By Lydia O’Connor, Huffington Post California became the first state to ban public schools from using “Redskins” as a team name, nickname or mascot on Sunday in a move applauded by Native American activists. Signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown, the California Racial Mascots Act outlaws schools’ use of the slur effective Jan. 1, 2017. Oneida […]
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By Jeremy B. White, Sacramento Bee Heather Maloney thinks of herself as an environmentalist but, as a working mother, doesn’t have the time to create a backyard compost heap. The little bucket for food waste that Napa’s recycling authority sent her offers a more convenient way to keep her leftovers from lining a landfill. “You’re […]
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By Thomas M. Kostigen, USA Today Extreme weather is prompting school systems to think outside the box to figure out alternatives for students losing too many days in the classroom due to calamities from blizzards to heat waves to floods and more. But the solution to make up for lost days is sparking anger among some […]
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By Bill Lindelof, Sacramento Bee A CHP helicopter crew and rescue personnel with mountain climbing experience had to be called upon the get three young people from Sacramento off a rocky Sierra Nevada outcropping. The El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office got a cell phone call for help in the early morning hours Saturday from the […]
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By Kathryn Reed The pilot of the plane that crashed Saturday in Lake Tahoe is believed to be the owner of the aircraft, according to a Lake Tahoe Airport official. The FAA registry lists the plane as being owned by Conrad Yu from Oakley. People who saw the occupants get into the plane just after […]
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By Tony Barboza, Los Angeles Times At a laboratory in downtown Los Angeles, a big rig spins its wheels on massive rollers as a metal tube funnels its exhaust into an array of air quality sensors. Engineers track the roaring truck’s emissions from a bank of computer screens. The brand-new diesel truck is among the […]
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South Lake Tahoe police are looking for a man who threatened a woman Saturday morning with an alleged gun. The woman told officers a man approached her about 9:40am Oct. 10 near Park and Cedar avenues, telling her to go with him or he would shoot her. The suspect told the woman he had a gun […]
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By Ray Hagar, Reno Gazette-Journal Democrats were shocked with the election results in 2014 when they lost the majority in the Nevada Assembly for the first time in nearly two decades. Now they are developing their strategy to take back the majority and the power that comes with it in the 2016 general election. Democrats hope to […]
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By Gus Thomson, Auburn Journal The American River in the canyon below Auburn was taking on an unfamiliar shade of mud on Wednesday. While the north fork was keeping its clear blue hues, the middle fork was running murky – and mixing with the clearer water at the confluence to create a chocolate-brown flow under […]
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The Truckee Donner Public Utility District joined efforts to help restore power to the Geysers geothermal power plant near Middletown and repair an electric distribution line destroyed by the Valley Fire. TDPUD responded to an emergency request for help issued by the Northern California Power Agency, which owns a geothermal power plant in the area. […]
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