By Christopher Weber, AP These latest wet storms aren’t expected to provide much, if any, relief from California’s historic drought. But there is hope for a serious drenching next year in the form of El Nino, a tropical weather pattern over the Pacific Ocean that typically brings rain to the West Coast. Climatologists say the […]
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By George Skelton, Los Angeles Times Many of us could use a refresher course in California geography as we debate how to manage the drought and prepare for an uncertain water future. For starters, calling the hardest-hit farm region the Central Valley is much too simplistic. Second, agriculture per se is not the issue — […]
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By Associated Press CARSON CITY – An Assembly committee has passed a bill aimed at saving the Nevada Public Employees Retirement System $1 billion every 10 years. The Assembly Government Affairs Committee voted Friday to pass SB406, which is sponsored by Republican Senate Majority Leader Michael Roberson. The bill got the support of the state […]
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By Kathryn Reed By early June anyone building or remodeling in the South Tahoe Public Utility District sewer boundary will see a break on connection fees. The board this month rolled back the sewer connection fees by 25 percent. This means the fee is now $3,660 per sewer unit instead of $4,930. “The board heard […]
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By Matt Stevens, Los Angeles Times As Californians prepare to confront the coming hot, dry summer months, Gov. Jerry Brown proposed more than $2 billion in additional drought funding Thursday as part of his revised state budget. The surge in funding comes mostly from Proposition 1, a $7.5-billion bond measure for water projects approved last […]
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By Kyle Roerink, Las Vegas Sun In response to a bevy of controversial energy issues emerging in the state, a coalition of gaming, tech and energy companies will align to promote more consumer choice in what’s shaping up to be a long battle against the state’s dominant power company, NV Energy. The Nevada Coalition to […]
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NV Energy wants to build a 60-kilovolt line that would go from Foothill Road in the Carson Valley to Tramway Drive at the top of Kingsbury Grade. The U.S. Forest Service has released a notice of public scoping for an environmental assessment. The line will be a combination of single-pole and double-pole H frame structures […]
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Despite an increase in injuries and deaths from boating in 2014 compared to 2013, last year had the second-lowest number of boating fatalities on record, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. The U.S. Coast Guard on May 13 released its 2014 recreational boating statistics. From 2013 to 2014, boating deaths increased from 560 to 610, […]
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By Kathryn Reed Climate change is going to bring bigger floods, warmer waters, less snow and more rain to the Lake Tahoe Basin, according to scientists. And then what? The Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board is asking that and other questions. “We have tools. But the big question is what tools don’t we have […]
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By Jon Ortiz, Sacramento Bee This city’s Spanish name recalls grassy, spring-fed meadows that nourished the first farms here and gave laborers relief from desert heat. Now Las Vegas draws a new generation of settlers epitomized by California transplant Joe Beck: CalPERS pensioners who have made Sin City their No. 1 destination for retirement outside […]
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