Sorensen’s Resort in Hope Valley is now tapping into South Tahoe Public Utility District’s sewer pipeline in Alpine County. This was a requirement of the Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board because the resort’s onsite system had reached capacity. The wastewater is treated through a subsurface percolation system. It will then be pumped into South […]
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By Jim Miller, Sacramento Bee Amid a drought that has created bone-dry conditions across much of California’s wildland area, a state fire prevention account has ended recent fiscal years with tens of millions of dollars unspent. The money has been generated by a contentious, 4-year-old fee pushed through by Gov. Jerry Brown and legislative Democrats […]
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By Associated Press WASHINGTON — Companies have posted a record number of job openings just when a diminished proportion of Americans are either working or looking for work. That combination ought to push up pay. Yet it hasn’t worked out that way, at least not yet. Wage growth actually dipped in September. The ongoing mystery […]
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By Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle Employees in California can file whistle-blower claims against their employers on behalf of themselves and their fellow workers, a federal appeals court ruled Monday in a long-sought victory for employees confronting a case-by-case, business-friendly arbitration system. The 2-1 ruling by the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San […]
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By Peter Urban, Las Vegas Review-Journal WASHINGTON — Sen. Dean Heller introduced legislation last month that could be a boon to Nevada tourism. In what is being billed as a “jolt” for travel-related jobs, the Nevada Republican wants to streamline the visa application system for foreign tourists seeking to visit Nevada and other tourist destinations. The Jobs […]
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A Truckee resident is behind bars after allegedly burglarizing his former employer. On Oct. 2 at 4:51pm officers responded to the Fast Lane Gas Station because an ex-employee reportedly entered the store after the business was closed and stole numerous cases of cigarettes and lottery tickets. The suspect was identified through surveillance video. The suspect’s […]
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By Patrick McGreevy, Los Angeles Times In the wake of national public anger over killings by police in New York, Ferguson, Mo., and elsewhere, landmark California legislation to protect minorities from racial profiling and excessive force won Gov. Jerry Brown’s signature Saturday. At the same time, the governor issued a blunt warning against the proliferation […]
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By John Aguilar, Denver Post Travelers on Interstate 70 in Colorado will get the chance this week to sound off on proposed toll rates on a soon-to-open express lane for ski traffic — a lane that could rank as the nation’s priciest per mile. The eastbound-only lane, designed to relieve the crushing congestion of a return […]
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By Associated Press Plastic bag manufacturers filed a second ballot measure on Friday in California’s fight over a statewide plastic bag ban. The American Progressive Bag Alliance, which represents bag manufacturers, proposed an initiative that would require bag fees estimated at more than $400 million a year go into an environmental fund rather than be […]
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Fire restrictions on most public lands in Nevada have been lifted. Campfire permits are still required in the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. Nevada came out of this fire season with little acreage burned, especially compared to California which is still burning in some places. Reports are that 42,000 ares were burned in the Silver State from 500 […]
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