By Paul Rogers, Bay Area News Group Most voters already know that Gavin Newsom and Dianne Feinstein — who easily advanced to the November general election in their races for governor and U.S. senator — were among the big winners in Tuesday’s California primary election. But there’s another group also popping the champagne this week: […]
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By Kimberly Veklerov, San Francisco Chronicle A bipartisan effort in Congress to ease federal restrictions on cannabis, which President Trump said Friday he is inclined to support, would solve a few of the biggest problems facing the nascent industry in California, experts say. Most important, they say, the bill introduced Thursday — which gives […]
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Updated 8:45am: By Kathryn Reed From the El Dorado County Grand Jury report that was released last week one might conclude only one entity in the county has an issue with CalPERS. This would be because the grand jury only investigated El Dorado County. It didn’t touch on the two cities in the county – […]
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By David Goldstein and Anita Chabria, Sacramento Bee Eight years ago, Samantha Miller was earning six figures a year as a product developer for a LED lighting company in Northern California when a high school friend called to ask a favor. Would Miller be able to help her friend’s boss at a medical marijuana dispensary […]
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By Ramona Giwargis, Las Vegas Review-Journal Going against the “political establishment” is a risky move in Nevada, a purple state where every hard-fought election could shift control of the Statehouse and on Capitol Hill. Yet some Nevada candidates are running grass-roots campaigns against opponents with much deeper pockets. State Sen. Patricia “Pat” Spearman is one […]
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By Kathryn Reed If a mass casualty incident occurs on the South Shore, it is going to require the resources of neighboring medical facilities to treat the injured. “In the event of a mass casualty incident, the main effort would be to ensure rapid transportation to the appropriate care centers,” Selwyn Lee, chief medical officer […]
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By Ramona Giwargis, Las Vegas Review-Journal One candidate has been charged with theft and wiretapping. Another was convicted of domestic battery and accused of waving a gun while drunk. One was an Army deserter. These are a few of the political candidates on the Nevada ballot this year — and it’s causing deep concern […]
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By Kathryn Reed The contractor doing work on Highway 89 near Emerald Bay could face a slew of violations from the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency and possibly other agencies. A video on the White Trash Brigade Facebook page shows workers with Stewart Engineering of Redding, the contractor hired by Caltrans, laughing as a large boulder […]
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By Kathryn Reed A homeless encampment of about 20 individuals in the middle of South Lake Tahoe has been given a seven-day notice to move on or else they’ll be forcibly removed. Tucked into the meadow off the bike path behind Motel 6 is a community hidden from most people. Tents and makeshift shelters protect […]
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By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal Republican Sen. Dean Heller is seeking to leverage one-party control of Congress and the White House with an idea for a bill that would block future wilderness designations in Nevada. Heller, who is running for re-election and considered the most vulnerable Republican in the Senate, says he plans to introduce legislation […]
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