By Ryan Menezes, Los Angeles Times After years of decline, the California Lottery is booming. The jackpots are bigger, and that’s drawing more players and excitement. The turnaround is due to changes made to the lottery in 2010, when revenues were on the decline. The changes brought bigger prizes, but they also altered the formula […]
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By Melanie Mason and Patrick McGreevy, Los Angeles Time SACRAMENTO — Returning to the Capitol on Monday after a four-month recess, state lawmakers are set to tackle water issues, prison overcrowding and a budget debate that will be shaped largely by the state’s rosier economic outlook. Other factors will also affect legislative decisions in 2014: […]
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By Cy Ryan, Las Vegas Sun CARSON CITY — Chief Justice Mark Gibbons and Justice Kristina Pickering both plan to file for re-election to the Nevada Supreme Court on Monday, the opening day for judicial candidates to submit their candidacies. Gibbons is seeking a third six-year term and Pickering is asking for a second term […]
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By Robert Langreth, Broomberg When Sheena Wilson, 45, underwent robotic surgery for a hysterectomy in May, she didn’t know the Intuitive Surgical Inc. system used by her doctor was previously tied to a variety of injuries for the same procedure. Her rectum was badly burned in the operation, said Wilson, a mother of two from […]
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By Phillip Reese, Sacramento Bee Hunters killed fewer bears in California in 2013 than during any other year in the last two decades, a trend that many agree is a direct consequence of a new law that bans hunters from using dogs to track bears. California has a sometimes-complicated relationship with its roughly 33,000 bears. […]
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By Morgan Whitaker, MSNBC Raising the federal minimum wage to $10.10 an hour could help to lift nearly 5 million Americans out of poverty, according to a study released last week. University of Massachusetts-Amherst economist Arindrajit Dube found that proposals to raise the minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10 would reduce the number of non-elderly […]
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By Kathryn Reed Sewage from an overflow tank at the Fresh Ketch restaurant flowed into Lake Tahoe for at least 24 hours this weekend. People at the restaurant first saw the spill Friday night, but Summit Plumbing of South Lake Tahoe said they didn’t receive a call for service until 6:08pm May 3. Employees with […]
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By Josh Levs, CNN It lit up the world and showed us all our way. It served presidents, princes, and paupers with equal alacrity. It brought the writings of Yeats, Joyce, Rowling, and Trudeau to millions of bed-readers, and helped countless people around the world avoid stubbing their toes in the dark. And now, it […]
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Steve Kubby of South Lake Tahoe is selling his medical marijuana patent that is pending for $1 million and has been hired to be CEO of Cannabis Sativa Inc. Cannabis Sativa (CBDS) has signed an agreement to purchase the patent pending for what is being called af super potent medicinal cannabis strain. The agreement gives […]
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The pedestrian killed on New Year’s Day has been identified as Randy Breeton, 49, of South Lake Tahoe. Breeton was crossing Highway 50 near the Town and Country Center about 8pm when he was struck by a vehicle driven by Uriel Ortiz, 19, of South Lake Tahoe. Officers said Ortiz was not at fault. Results […]
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