By Darlene Superville, AP WASHINGTON — President Obama on Monday directed the federal government to come up with a less reactionary and more long-term strategy for dealing with drought. About 12.5 percent of the continental U.S. was experiencing drought as of mid-March, said Alice Hill, a key Obama aide on this issue. That translates into […]
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By Emily Starbuck Crone, NerdWallet Move over, Marriott. Hotels were once the default lodging option for travelers, but in recent years, demand has boomed for vacation rentals in private homes. And travelers aren’t the only ones who stand to benefit from this trend; homeowners who rent out their house can turn a handsome profit, especially […]
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By David Perlman, San Francisco Chronicle Millions of Americans living along the nation’s coasts will be forced to move inland by the end of the century as sea levels rise and storm surges become more frequent in this era of global climate change, a team of demographers foresees. And nearly 700,000 coastal residents in the […]
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By Megan Messerly, Las Vegas Sun Going into the Nevada caucuses, 49-year-old Catana Barnes wanted to help Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders win the state. But that’s not what happened. The Sanders campaign and the state’s Democratic Party had spent weeks reminding nonpartisan voters, like Barnes, that they could register to vote as Democrats in order […]
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A bank robber got away with an undisclosed amount of cash on Monday at the El Dorado Savings Bank in Georgetown. The suspect was armed with a black pistol. He entered the West Slope bank March 21 at 12:49pm and demanded money. He is described as a white male adult, wearing a San Francisco 49ers ball […]
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Two men accused of gunning down a man in South Lake Tahoe in January pleaded not guilty to murder on March 21. Tristan Batten, 18, and Harvest Davidson, 20, are charged with the shooting death of Dennis Wright Jr., 40, of Amador County. Wright died at Barton Memorial Hospital on Jan. 30 not long after […]
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South Shore businesses need employees with basic math and critical thinking skills, better customer service training, and knowledge of technology and computers. Employers have a hard time with reliability, punctuality, and steady work force. Those were some of the outcomes from a two-day Q&A volunteers had with area businesses last week. Businesses said a younger work […]
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By Michelle Rindels, AP While the Nevada Legislature’s lawyers are adamant that no lawmaker communications outside of final votes are public records available upon request, several lawmakers say the blackout is extreme and worth revisiting. Their statements came after the Legislature’s lawyers rejected a request from the Associated Press for a week of emails and […]
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By Jim Puzzanghera, Los Angeles Times Internet service providers would face tough new restrictions on how they could use the personal information of their customers, including their Web-browsing activity, according to privacy regulations proposed this month by a top federal regulator. In most cases, cable and wireless companies that offer broadband service would need permission from […]
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By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal As co-founder of the social media photo competition Reno InstaGrammys, Natalie Handler is used to toting a camera everywhere she goes. But one of her latest projects was unusual: The camera wasn’t in her mobile phone; it was a 40-pound behemoth she hoisted onto her back. The 15-lens camera designed to capture […]
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