By Ellen Knickmeyer, AP SAN FRANCISCO — State contractors have readied plans to acquire as many as 300 farms in the California delta by eminent domain to make room for a pair of massive, still-unapproved water tunnels proposed by Gov. Jerry Brown, according to documents obtained by opponents of the tunnels. Farmers whose parcels were […]
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By Kathryn Reed El Dorado County Superior Court Judge Dylan Sullivan has been removed from all criminal cases and instead will hear civil issues. The reason for this change has not been disclosed. Presiding Judge Suzanne Kingsbury, who makes the assignments, deferred comment to the El Dorado County District Attorney’s Office. She would not explain […]
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By Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee The Placer County Sheriff’s Office has received a $50,000 grant from the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control for programs to combat underage drinking and alcohol sales to minors. The sheriff’s office, throughout the year, will target problematic ABC licensed establishments that sell alcoholic beverages to minors and obviously intoxicated […]
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By Kathryn Reed Hospitals use huge quantities of water – from old sterilizers operating 24 hours a day to non-aerated faucets to old toilets. And then there is landscaping. According to the EPA, the median hospital uses 315 gallons of water per bed per day. Hospitals have historically been near the top for water consumption […]
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By Sandra Chereb, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY — Nevada has received $1.6 million in AmeriCorps grants, money that will be used to aid and promote volunteer efforts targeting a host of causes, from education and rural healthcare access to environmental restoration and veteran services, the governor’s office said Thursday. In all, the funding will support […]
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By Conor Shine, Las Vegas Sun After nearly a year of waiting, Uber and Lyft are finally coming to Nevada. The ride-hailing giants have both filed permit applications with the Nevada Transportation Authority and, if everything goes according to plan, they should be able to begin operating on Las Vegas streets by Sept. 14. Uber […]
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By Daniel Rothberg, Las Vegas Sun It’s been more than a year since the Federal Aviation Administration designated the state of Nevada as a drone test site. Since then, the state has largely been quiet about what the sites are being used for. One reason for the relative quiet: confidentiality agreements. Much of the research […]
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The Walker Fire burning in Mono County has forced the closure of Tioga Pass. The fire is near June Lake, burning north toward Tioga Pass and Yosemite National Park. Campgrounds in the Lee Vining canyon area have been evacuated, as well as about 20 structures near Walker Lake. Walker is west of June Lake, on the north end of […]
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By Julia Lurie, Mother Jones Here’s a kind of crazy stat: Between thirty and forty percent of California’s forest firefighters are state prison inmates. The state has become a tinder box of sorts from a four-year drought, and roughly 4,000 low-level felons are on the front lines of the state’s active fires. Here’s what’s going […]
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A Kings Beach man was arrested Aug. 13 on felony car theft charges. Washoe County sheriff’s deputies said they saw Matthew Leaton Foster, 45, spray painting a vehicle in the Damonte Ranch Walmart parking lot in Reno about 6am Thursday. The vehicle had been stolen earlier that morning from Incline Village. Foster faces felony charges […]
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