By Sean Whaley, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY — A legal opinion from Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt on a stalled private gun sale background check measure says Gov. Brian Sandoval can again ask the FBI to perform the work. But the legal analysis issued Thursday also says there are potential safety risks should […]
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By Kathryn Reed Not every bear has always been able to be released into the wild, but until this year none had mysteriously died at Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care. Two have in a three-week period. The diagnosis is adenovirus. “It is rare,” Peter Tria with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife said of the […]
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By George Avalos, Bay Area News Group The deadly wildfires that roared through Sonoma and Napa counties this week, destroying thousands of homes, might also scorch the Bay Area’s already brutal housing market for months or years to come, experts warned Friday. An estimated 2,800 homes have been destroyed in the wind-whipped infernos in Santa Rosa […]
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By Eli Segall, Las Vegas Review-Journal When a “Do not disturb” sign hangs outside a hotel room for a while, staff will usually call or knock at some point to make sure everything’s OK. But in the wake of the Las Vegas massacre, hotel operators may be asking themselves: How long should we wait before […]
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By Laura J. Nelson, Sonali Kohli, Paige St. John, Dakota Smith and Nina Agrawal, Los Angeles Times The grim toll from the Northern California wildfires continued to rise Friday as officials said an estimated 5,700 structures were destroyed and that at least 34 people died. Firefighters continued to gain control of some fires scorching […]
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By Mark Studyvin, Mountain Democrat The Placerville City Council unanimously adopted a resolution to extend creating an urgency ordinance for marijuana at its Tuesday night meeting. Up for debate was the topic of regulating cannabis cultivation and prohibiting the manufacture, processing, laboratory testing, labeling, storing and wholesale and retail distribution. The urgency ordinance was originally […]
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By David Downs, San Francisco Chronicle California’s $21 billion cannabis economy is reeling from likely more than a billion dollars in crop losses related to a series of deadly wildfires that swept through the cultivation heartlands of Mendocino, Sonoma, Napa and Solano counties this week. Up to one-third of the annual outdoor cannabis crop […]
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By Associated Press They are trying to find lost loved ones, to sift through the ashes of their homes, to count, identify and mourn the dozens of dead — all while the wildfires rage on. Communities in Northern California prepared for another day under siege Friday, despite being driven to exhaustion by evacuations, destruction and […]
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By Kathryn Reed An alleged whack of a first-grader’s knuckles that left a mark sparked an investigation into the behavior of a teacher at Zephyr Cove Elementary School. “I’m not interested in speaking to you about this. The matter has been handled,” teacher Brenda Capshaw told Lake Tahoe News before abruptly hanging up. Amber Prevost, […]
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By Joan Lowy, AP The infotainment technology that automakers are cramming into the dashboard of new vehicles is making drivers take their eyes off the road and hands off the wheel for dangerously long periods of time, an AAA study says. The study released last week is the latest by University of Utah Professor David […]
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