By Sarah D. Wire, Los Angeles Times The Republican members of California’s delegation are demanding a government plan to store the deluge of water that could come with El Niño this winter. Fourteen GOP lawmakers sent a letter to President Obama and Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday asking for specifics about how federal and state agencies […]
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A commercial studio was destroyed by fire Saturday night in Kings Beach. Flames and heavy smoke were billowing out of the commercial structure on Speckled Street with North Tahoe firefighters responded about 10pm Oct. 24. There were no injuries and the cause is under investigation. Fire personnel said it was a 500-square-foot studio with no business […]
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The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Governing Board at its Oct. 28 meeting is expected to levy a $7,500 fine against the owners of the Tahoe Keys Marina for unauthorized grading and construction of a temporary parking area. The marina was doing so to create more parking for a boat show. The South Lake Tahoe marina began […]
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By Kathryn Baron, Hechinger Report MODESTO — When Emily Littleton was growing up, she was often awoken at night by the sound of her younger sister wheezing and struggling for breath from an asthma attack. Littleton would grab the nebulizer, hook it up for her sister and get her dad. The experience remained deeply rooted […]
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By Seth A. Richardson, Reno Gazette-Journal A procession of police officers, firefighters, family and friends escorted Mark and Jeanne Hounsell underneath a flag hanging high over Stephanie Way in Minden to their memorial service. Mr. Hounsell, 42, and Mrs. Hounsell, 34, died Oct. 17 in a rollover accident on Highway 50 near Fallon. Laura Fisher, 33, […]
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The remaining $4.9 million needed to reroute Highway 89 around Fanny Bridge in Tahoe City has been secured from the state. The California Transportation Commission is providing $4.9 million of the $33 million needed for the project. Other funds include $25 million from the Federal Lands Access Program and $3 million from Placer County. The […]
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By Daniel Bendtsen, Deseret News Cities have used mapping to help smooth traffic snarls for years. But tackling poverty with maps? That’s a tougher issue. For a time, analysts only had “sad maps,” which showed that the city’s slums had a uniform concentration of poverty-related variables. “Maps for crime rates, school retention and infant mortality […]
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Several cases of E. coli have been traced back to unpasteurized apple juice purchased from High Hill Ranch in El Dorado County. The Camino business has voluntarily recalled apple juice produced on or after Oct. 6. El Dorado County was notified this week by Sacramento County officials of at least seven cases of E. coli […]
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By Herb Scribner, Deseret News Chances are you’re unhappy with your job. A report from Gallup found that 70 percent of Americans report feeling unhappy, uninspired and less engaged in their job. This has led American workers to be less productive, costing the United States anywhere from $450 to $550 billion a year, the report […]
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By Kyle Roerink, Las Vegas Sun After his company faced criticism for proposing to build a $1 billion power plant, NV Energy CEO Paul Caudill outlined the near-future plans on the 706-megawatt project, according to testimony he filed with the Public Utilities Commission. The company has asked regulators for $2.4 million to study building the […]
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