By Kathryn Reed Lake Valley Fire Protection District’s divisive fire chief is about to be without a job. Gareth Harris has had a tempestuous tenure as chief. Twice he had unanimous votes of no confidence from firefighters. Key staff has been looking to leave because the morale is so lousy. Finally, the board had enough. […]
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Crews had to call off the search Friday for a missing paddleboarder at Lake Tahoe because of darkness. The paddleboarder was last seen June 10 about 3:20pm several hundred yards from Obexer’s Boat Company in Homewood. According to North Tahoe Fire Protection District, the person was with a group, but got separated in the rough […]
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Placer County planning commissioners on June 9 took no action regarding the Martis Valley West project, saying there are too many lingering questions to make a recommendation. More than 200 people attended the six-hour meeting at Granlibakken in Tahoe City. The issue will be heard again at a future meeting at the lake, though no […]
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By Ben Botkin, Las Vegas Review-Journal WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., doesn’t expect to see nuclear waste stored at Yucca Mountain after he retires and leaves the Senate. Reid, the Senate minority leader, has spent years using his position to prevent the mountain 100 miles northwest of Las Vegas from becoming a nuclear […]
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By Jessica Calefati, San Jose Mercury News SACRAMENTO — Gov. Jerry Brown and the Legislature’s top Democrats have agreed on a framework for a state budget that makes a generous deposit into a rainy-day savings account and sets aside close to a half-billion dollars for affordable housing, administration sources said Thursday. Despite a Wall Street slowdown […]
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By Maura Dolan and Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times A federal appeals court ruling that gave gun control advocates a major victory Thursday underscored California’s rising importance as a center of legal and political battles over guns. The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decided in a 7-4 ruling that California counties may restrict permits […]
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By Jim Miller, Sacramento Bee Affordable housing, a back-burner issue at the state Capitol for a decade, has emerged as a central part of talks on a new California budget, with Gov. Jerry Brown, lawmakers and others pressing proposals they want to be part of a final deal. Brown’s revised spending plan, released May 13, […]
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By Lake Tahoe News Two men have been indicted on charges of stealing from three Indian casinos, including one in El Dorado County. “Once the defendants fraudulently obtained the identification documents for their false identities, the defendants used the identification documents and false identities to open bank accounts, obtain credit, and create the perception of […]
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By Associated Press Southwest Airlines is now offering nonstop flights between Reno and Oakland. Officials celebrated the launch of the three new daily flights at Reno-Tahoe International Airport on Monday. Previous nonstop flight service between the two cities was canceled in 2013 when Southwest Airlines dropped six destinations to and from Reno. Officials have […]
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By Motley Fool Winter is just a distant memory for residents of the Northern Hemisphere, but investors in ski resort company Vail Resorts have waited with anticipation to see how the late-winter months treated the company’s key winter business. With the vast majority of its properties seeing their high season in the December to March […]
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