By Howard Stutz, Las Vegas Review-Journal Caesars Entertainment Corp. lost $908.1 million in the third quarter despite a 6 percent increase in revenue, the casino company said Monday. The financial results were somewhat overshadowed as Las Vegas-based Caesars said it was continuing formal negotiations with lenders and creditors aimed at reducing the company’s gaming industry […]
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By Aaron Blake, Washington Post Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer, both California Democrats, are two of the most well-liked senators in one of the safest states in the country for their party. And their constituents would prefer that they be replaced. A new poll from USC shows that although Feinstein and Boxer have image ratings […]
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By Jeremy B. White, Sacramento Bee Like fire clearing an old-growth forest, last week’s election elevated a class of freshman lawmakers who will join last cycle’s surge of first-term legislators to form one of the least experienced Legislatures in years. When the 2015-16 Legislature convenes later this year, a majority of lawmakers – 72 out […]
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Tahoe Keys Marina received five citations from the state Department of Industrial Relations. Inspectors had been at the South Lake Tahoe marina in April. The state Occupational Safety and Health Administration opens an investigation when an employee files a complaint, there has been an injury or a complaint has been filed. Cal-OSHA is designed to protect […]
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Some mountain lodging establishments are looking at a better winter even though the ski season has barely started. The record-breaking summer for occupancy and revenue among Western mountain resorts is carrying into the winter booking season, according to DestiMetrics, a Denver-based organization that tracks mountain lodging bookings at 19 Western mountain resorts in six states. Winter […]
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By Joann Eisenbrandt PLACERVILLE – Plans to build a spacious new El Dorado County courthouse in Placerville by fall 2020 are moving forward, but not without allegations of backdoor politics, favoritism and manipulation of the system for personal financial gain. On Nov. 6, the Judicial Council had a public meeting in Placerville to explain the […]
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By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal Truckee-area homeowners say an opinion by a California appeals court vindicates their longtime claims that the Northstar Village resort development is responsible for flood damage in their condominium community. The claims date back to 2004 when developers of Northstar Village built a retention pond meant to capture storm runoff as […]
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By J.D. Morris, Las Vegas Sun Medical marijuana and the Nevada casino industry don’t mix, gaming officials said at a conference Nov. 7, and that’s not likely to change anytime soon. The Gaming Control Board made it clear in a May notice that casinos must stay out of the state’s budding medical marijuana business since […]
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By Elle Knickmeyer, AP SAN FRANCISCO — With organic food growers reporting double-digit growth in U.S. sales each year, producers are challenging a proposed California pest-management program they say enshrines a pesticide-heavy approach for decades to come, including compulsory spraying of organic crops at the state’s discretion. Chief among the complaints of organic growers: The […]
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By Stephen Singer, AP HARTFORD, Conn. — Revenue at U.S. casinos jumped more than 6 percent in 2012, the first significant increase in three years as economic growth picked up speed and more casinos opened in several markets. But revenue generated by Indian casinos rose less than 2 percent the same year, Casino City’s North […]
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