By Jackie Kucinich, Washington Post Despite being bombarded by TV ads in the final days of the 2014 midterm campaigns, undecided voters (yes, they do exist) are going online before they decide how to cast their ballots. In a study by Republican firm Public Opinion Strategies, Democratic firm Global Strategy Group and Google, “persuadable” voters […]
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By Josh Richman and Julia Prodis Sulek, Inside Bay Area California has tried to make casting a ballot as easy as ordering a pizza online. We’ve scooped up potential voters when they come to the DMV to renew their driver’s licenses. We’ve let Californians register to vote on smartphone apps. We’ve set up voting booths […]
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By Kathryn Reed A closed session item has been added to the Nov. 4 El Dorado County Board of Supervisors meeting that says “public employee discipline/dismissal/release”. Terri Daly, chief administrative officer, cleared out her office last week and was not at work today. Supervisors have a limited number of people whom they may hire and […]
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By Amber Phillips, Las Vegas Sun WASHINGTON — Standing on the royal blue carpet of the U.S. Senate chamber in cowboy boots, Republican Sen. Dean Heller looks every bit the Washington power broker as he swaps jokes and slaps backs with the most influential people in the city. Across the chamber, in a scene that […]
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By Kathryn Reed Even though MontBleu has been around for more than nine years, remnants of when the hotel-casino was Caesars Tahoe still exist. But those are all about to disappear with a $24 million remodel of the Stateline property. “The rooms have not been touched since the Caesars days. It was the mid- to […]
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Two Reno residents were arrested Oct. 31 in Truckee on numerous felony charges related breaking into residences. On Halloween officers were notified of two subjects inside a vacant residence for sale. The real estate agent encountered the two subjects exiting the residence. The agent had noticed the two subjects broke into the residence through a back window, […]
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By Sammy Caiola, Sacramento Bee Just two days after the U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended a 21-day isolation period for travelers at the highest risk of Ebola, the California Department of Public Health has issued its own quarantine order, one of a handful of states to do so. The order, released Wednesday […]
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By Sharon Bernstein, Reuters Californians face higher water prices and permanent conservation measures amid drought, global warming and population growth in a state that has long struggled to satisfy urban and agricultural needs, the administration of Governor Jerry Brown said Thursday. It will take up to $500 billion to improve the state’s water infrastructure to […]
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By Kathryn Reed A former South Lake Tahoe City Council candidate who was accused of rape was sentenced to lesser crimes last week after reaching a plea agreement. Doug Cichowicz, who came in last in the 2010 council race, agreed to a deal that will have him spending just more than 70 days in the […]
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Two men had to be rescued from the choppy waters of Pyramid Lake on Nov. 1 after their canoe overturned. The fishermen were off the western shore, several miles south of Sutcliffeon. The call came in shortly after 11am. Raven, Washoe County sheriff’s helicopter, arrived with two volunteer swimmers. The first boater was located in […]
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