Residents in the 76-unit Sierra Garden Apartment complex are having the interior of the dwellings upgraded. Property owners St. Joseph Community Land Trust, a local nonprofit organization, and Pacific Development Group, a Lodi-based affordable housing developer, are infusing $15 million into the South Lake Tahoe affordable housing complex on Lake Tahoe Boulevard. The renovation is […]
Read moreBy Jenny Kane, Reno Gazette-Journal Nevada’s marijuana sales are getting higher in its second month of sales. Nevada dispensaries raked in $32.4 million in recreational and medical marijuana sales altogether in August, the state Department of Taxation reported late Monday. The department, which oversees the state’s marijuana programs, made $4.86 million from the sales statewide. […]
Read moreBy Susan Wood After intense deliberation and public pleading on both sides, the South Lake Tahoe City Council on Tuesday night temporarily closed the door on new vacation home rentals. The 4-0 vote, with Councilman Tom Davis having to recuse himself, came on the same day an intent to petition for a ballot measure against […]
Read moreBy Matt Weiser, Water Deeply Something monumental happened on Aug. 25 in California water management that received almost no media attention: It became official policy to reconnect the state’s major rivers with their floodplains. The action by the Central Valley Flood Protection Board, an obscure panel appointed by the governor, clears the way for the […]
Read moreBy Molly Sullivan, Sacramento Bee Raley’s, Nob Hill and Bel Air stores have joined the ranks of grocery stores recalling prepackaged and frozen vegetable products from Mann Packing that may be contaminated with listeria. So far, health officials have not confirmed any listeria cases in Sacramento County. Customers who purchased products included in the recall […]
Read moreBy Dale Kasler, Sacramento Bee Larry Ellison has made billions in high technology and has a knack for buying glitzy real estate properties. Can the founder of Oracle Corp. bring his Midas touch to a faded Lake Tahoe resort once owned by Frank Sinatra? Ellison’s Lawrence Investments has been cleared to buy the Cal Neva […]
Read moreDouglas County sheriff’s investigators want to question Jose DeJesus Rodriguez Quezada in regards to a murder this month at Hard Rock in Stateline. Kevin Leroy Edwards, 56, of Reno was found dead in a hotel room on Oct. 3. Authorities are not saying how the two knew each other or how Edwards died. Quezada, 44, […]
Read moreBy Meghin Delaney, Las Vegas Review-Journal Former Nevada students who failed to earn a high school diploma because they couldn’t pass the state’s proficiency exam now have a shot at redemption. In 2013, the state Legislature approved phasing out the proficiency exam graduation requirement in favor of four end-of-course tests. But before the end-of-course exam […]
Read moreDouglas County School District is getting $655,182.08 from the state for a reading program. The money is to be used this school year. The Nevada Department of Education the month announced which districts would be sharing in the $20.5 million for the Read by Grade 3 program. The goal is to improve literary for early […]
Read moreBy Arthur Kane, Las Vegas Review-Journal The names and salaries of 349 state employees, including park rangers and game wardens, have not been made public to taxpayers who spent $30.1 million last year in wages and benefits for those staffers. State officials said the positions are sensitive and the names must be protected, but several […]
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