By Jocelyn Wiener and Phillip Reese, Sacramento Bee In recent years, Dr. Jason Bynum has seen the churn: teens in crisis cycling through his south Sacramento psychiatric hospital, admitted, released, and just a few months down the road, back with another breakdown. Increasingly, he lives with a deathly fear that his young patients are going […]
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By Eric Hoover, Chronicle of Higher Education Demographic projections have inspired doomsayers and daydreamers alike. The sky-is-falling contingent says the declining number of white, affluent high-school graduates will sink many tuition-dependent colleges. Meanwhile, optimistic observers predict that population shifts will compel institutions to transform themselves by embracing underrepresented students like never before. As any admissions […]
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By Robin Lally, EcoWatch Scientists have known for more than 40 years that the synthetic pesticide DDT is harmful to bird habitats and a threat to the environment. Now researchers at Rutgers University say exposure to DDT — banned in the U.S. since 1972 but still used as a pesticide in other countries — may […]
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By Sean Whaley, Las Vegas Review Journal FALLON — Nevada’s severe drought is a tragedy unfolding in slow motion. But its effects will be far reaching — from rural communities that depend on ranching and agriculture for their existence to the prices we all pay for food at the grocery store. Nevada’s wildlife will suffer […]
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By Ben Leubsdorf, Wall Street Journal A growing number of U.S. businesses expect to raise prices in the coming months, according to a survey by the National Association for Business Economics. About 43 percent of companies plan to raise prices in the first three months of 2014, far more than the 20 percent that said […]
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By Carmen George, Fresno Bee Firefighters are bracing for a hot year as California’s drought has forests primed for early wildfires. CalFire spokesman Daniel Berlant said firefighters already have responded to over 400 wildfires statewide this year. By comparison, there were no wildfires in the first 3 1/2 weeks of last year, he said. “The […]
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By Karoun Demirjian, Las Vegas Sun WASHINGTON — The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights is holding a Valentine’s Day hearing on the practice known as patient dumping, which could put a federal spotlight on a Nevada scandal involving the practice. The commission announced the hearing last week, expressing concern about the “extent to which patients […]
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By Howard Stutz, Las Vegas Review-Journal Nevada’s casino industry cracked the $11 billion gaming revenue figure during 2013, the first time the benchmark had been reached since 2008. The Gaming Control Board released the state’s calendar year-end and December gaming revenue totals Friday. Statewide, casinos collected $11.14 billion during 2013, a 2.6 percent increase over […]
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The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit received 12 letters of objection to its Forest Plan. During the 90-day objection resolution period the Forest Service will work with those objecting to try to resolve their concerns. After the objection resolution period, the regional forester will sign a record of decision and the revised […]
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By Peter Hecht, Sacramento Bee A federal appeals court on Jan. 29 rebuffed an Amador County citizens group challenging federal recognition of a tribe seeking to build a casino near Ione. In a nine-page memorandum, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling affirming that the Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk […]
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