store as California headed into the rainy season. The Pacific Ocean surface was warming, and they were predicting one of the strongest El Niño weather patterns in recorded history. El Niño ended up making […]
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By Associated Press State officials say Nevada gambling revenue was down 5 percent in August after Las Vegas Strip revenues took a sizable dip. The Nevada Gaming Control Board said Thursday that the state’s casinos won just $861 million in August. Stateline revenue rose 27 percent to $24 million in August. Revenue on the Las Vegas […]
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