By Jamie Summers and Robin Valleau, The Conversation Marshes, streams and lakes lie alongside many of the roads and highways that zigzag across North America. Plants and animals inhabit these water bodies and can be exposed to many of the substances we put on those roads, including road salt. Rock salt helps keep roads safe […]
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The U.S. Forest Service is considering installing a transmitter at the top of Jobs Peak. Comments on the proposal, which is under environmental review, are being accepted until Jan. 8. The plan is for a 25-square-foot shelter that would house a radio repeater for improved communications. It would include solar panels to power the transmitter […]
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By James DeHaven, Reno Gazette-Journal Nevada leaders looking to decriminalize traffic tickets are hoping the third time’s the charm. Fierce resistance from cops, courts and local governments scuttled two past efforts, in 2013 and 2015, to halt arrests over small-time offenses such as an expired driver’s license, vehicle registration or car insurance policy. Not everyone can […]
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By Robert Jablon, AP A California wildfire that has killed two people and seared its way through cities, towns and wilderness northwest of Los Angeles became the largest blaze ever officially recorded in California on Friday, authorities said. The Thomas fire took only 2 ½ weeks to burn its way into history books as unrelenting […]
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By Melody Gutierrez, San Francisco Chronicle If it seems more crowded in California, that’s because it is. California’s population is nearly 40 million, a number that has steadily grown despite birth rates declining to the fourth-lowest level in more than a century, according to state estimates released Thursday. State Department of Finance data showed that […]
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A Bay Area family who was in Tahoe for a pre-holiday gathering will never be the same. Two sisters were with their kids in the indoor pool-hot tub area of MontBleu on Dec. 17. One stepped away, leaving the other in charge. According to Douglas County sheriff’s officials, the remaining sister went to a chair […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – For those hoping Douglas County’s Master Plan update was going to be certified by the Board of Commissioners this week, just the opposite and then some occurred. Not only did the electeds not vote on the update Dec. 21, they chose to methodically go through each of the remaining elements […]
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A South Lake Tahoe man was killed Wednesday after being struck by a vehicle in Nevada City. Ronson Sakioka, 64, was walking back to his vehicle after attending the Victorian Christmas when the incident occurred. He was with his wife, who escaped injury. They were crossing Highway 49 where it is dark and there was […]
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By Michael Livingston, Los Angeles Times As one of California’s largest wildfires in modern history stretches into its third week, state Sen. Ricardo Lara, D-Bell Gardens, has introduced legislation to protect residents from canceled insurance policies. Lara announced the Wildfire Safety and Recovery Act on Wednesday morning. The senator said he hopes that, after […]
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The legal proceedings involving Patty Olson’s ability to retain ownership of the commercial strip of land at the Bijou Center in South Lake Tahoe continues to weave an indirect path to resolution. Olson has retained another attorney in the case; now Craig Demetras of Reno is representing her. A judge has postponed the status conference […]
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