A small fire is burning near Genoa Peak on the East Shore. About one-quarter acre had been consumed by 2:30pm June 11. According to the U.S. Forest Service, it first started about Memorial Day when the basin experienced a number of thunder and lightning storms. It is believed a single tree was struck and that […]
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By Associated Press RENO — A Nevada company that operates the Dotty’s casino chain has agreed to pay $3.5 million to settle a disability discrimination suit. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed the lawsuit earlier this year accusing the Las Vegas-based Nevada Restaurant Services of violating the Americans with Disabilities Act. There is a […]
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By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal Republican President Trump’s efforts to loosen vehicle pollution standards at the federal level could mean less healthy air and more local regulations in Northern Nevada. That’s according to air quality experts who say communities in Nevada and around the U.S. would face pressure to offset increased pollution from cars with […]
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By Susan Wood POLLOCK PINES – Relying heavily on prescribed burns as fuel reduction among forest officials may be steeped in tradition – but the practice isn’t enough to fight the types of raging infernos the West is seeing year after year. Much of the challenge often lies in fire prevention over steep terrain […]
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By Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Review-Journal Advocates for responsible gaming are worried that addictive gambling behavior could balloon with the arrival of nationwide sports wagering. And the state lawmakers who could make a difference by requiring the implementation of new programs aren’t doing much to help. “With the exception of New Jersey, none of […]
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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 Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times More than a decade of steadily rising rates have made suicide the nation’s 10th leading cause of death and one of only three causes of death — including Alzheimer’s disease and drug overdoses — that are increasing in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control […]
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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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