By Bob Tita, Barron’s America’s road to recovery may face a costly detour due to a fraying transportation network. One in nine of the country’s 607,380 bridges are structurally deficient and 42% of the country’s major urban highways are congested, according to an American Society of Civil Engineers estimate, the result of years of inadequate […]
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By Ralph Vartabedian and Evan Halper, Los Angeles Times California is spending nearly $15 million to build 10 hydrogen fueling stations, even though just 227 hydrogen-powered vehicles exist in the state today. It’s a hefty bet on the future, given that government officials have been trying for nine years, with little success, to get automakers […]
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By Josh Dulaney, Pasadena Star-News A shortage of veteran professors and crushing enrollment demands in the California State University system are creating headaches for students who find themselves shut out of the classes they need to graduate in four to six years. Known as bottleneck courses, there were 1,294 identified throughout CSU’s 23-campus system during […]
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Placer County’s Probation Department is moving closer to setting up a one-stop center where individuals on probation or those about to be released from incarceration can get services and assistance while they transition back into society. The Board of Supervisors last week agreed to build a 2,000-square-foot Community Transition Center in the County’s Santucci Justice […]
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By Kathryn Reed Dave Brady believes there are plenty of ways to change the Douglas County Sheriff’s Department. He would start with the budget. Brady is challenging longtime incumbent Ron Pierini for the job of sheriff. The primary is in June, with a runoff in November 2014 if necessary. They are the first two to […]
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Truckee police officers have been busy chasing bears out of vehicles. Officers responded to Stuart Staithe in Glenshire late Sunday night for a bear trapped in a car. The bear had locked himself inside and caused significant damage to the interior of the vehicle. The car’s owner could not be located, so officers broke a […]
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By Lydia O’Connor, Huffington Post A controversial new law will allow some California community colleges to charge more for their most popular classes, outraging some students and public education advocates who fear this lays the foundation for a new standard of rewarding wealth over academic standing. Signed into law on Thursday by California Governor Jerry […]
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By David Siders, Sacramento Bee Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation Friday banning the use of lead ammunition in hunting in California, but he vetoed the most controversial gun control bill the Legislature sent to him this year, a proposal to ban the sale of certain semi-automatic rifles. In mixed action on a high-profile package of […]
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By Mantill Williams The largest generation in U.S. history and the most multi-modal could be a game changer for public transportation and America’s transportation network as a whole. The millennial generation chooses the most practical transportation mode (driving, public transit, biking or walking) for each trip, and this flexible concept of mobility is spreading. According […]
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One of the casualties of the federal government shutdown is work by the U.S. Forest Service to reroute the Upper Truckee River had to come to an abrupt halt. Without being able to talk to anyone in the Lake Tahoe office, it is not known how this setback will impact the project or the environment. […]
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