By Patrick McGreevey, Los Angeles Times Every eligible Californian with a driver’s license would be automatically registered to vote under a proposal Thursday by Secretary of State Alex Padilla, who estimated it would add millions of people to the voter rolls. Padilla and Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, D-San Diego, are modeling their legislation on a “motor […]
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By Tom Hals, Reuters RadioShack Corp’s rescue deal to keep 1,740 stores open was attacked on Thursday by the bankrupt retailer’s top creditor, a failed bidder who called the auction a sham and sought a new sale. RadioShack, which filed for bankruptcy last month, told a U.S. Bankruptcy judge it had selected the Standard General […]
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By Peter Hecht, Sacramento Bee Three hours earlier, an El Dorado County deputy peeled back covers in her master bedroom and recoiled at what he saw. Colleen Harris’ third husband, retired Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit Forest Service Supervisor Robert Edward “Bob” Harris, 72, had been killed with a 12-gauge shotgun the first weekend of […]
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By Associated Press FALLON — Union Pacific officials hope to a reopen a stretch of one of the busiest east-west railroad routes in the nation today after a freight train derailed in Nevada’s high desert about 60 miles east of Reno. About 30 freight trains and another three Amtrak passenger trains had to be rerouted after 34 […]
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By Carl Hulse, New York Times WASHINGTON — Senator Harry Reid, the tough tactician who has led Senate Democrats since 2005, will not seek re-election next year, bringing an end to a three-decade congressional career that culminated with his push of President Obama’s ambitious agenda against fierce Republican resistance. Reid, 75, who suffered serious eye […]
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By Amber Phillips, Las Vegas Sun WASHINGTON — In a choose-your-own-facts debate, a Sheldon Adelson-backed bill to ban online gaming got its first airing in Congress with a controversial hearing Wednesday. Ban proponents, led by powerful members of Congress, argued that allowing online gaming to continue would degrade America’s morality by proliferating gaming. “Every home […]
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By Michael Tarm and Kimberly Pierceall, AP CHICAGO — A former Watergate prosecutor who was later involved in efforts to secure the release of Americans during the Iran hostage crisis while assistant secretary of the Treasury is now investigating business deals made by Caesars Entertainment Corp. before the casino giant’s debt-heavy operations division filed for […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – Going forward, Heavenly Mountain Resort will no longer be known as a just a ski resort. Its Epic Discovery project received unanimous approval from the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Governing board on Thursday. “It’s conceivable if all the pieces fall into place, we could break ground on a handful of […]
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Enough money has been pieced together for the boat inspection program at Lake Tahoe to continue this summer without raising fees for boaters. The program, first adopted in 2009, requires all boats being launched at Lake Tahoe to be inspected. Those found to be carrying invasive species pay an additional fee to be decontaminated. Dennis […]
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By Victoria Stilwell, BloombergBusiness For most people, buying a home is no cheap venture. That’s especially the case when the growth in U.S. home prices is beating wage increases 13 to 1. Wages climbed by 1.3 percent from the second quarter of 2012 to the second quarter of 2014, compared to a 17 percent increase […]
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