By Peter Fimrite, San Francisco Chronicle It could take decades and cost billions to build enough housing to make even a modest dent in home prices across the state, a team of economists reported. Jerry Nickelsburg, director of the UCLA forecast team, said it would take 20 percent more housing to achieve a 10 percent […]
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By Matt Levin, San Francisco Chronicle Is there something weird about California’s standardized test scores? Last year, 49 percent of California students who took the test scored as meeting the state’s reading and writing standards. This year, that number flatlined at 49 percent. So despite most teachers and students having an additional year to get […]
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By Angela Hart, Sacramento Bee After a decades-long battle with California’s building industry, developers who want to fast-track housing production – especially in cities that have not built enough housing to keep pace with rising demand – will be required to pay higher wages and benefits to construction workers beginning Jan. 1. Five of 15 […]
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Wind has whipped a month-old fire in Eldorado National Forest into a more than 30-acre fire. Lightning first started what is being called the Table Fire. It is about three miles northeast of Ice House Reservoir. The fire was first reported Sept. 8. As of the evening of Oct. 9 it was 5 percent contained. […]
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By Los Angeles Times At least 10 people have died and at least 1,500 homes, businesses and other structures have been destroyed as more than 14 fires ravaged eight counties throughout Northern California on Monday, authorities said. The Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office reported seven fire-related deaths late Monday. In addition, two died because of the […]
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By Julie Johnson, Santa Rosa Press Democrat To understand Californians’ favorite methods for ingesting cannabis, Joshua Hoffman likens it to the different ways of experiencing music. Think of smoking cannabis flowers like attending a live concert, he said. The second most popular method — vape pens — is like listening to a CD on high-end […]
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By Chris Murray, Reno Gazette-Journal Don Carano, one of the most influential figures in Reno’s history who revolutionized the local gaming and resort industry; was a partner at one of the state’s most powerful law firms; and built one of California’s top-selling wineries, died Tuesday night at age 85. A native of Reno, Carano was a star […]
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By Associated Press Authorities trying to piece together the final days before Stephen Paddock unleashed his arsenal of powerful firearms on country music fans on the Las Vegas Strip have at least one potential trove of information: his gambling habits. Nevada gambling regulators say they’re sorting through documents for clues about him and his girlfriend, […]
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Statistics from Chase International show the number of homes sold in Lake Tahoe this summer was down 7 percent compared to a year ago. The real estate firm’s quarterly report has the median price of a home in Lake Tahoe rising 1 percent to $580,000. South Shore saw the biggest jump in the sale of […]
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Stateline casinos were without water for part of Saturday night because of a water main break. The flow of water created a sink hole on Highway 50 in the casino corridor. Workers for the departments of transportation from both states are handling traffic flow around the problem area. The pipe belongs to Edgewood Water Company. […]
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