By Anne Knowles The developer of a solar project rejected by Douglas County last month is contesting the county’s ruling. Greenstone Renewables LLC filed a petition for judicial review of the Douglas County Commissioners’ decision to uphold an appeal of the special use permit allowing Greenstone to build a 20-megawatt, 260-acre solar plant on Muller […]
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By Conor Friedersdorf, Atlantic On Wednesday, the ACLU of Southern California released the results of a statewide survey that it commissioned to gauge the attitudes of likely voters toward policing reforms. The results were overwhelming: 84 percent favor requiring police officers to wear body cameras. 74 percent of survey respondents believe the public should have […]
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By Paul Nelson, KTVN-TV The water level at Donner Lake is at its lowest since 1994, but hydrologists say the reservoir is not being used for water supply. The lake is about 65 percent full as a result of four years of exceptional drought. Last winter simply did not offer enough snow to fill the […]
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By Devin Henry, The Hill Democrats in the California congressional delegation are urging state lawmakers to pass two sweeping environmental bills this legislative session. Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer sent a letter to members of the California Assembly on Wednesday urging them to pass the bills before their legislative session ends next month. House […]
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By Bettina Boxall and Rosanna Xia, Los Angeles Times After Gov. Jerry Brown ordered a 25 percent reduction in urban water use statewide, regulators spent much of the spring chastising water districts for not conserving enough during California’s stubborn drought. Data released Thursday suggest the message is getting through. Californians cut back their urban water […]
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Narcotics officers arrested several people in South Lake Tahoe this week on drug charges, and confiscated meth and heroin they said was scattered about the residence. Members of the South Lake El Dorado Narcotics Enforcement Team searched the house on Tallac Avenue on Aug. 24 at 3pm where they arrested seven people. Officer also said […]
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Stateline casino revenue dropped 7 percent in July compared to the previous year, while statewide the decline was less than 1 percent. The Nevada Gaming Control Board released the figures Aug. 28. July revenue on the South Shore was at $23 million; throughout Nevada it was at $922.8 million. Most of Northern Nevada saw year-over-year […]
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Zalanta – meaning spiritual mountain – is the name of the first hotel project that will be built at what has been known as the Chateau project. Zalanta Resort at the Village has replaced the name Chateau at the Village. Construction will begin any day on the 32 condos. This full ownership lodging facility will […]
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By Kathryn Reed An unexpected spike in the cost of retiree pension benefits and a continual declining value of some redevelopment properties is being offset by a substantial increase in transient occupancy taxes in South Lake Tahoe. All of this means the 2015-16 budget that takes effect Oct. 1 is balanced. And while legally the […]
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By KTVU-TV A man accused of a home invasion crime in Dublin and linked to a bizarre kidnapping case in Vallejo from March appeared in an East Bay courtroom Thursday. According to court documents, an emergency 911 call was placed from the lock screen of the cell phone, which revealed the telephone number and ultimately […]
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