By Barbara Barte Osborn, Sacramento Bee TRUCKEE — A 23-year-old Fair Oaks man died Thursday night from injuries suffered when the vehicle in which he was a passenger overturned northwest of Truckee. Brayton Walters was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident on Meadow Lake Road south of Henness Pass Road by Truckee Fire […]
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By Jeremy B. White, Sacramento Bee Gov. Jerry Brown has called a state of emergency across the state in response to wildfires engulfing much of drought-stricken California. This summer fire season has been particularly intense, with a series of blazes such as the Rocky Fire in Lake County and the Wragg Fire near Lake Berryessa […]
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To date, 5.5 million acres across the Western United States have gone up in flames. This would be like having the entire state of New Jersey be charred. Most of the acres burned —4.7 million acres, or 85 percent of the total — have been in Alaska, where 300 fires are currently burning. The ongoing drought, coupled with […]
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By Carolyn Lochhead, San Francisco Chronicle WASHINGTON — California Sen. Dianne Feinstein introduced a sweeping drought bill Wednesday that takes a much broader approach to the state’s water shortages than her failed effort last year to work almost exclusively with House Republicans to deliver more water to San Joaquin Valley farmers. Feinstein’s new measure is […]
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By Jon Ortiz, Sacramento Bee Legislative Analyst Mac Taylor said this week he doesn’t know what would happen if a new public pension ballot proposal becomes law. “There is significant uncertainty as to the magnitude, timing, and direction of the fiscal effects of this measure and its effects on current and future governmental employees’ compensation,” […]
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By Monte Morin and Rosanna Xia, Los Angeles Times Despite record heat, drought-conscious Californians managed to slash urban water use by 27 percent in June and demonstrated once again that they were on track to meet Gov. Jerry Brown’s historic 25 percent conservation order, state water officials said Thursday. Data released by the State Water […]
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Updated July 31 11am: Douglas County sheriff’s deputies killed a 48-year-old Gardnerville man Thursday after he allegedly pointed weapons at multiple officers. Mark Perkins died at his residence in the Ranchos. On July 30 at 2pm deputies were told Perkins was armed with several weapons, was threatening his wife, and made statements to wanting to […]
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By Henry Gass, Christian Science Monitor Wildfires in California are burning at increasingly higher elevations, according to a study, with scientists saying the phenomenon is another signal of approaching climate change that could also have implications for how forests are restored after fires. The study, which analyzed 105 years of data, found that forest fires in […]
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By Associated Press A bankruptcy court that ruled lawsuits against Caesars Entertainment Corp. would not be halted as the company’s debt-heavy subsidiary attempts to emerge from Chapter 11 has also denied the casino company’s effort to fast-track an appeal of the decision to a higher court. The order was denied Wednesday in Judge Benjamin Goldgar’s […]
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A South Lake Tahoe man was arrested July 28 following an accident in Zephyr Cove that injured a 9-year-old girl. Jody Campos, 46, is accused of driving under the influence. The head-on crash occurred Tuesday about 11:40am on Highway 50 near the Presbyterian center driveway. Calstar airlifted the youngster to Renown Medical Center in Reno. […]
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