By Kyle B. Hansen, Las Vegas Sun A third of Nevadans say their state is the best or one of the best states in which to live, according to a survey. That puts the Silver State as the 12th-worst state to live in, as judged by its own residents, according to a Gallup poll. On […]
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By Edward Ortiz, Sacramento Bee California’s drought is imperiling tricolored blackbirds, large trees and native fish, with some of the affected species already on the state’s endangered list and others likely headed there because of rapidly declining numbers, scientists say. “The problems created by the drought are just a harbinger of things to come,” said […]
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By Kathryn Reed Cal-OSHA officials were at Tahoe Keys Marina earlier this month looking to see if the South Lake Tahoe facility is in compliance. It’s not. “We are working on getting all of our forklifts and equipment up to standard,” a marina employee who didn’t want to be named told Lake Tahoe News. “We […]
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By Laura Myers, Las Vegas Review-Journal Nevada Assemblyman Jim Wheeler had angioplasty on Saturday and doctors placed two stents to open his blocked arteries, his campaign manager said. The procedure happened after Wheeler, 60, reported chest and arm pains on Friday and early Saturday. But his cardiologist said he did not suffer a heart attack, […]
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By David Leonhardt and Kevin Quealy, New York Times The American middle class, long the most affluent in the world, has lost that distinction. While the wealthiest Americans are outpacing many of their global peers, a New York Times analysis shows that across the lower- and middle-income tiers, citizens of other advanced countries have received […]
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By Matt Weiser, Sacramento Bee Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday signed a sweeping new emergency drought proclamation, cutting red tape for a variety of government functions to help water agencies find new supplies, and to press the public to use water carefully. “I call on every city, every community, every Californian to conserve water in […]
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By Sam Stanton, Sacramento Bee The California Supreme Court has left intact a lower-court ruling that invalidates local ordinances aimed at restricting the movements of registered sex offenders in dozens of cities statewide. The court’s decision Wednesday not to hear a case involving a Southern California sex offender means city and county ordinances banning such […]
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A 26-year-old Placerville man is accused of soliciting sex from a 15-year-old boy. El Dorado County sheriff’s detectives said Glenn O’Rourke, 26, first sent sexually suggestive and descriptive text messages to the youth on April 14. Later O’Rourke sent the boy homemade pornographic videos and sexual photographs of himself. With the assistance of the teen, […]
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Placer County has signed an agreement for Phoenix Energy to build and operate the biomass gasification plant between Tahoe City and Truckee. The 2-megawatt plant will use forest biomass from the area to make electricity, heat and biochar, which is a solid carbon byproduct that is used as a soil conditioner and filter media. The […]
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By Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee Two women whose bodies were found following a fire in their Placerville-area home in March died as a result of a murder-suicide, according to the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Department. Sheriff’s officials said investigators determined that homeowner Crystal Ward, 58, shot Carolyn Hague, 62, in the head, then set the […]
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