By Jessica Calefati, CalMatters California’s new system for funding public education has pumped tens of billions of extra dollars into struggling schools, but there’s little evidence yet that the investment is helping the most disadvantaged students. A CalMatters analysis of the biggest districts with the greatest clusters of needy children found limited success with the […]
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By Sean Whaley and Ben Botkin, Las Vegas Review-Journal Every Nevada county will have an insurance carrier through the state exchange in 2018, ending two months of uncertainty about coverage. Gov. Brian Sandoval, speaking outside Renown Health Urgent Care Clinic in Silver Springs in Lyon County, announced in a press conference Tuesday that SilverSummit will […]
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By Jim Miller, Sacramento Bee A California lawmaker has made a key change to expand the reach of a plan designed to speed up construction of affordable housing projects. The move suggests the Legislature, due to return from summer recess Monday for a final four-week crush of business in the 2017 session, is moving toward […]
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By Sam Stanton, Sacramento Bee Ten weeks after Placer County Sheriff Devon Bell announced that three of his officials had been arrested on allegations of excessive force against inmates at the Auburn Main Jail, his department is facing a series of lawsuits claiming that abuse at the jail has routinely gone unchecked and that video […]
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By Kathryn Reed SnowGlobe, the three-day controversial music festival, is going to be part of the South Shore lexicon for another decade. The South Lake Tahoe City Council on Tuesday agreed to several details in what will be a long-term contract with Chad Donnelly, who first brought the electronic, mostly disc jockey produced bass-centric music […]
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By Lake Tahoe News Mosquitoes carrying the West Nile virus have been found in two locations in Douglas County. Douglas County Mosquito Abatement District was notified Aug. 14 about the results from traps set July 31 in the Westwood area of the Carson Valley as well as the traps set Aug. 2 west of Highway […]
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By Jason Hidalgo, Reno Gazette-Journal Last winter’s record-setting snow is set to pay dividends for Reno’s airport this coming season. Several airlines will be offering additional service to Reno-Tahoe International Airport during ski season, with some extra flights being extended as late as April. Five carriers will be offering the additional flights, which include routes […]
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The California Tahoe Conservancy will look different at its September meeting. This is because the Legislature this summer changed state law to allow elected officials to serve on this state board. On Aug. 15 the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors and South Lake Tahoe City Council voted separately to appoint reps from their respective […]
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By Meghan Herbst, Moonshine Ink Board meetings at the Tahoe-Truckee Sanitation Agency are usually sparsely attended and over in 30 minutes. In June, employees and concerned citizens piled into the modest board room at TTSA, and the monthly meeting turned into a two-hour standoff. The players: The TTSA board of directors, under the leadership of […]
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Two people had to be rescued from Desolation Wilderness on Sunday after they got stuck on the ledge of a steep cliff. El Dorado County search and rescue team members were called to help Lisa Tran and Sarah Pollo, both from the Sacramento area, who were stranded near Lake Sylvia. This is at an elevation […]
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