By Madison Corney, KRNV-TV NV Energy residential customers will see an increase on their monthly gas and electric bills Jan. 1. In June 2013, NV Energy submitted a legally required electric and gas general rate case to the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada. Last week the rate case was approved. Starting on Jan. 1 a […]
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By Cynthia H. Craft, Sacramento Bee Just days after a Christmas Eve federal health advisory, a top public health official warned Friday of a sudden increase in local influenza activity, possibly led by a strong resurgence of a version of the virus behind the 2009 worldwide flu pandemic. Olivia Kasirye, the Sacramento County’s public health […]
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By Peter Hecht, Sacramento Bee On New Year’s Day in Colorado, state-licensed marijuana stores will begin selling pot purely for pleasurable consumption. Colorado, already home to the nation’s most regulated medical marijuana industry, expects to open its first two dozen stores selling recreational cannabis users up to an ounce of pot each. Another 400 applications […]
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By Brian Lada, AccuWeather With 2013 quickly coming to a close, it’s shaping up to be one of the driest calendar years on record for many places in California. Almost all of the Golden State is under either a severe or extreme drought with no end in sight heading into 2014. This prolonged drought has […]
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By Siddharth Cavale, Reuters Sales during the 2013 U.S. holiday season grew from a year earlier as deep discounting and increased promotions encouraged consumers to buy more. Holiday sales between November 1 and December 24 rose 2.3 percent, compared with 0.7 percent a year earlier, according to data published in the MasterCard Advisors’ SpendingPulse report. […]
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The upper mountain at Squaw Valley reopened today after being closed because of a sewage leak. Through the resort’s monitoring system employees realized something was wrong Dec. 26. The leak was found that afternoon, which led to the upper area being closed and the sewer system shut off. “The site was excavated and the pipelines […]
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By Kathryn Reed In this era of corporate banking and corruption, one bank has held true to its roots – El Dorado Savings Bank. A lot has to do with the fact that members of the Cook family are still at the helm of the Placerville-based institution. It was George Cook Sr. and members of […]
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By Barbara Ortutay, AP NEW YORK — Mix blatant bigotry with poor spelling. Add a dash of ALL CAPS. Top it off with a violent threat. And there you have it: A recipe for the worst of online comments, scourge of the Internet. Blame anonymity, blame politicians, blame human nature. But a growing number of […]
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By Larry Gordon, Los Angeles Times UC Riverside senior Matthew Emeterio was worried that he might be short of degree credits and have to delay graduation past next spring. But thanks to a soon-to-debut online program linking far-flung UC campuses, he expects to finish on time. Starting next month, the political science major will be […]
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Detectives with the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office want to talk to three men who may be able to provide information regarding the Dec. 22 death of Christopher Elliott. Elliott, 46, was found dead on his front porch on Northwood Boulevard at 4am Dec. 22. The cause of death is pending an autopsy. They are not […]
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