By Timothy Gardner, Reuters The West Coast could see power brownouts in coming months as hydro power stations struggle with the four-year drought, and in the longer term climate change could cause additional problems for power plants, the U.S. energy secretary said on Monday. “That is certainly a risk,” Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz told reporters […]
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Casinos on both ends of Lake Tahoe posted revenue from March that was well below 2014 numbers. Statewide the gains were also down. The Nevada Gaming Control Board on April 29 said casinos won $951.2 million last month. This is a drop of 3.2 percent from last year. South Shore casinos collected $13.9 million, a […]
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By Bill Theobald, USA Today WASHINGTON – Nevada is in the running for a federal geothermal research laboratory that could be located in Fallon, Sen. Harry Reid said Monday. The Energy Department announced grants to five western states, including Nevada, to develop research for a national lab, called the Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal […]
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By Julia Prodis Sulek, San Jose Mercury News BISHOP — The fire came up quickly here in the eastern Sierra Nevada, destroying 35 homes and taking the mountainside community of Swall Meadows by surprise. Who would expect a roiling wildfire — throwing fireballs and whipping up flame whirls through 7,000 acres of sagebrush, piñon and […]
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An El Dorado County man was arrested April 24 after leading El Dorado County sheriff’s deputies on a chase. Abram Sassenberg, who was wanted on a felony warrant, was spotted by a deputy driving in Pollock Pines. Sassenberg also had a suspended driver’s license and was not supposed to be operating a motor vehicle. Deputies […]
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By Mark Glover, Sacramento Bee Dollar Tree Inc. is the latest company to pay millions of dollars to California counties and cities to settle claims that its stores illegally disposed of hazardous waste. The order for payment of $2.7 million was issued by Alameda County Superior Court Judge Morris Jacobson and announced Friday by 46 […]
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South Tahoe Public Utility District has a vehicle that is so old the state Air Resources Board says its days are numbered for being able to legally be on the streets. It has been around since 1997. By 2017 is has to be pulled from service because the parts to upgrade it to state standards […]
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By Maura Dolan, Los Angeles Times When Gov. Jerry Brown’s two latest nominees joined the California Supreme Court in January, legal analysts foresaw the creation of a more liberal majority. The first test came in March, when the seven-member court had to decide whether to reconsider a death penalty case. Justices Mariano-Florentino Cuellar and Leondra […]
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By Trevor Hughes, USA Today DENVER — With smiles, selfies and a few nervous chuckles, a group of Nevada legislators and policymakers got a first-hand look at Colorado’s fast-growing legal marijuana industry this weekend, coming face-to-face with thousands of green growing plants. The small group is part of Nevada’s efforts to understand what legalization could […]
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By Kathryn Reed Liberty Utilities is removing coal from its power portfolio. On April 24 it filed a request with the California Public Utilities Commission to change its allocation from NV Energy. This came one week after it filed paperwork to add solar. “… as of Jan. 1, 2016, the resource portfolio available to serve […]
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