Someone driving on the Glenbrook Golf Course caused about $15,000 in damage. The driver went on the greens and fairways of the course in the early morning hours of June 16, and spun around in a vehicle. Anyone with information is urged to call Douglas County sheriff’s Investigator Ed Garren at (775) 586.7255 or Douglas […]
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By Phillip Reese, Sacramento Bee Gun sales boomed across California to record levels last year as horrific mass shootings reignited the gun control debate, new state figures show. A growing number of Sacramento-area gun dealers – about 200 and counting – sold a total of 74,000 firearms in 2012, roughly 20,000 more than in the […]
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By Cy Ryan, Las Vegas Sun CARSON CITY — David Morrow, administrator of the state Division of Parks for the past 10 years, is retiring and he jokes it’s because of “old age.” Morrow turns 65 in September and he said Monday he wants time to walk, hike and fish. He worked 30 years in […]
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By Kathryn Reed The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency on Monday won a partial decision in federal court when the judge dismissed some of the claims against the bi-state regulatory agency. “The litigation is still pending, but this answers a lot of questions TRPA raised at the start,” TRPA spokesman Jeff Cowen told Lake Tahoe News. […]
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An 8-year-old cyclist was flown to Renown Medical Center in Reno from Truckee on Sunday after being hit by a vehicle. Authorities say the youth sustained non-life threatening injuries. The accident happened in the Glenshire subdivision of Truckee. The exact cause of the collision has yet to be determined, but Truckee police officers said speed […]
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By Paul Gabrielsen SANTA CRUZ — An employee gathering carts from the sunny parking lot at a Santa Cruz Safeway said shoppers are warming up to Santa Cruz’s ban on single-use plastic bags. But some still miss the bags’ convenience. “I used to be able to carry so many at a time,” a senior woman […]
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By Karoun Demirjian, Las Vegas Sun Legislation, as Sen. Harry Reid often says, is the art of compromise. But lately, Reid has not been in a compromising mood. “Who would I negotiate with?” Reid said last week when asked about his recently expressed reticence to parley with Republicans over how to keep student loan rates […]
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By Alan Greenblatt, NPR The Supreme Court may rule on gay marriage this week. Advocates both for and against are glad the issue didn’t reach the court any sooner. They didn’t want a repeat of the abortion issue. With its landmark decision in Roe v. Wade, the high court stepped in and guaranteed a right […]
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By Don Thompson, AP SACRAMENTO — State regulators imposed a record $11 million fine Thursday on the operators of a renegade gold mine in the Sierra foothills east of Sacramento. Owners of the Big Cut Mine south of Placerville previously ignored more than $1 million in fines from the state Mining and Geology Board, and […]
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By Chris Megerian and Anthony York, Los Angeles Times SACRAMENTO — California lawmakers passed a budget Friday that lays the groundwork for the largest expansion of public healthcare in the country, placing the state at the leading edge of President Obama’s federal overhaul. The budget, which the governor has until June 30 to sign, will […]
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