By Rob Kuznia, Washington Post RANCHO SANTA FE — Drought or no drought, Steve Yuhas resents the idea that it is somehow shameful to be a water hog. If you can pay for it, he argues, you should get your water. People “should not be forced to live on property with brown lawns, golf on […]
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By Brad Branan, Sacramento Bee An effort by some residents of Olympic Valley to turn the small Sierra Nevada community into a town has attracted notable opposition from Squaw Valley, the ski resort that would provide most of the new municipality’s income. The movement to create a town was born of opposition to Squaw Valley’s […]
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Record high temperatures were set this weekend and the same may happen next weekend. “We are going to have a high pressure over the area. There will be clear skies, sunny skies and just a lot of sunshine over the area,” Brian O’Hara, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Reno told Lake Tahoe News. […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE — Placer County is putting a twist on its area plan that other jurisdictions have not done. That is to tie an actual project to environmental documents. “An additional benefit is we will see what regulations do on the ground,” Arlo Stockholm, consultant for the county, last week told the Tahoe […]
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A motorcyclist was killed Friday night in Zephyr Cove. The June 13 accident occurred about 9pm on Highway 50 at Martin Drive. A passer-by told Lake Tahoe News that parts of the motorcycle littered the highway. The other vehicle that was involved had its front end smashed, with air bags going off in the front and […]
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By Sean Whaley, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY — Gov. Brian Sandoval signed the final bills of the 2015 legislative session into law Friday, including a measure creating the “Breakfast After the Bell” program for schoolchildren and another providing $14 million for the construction of a Northern Nevada Veterans Home. In all, Sandoval signed 549 […]
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El Dorado County’s Probation Department has made strides to be a better place to work compared the previous year year, according to the grand jury. A year ago, the department was one of several that contributed to the county being called “dysfunctional” by the investigating body. The bulk of the problems were in the South Lake […]
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By Jocelyn Wiener, CHCF Center for Health Reporting California’s state auditor has launched an investigation of school districts and other local educational agencies to determine whether they are delivering enough treatment to children with serious mental illnesses. In 2011, a change in law shifted responsibility for decisions about the mental health care of students with […]
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By Jonathan Thompson, High Country News There have been 12.8 billion cubic feet natural gas released since 2010 in nearly 700 “incidents” reported to the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration. This occurred in the nation’s natural gas gathering and transmission systems. Another 36 million cubic feet of natural gas escaped during incidents from the […]
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By Anne Knowles CARSON CITY — Nevada could pay a price for not making any substantive changes to its water laws during the 2015 legislative session. The possibility of a special session for the Legislature was discussed at the first meeting of the Nevada Drought Forum, a panel created in April by executive order of […]
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