By Tom Lotshaw Researchers with UNR are working to better understand the impacts that a small but voracious non-native freshwater crustacean is having in Lake Tahoe and Crater Lake, two of America’s deepest, clearest lakes. Public agencies deliberately introduced signal crayfish into Lake Tahoe and Crater Lake in the early 1900s to help feed stocked sport […]
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By Kathryn Reed An agitated suspect danced around, moving toward the officers in an aggressive manner. To shoot or not to shoot? Use another tool like a taser or baton? In a matter of seconds some of these “officers” shot at the suspect, others held back. It turned out the “perp” was reaching for his […]
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By Sonali Kohli, Los Angeles Times It’s no secret that in searching for a home, parents scrutinize nearby schools. The wealthy can afford to live in neighborhoods with small school districts, where most other students are wealthy, too. Now, a new study out of USC lends credence to the notion that this decision-making process is […]
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The El Dorado County Board of Supervisors raised local residents’ DMV renewal fees. Prior to the board’s action last month, DMV was billing county residents $9 per vehicle, per year on behalf of the Board of Supervisors. The supervisors raised the fee to $10. The additional $1 will be used to pay for automated fingerprint […]
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By Mark Glover, Sacramento Bee Luxury home sales are flying high again in the exclusive Lake Tahoe region and the Sacramento area. Tahoe City-based Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage said the number of single-family luxury home sales in the North Lake Tahoe/Truckee region soared more than 62 percent in the first quarter of the year compared […]
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By Julia Ritchey, KUNR The U.S. State Department has greenlighted a Northern Nevada nonprofit to help resettle refugees escaping hotbeds of conflict around the globe beginning this fall. Carina Black, executive director of the Reno-based Northern Nevada International Center, says their application to become an official resettlement agency was approved in February. They’ve since been laying the groundwork, […]
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By Jeremy B. White, Sacramento Bee With the presidential nominating contest about to conclude in California, elections experts are warning that voters who aren’t registered with a party could miss out on a chance to help pick the Democratic standard-bearer. As California’s fastest-growing voter bloc, people without a party play an increasingly instrumental role in […]
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A jury found a Tahoe Vista man guilty of stealing from a doctor’s office in Incline Village. In February 2014, Cameron Francis Covington, 33, entered the office through a window. He stole non-narcotic medications, a prescription pad and $260. Because of Covington’s prior 11 felony convictions, the Washoe County District Attorney’s Office said it intends […]
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By Sean Whaley, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY — The National Rifle Association’s Institute for Legislative Action has launched an informational website to stop the “Californication” of Nevadans’ gun rights. The www.votenoquestion1.com website “exposes the truth” about how a universal background check would criminalize the commonplace activities of many Nevada gun owners, the group announced […]
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By John Myers, Los Angeles Times Gov. Jerry Brown sent legislators a revised version of his state budget on Friday, insisting that lawmakers hold overall spending flat while endorsing a $2-billion bond to help the homeless. “We have the money, and it’s a serious problem,” Brown said at a state Capitol news conference. The support for […]
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