By Jeremy B. White, Sacramento Bee Extinguish your filtered cigarettes, ditch the plastic bags to carry your groceries, toss your micro-beaded facial scrub and cancel those plans to catch an orca show at SeaWorld. Each of those things would be prohibited under a package of bills circulating in Sacramento. Seeking to address such issues as […]
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By Kathryn Reed Mike Wallace, who runs Sierra Tahoe Ready Mix, said paperwork may have been faulty, but the quality of concrete from his business has never been anything but the best. Wallace’s South Lake Tahoe business and home were searched last week by law enforcement officials who are questioning whether fraud related to government […]
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By Claire Doan, KCRA-TV AUBURN -— Despite the wet weather March ushered in, California is still in the midst of a drought. For CalFire that means bringing on more firefighting resources earlier in the year to make sure teams are ready for a potentially challenging season ahead. “Already we’re seeing a huge increase in the […]
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A South Lake Tahoe man hanged himself at the El Dorado County Jail on March 30. Correctional officers found John Harold Bordycott, 47, on Sunday at 2:26pm unconscious with a bed sheet around his neck. He could not be revived and was pronounced dead at Barton Memorial Hospital. Bordycott had been booked into the South […]
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By Dana Sullivan Kilroy, Los Angeles Times There’s a reason wine and spirits are stored in glass: purity of taste. Plastic (and, to a lesser degree, metal) can impart various “flavors” into the liquids it comes into contact with. But that’s just one reason that glass is an increasingly popular alternative to plastic and aluminum […]
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By Kathryn Reed California is looking at creating a one-size-fits-all approach to handling bacteria in the state’s water bodies. Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board isn’t sure that is the correct approach because it would make the rules the same for the ocean, Lake Tahoe and lakes in Desolation Wilderness. Lauri Kemper, assistant executive director […]
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By Patricia Yollin, KQED-TV Almost all of the state’s residents have cut their water use because of the drought, half of likely voters will support an $11.1 billion bond for state water projects and a record-high share of Californians, 55 percent, say the water supply is a big problem where they live. These were among […]
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By Lauren Weber, Wall Street Journal It’s become conventional wisdom that many of today’s workers will see their jobs replaced or transformed by ever-smarter machines. Who needs bus drivers and truckers when self-driving vehicles take over the road — and what happens to the thousands of body-shop workers who won’t be needed to repair dents […]
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By Rob Sabo, AP Casino operators in the greater Tahoe-Reno area are doubling down on their properties. The more than $100 million spent or tabbed for renovations at regional hotel-casinos includes $50 million at JA Nugget, $20 million at Boomtown, $30 million at Grand Sierra Resort, $20 million at the Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe in […]
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By Cy Ryan, Las Vegas Sun CARSON CITY — Regulations for setting up medical marijuana clinics cleared their final hurdle Friday, a week before and the law allowing the dispensaries take effect. The Legislative Commission, without discussion, unanimously approved the rules written by the state Division of Public and Behavioral Health. Steven Cooksey of MedMen, […]
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