By Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle The U.S. Supreme Court gave public employee unions and their Democratic allies a political and financial reprieve Tuesday when it deadlocked over a challenge by nonunion teachers in California to their collective-bargaining fees, a case that probably would have rewritten the nation’s labor laws but for the death of […]
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Phone scammers are posing as Washoe County Sheriff Chuck Allen to fraudulently obtain money from people. After identifying themselves as the sheriff, the scammer tells the person they are in some sort of arrears with the legal system and that their options are either to surrender themselves to the sheriff’s office for arrest or make a […]
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By Associated Press State officials say Nevada’s minimum wage will stay flat for the fiscal year that starts July 1. The Office of the Labor Commissioner announced the rates Friday after conducting an annual review. A 2006 minimum wage amendment in the Nevada Constitution requires rates be recalculated based on increases in the federal minimum […]
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By Jason Hildago, Reno Gazette-Journal Nevada “cautiously” agreed on Tuesday with efforts by the Environmental Protection Agency to include an abandoned copper mine near the town of Yerington on its priority list of contaminated sites. Gov. Brian Sandoval announced the decision in a letter to the EPA, allowing the agency to include the Anaconda copper mine to […]
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By Laurel Hamers, Mercury News STANFORD — Stanford researchers who studied trends in the atmospheric circulation patterns that affect California’s rainfall have found that conditions linked to the hot, dry weather during our latest drought have become more frequent in recent decades, according to research published Friday. That means that while this year’s El Niño-driven […]
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The former Swiss Mart property in Kings Beach is on the market. This 0.3-acre parcel on Highway 28 is owned by the successor agency in Placer County, the entity that took over when the state made jurisdictions disband redevelopment agencies. The property consists of two lots, with one of the parcels having an easement for the […]
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A bus full of college students on their way to ski at Lake Tahoe caught fire this morning. About 40 University of San Francisco students were on board when flames erupted. No one was injured. Caltrans officials said the bus was destroyed. This occurred on Interstate 80 near Rainbow about 9am April 2. The occupants […]
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By Michael Doyle, Sacramento Bee A gate meant to protect bats using a mine shaft in Tahoe National Forest also impedes the miners who have staked a claim on the site. But now, capping a dispute that has spanned multiple courts and encompassed everything from the Fifth Amendment to federal bat-protection efforts, a judge has […]
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By Claudia Buck and Samm Caiola, Sacramento Bee The potent painkiller fentanyl widened its reach Thursday, as a new overdose case appeared and law enforcement officials confirmed the fentanyl-related death of an 18-year-old El Dorado Hills resident. The March 28 death of George Berry, whose cause of death previously was listed as undetermined, now is […]
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By Mark Robison, Reno Gazette-Journal Nevada ranks No. 1 in the United States for “labor underutilization” in 2015, with 13.9 percent of the population unemployed, underemployed or who wants to work but have given up. Some call it the “real unemployment rate.” That compares with an overall “U-6” unemployment rate last year in the United States […]
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