By Joshua Emerson Smith, Los Angeles Times Two types of nonnative mosquitoes that can transmit potentially fatal diseases have spread throughout California, and their populations could explode come spring. The mosquitoes’ expansion of territory was largely attributed to abnormally warm weather in the summer and fall. “It was quicker and more widespread than any of […]
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By John M. Glionna, Las Vegas Review-Journal BATTLE MOUNTAIN — Madam Jennifer O’Kane knows a stark little truism about the world’s oldest profession: Discretion is a working girl’s best friend. Everything happens behind closed doors between consenting adults. And any release of personal details could not only crush the spirit of a brothel worker’s unsuspecting family, […]
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By Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle Beyond all the hype over a possible drought-busting El Niño this winter is a much grimmer prospect for California: a dry La Niña come fall. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration joined international forecasters recently in predicting the potential rise of El Niño’s sister phenomenon, La Niña — a […]
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Nevada traffic deaths rose in 2015 over the previous year. Preliminary data shows that 321 traffic fatalities occurred on Nevada roads in 2015, an increase of 30 deaths compared to the previous year. When compared with the number of miles driven in Nevada, though, traffic deaths have dropped from an average of 1.54 deaths per every […]
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By Associated Press More Americans are shunning costly home broadband and using their cellphones to get online, a survey shows. Eighty percent of U.S. adults had Internet access this year, whether through a smartphone or a home Internet connection, up from 78 percent two years ago, according to the survey published by the Pew Research […]
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By Brad Branan, Sacramento Bee Thirteen local government employees in the capital region received lump-sum payments of more than $100,000 in 2014, the Sacramento Bee found in an analysis of data from the State Controller’s Office. The analysis included city and county governments in Sacramento, El Dorado, Placer and Yolo counties and did not include […]
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By Javier Panzar, Los Angeles Times It was the spring of 1998. Then-Assemblywoman Grace F. Napolitano was in the middle of a heated battle with fellow Democrat Jamie Casso. With the primary to fill the House seat opened up by the retirement of Casso’s father-in-law, Democratic Rep. Esteban Torres, approaching, Napolitano and her advisors zeroed […]
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By Michelle Rindels, AP CARSON CITY — Nevada energy regulators are meeting this week to decide whether to hold off on controversial new rates for solar power customers. The state Public Utilities Commission has scheduled a hearing on Thursday for requests to pause the rate hike, which was set to take effect Jan. 1. The […]
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By Jad Mouawad, New York Times Starting this month, a driver’s license may no longer be enough for airline passengers to clear security in some states, if the Department of Homeland Security has its way. Federal officials said they would soon determine whether Transportation Security Administration agents would start enforcing a 10-year-old law that required […]
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By Associated Press SAN BERNARDINO — The U.S. Forest Service has begun an environmental review of Nestle Waters North America’s bottling operations in Southern California’s San Bernardino National Forest, according to a newspaper report. Nestle was sued in October by environmental and public interest groups who allege the Swiss-based company is operating its Strawberry Canyon […]
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