Truckee Donner Public Utility District has taken action to implement state water reduction regulations. Compliance is mandatory and there are provisions for penalties and fines. The key impacts to Truckee Donner PUD customers from the SWRCB’s 2015 emergency drought regulations currently include: Restriction on irrigation with potable water of ornamental landscapes and turf to every other […]
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By Siobhan McAndrew, Reno Gazette-Journal Nate Christy’s medical journey started in Reno with a routine appendectomy on Jan. 13. What has followed for Nate, 9, were six more surgeries, having to be revived seven times when his heart stopped and three blood transfusions. And now recovery involves a road out of town. Nate and many […]
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By Chris Megerian, Los Angeles Times California’s drought has threatened farmers, ski resorts and golf courses, but it’s unlikely to do much damage to the state’s overall economy or budget, according to a new report. “We currently do not expect the drought to have a significant effect,” said the report, released Tuesday by the nonpartisan […]
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By Hugo Martin, Los Angeles Times A conservation group has vowed to stop a gondola lift planned to connect two Lake Tahoe-area ski resorts, complaining that it would cut through a federally preserved wilderness. Sierra Watch, a nonprofit group based in Nevada City, Calif., said a gondola lift connecting the Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows […]
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By Associated Press The bankrupt operating division of casino empire Caesars Entertainment Corp. wants more time to file its reorganization plan to get out from under some $18 billion in debt. Caesars Entertainment Operating Co. lawyers filed a motion this week asking a bankruptcy judge in Chicago to allow the company six more months to […]
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By Katharine Mieszkowski and Lance Williams, Reveal In the midst of a historic drought, Californians have no way of knowing who’s guzzling the most water. That’s not an accident. It’s by design, thanks to an obscure 1997 measure that weakened one of the state’s chief open government laws, the California Public Records Act. For the […]
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By Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee A Pollock Pines woman is in El Dorado County jail, accused of hitting her ex-boyfriend with her car. Terrie Crampton, 45, was booked on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, felony domestic violence and felony hit and run. Also included was an enhancement for having prior felony convictions, according […]
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By Karen Kaplan and Eryn Brown, Los Angeles Times The use of electronic cigarettes by high school students tripled from 2013 to 2014 — a surprising boom that threatens to wipe out hard-won gains in the fight against teen smoking, a new government report says. The percentage of American high school students who smoked traditional […]
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Updated 5:15pm: A wildfire has burned nearly 4 acres in the Carson Valley. Forward progression has been stopped, according to officials. It started about 4pm April 17 north of Stephanie Lane in Minden. The fire quickly spread to the dry sagebrush along Highway 395, closing the northbound travel lane from Minden to Carson City. The traffic has […]
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By Riley Snyder, AP There’s a small issue with large technology companies like Tesla and Switch expanding to Nevada — the state doesn’t have nearly enough qualified and trained workers to meet the expected demand. The shortage has led Nevada lawmakers to consider bills that would allocate nearly $10 million toward high-tech workforce development at […]
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