By Taryn Luna and Alexei Koseff, Sacramento Bee The drought may be over, but California residents should prepare themselves for new and more permanent restrictions on water use. Gov. Jerry Brown signed a pair of bills Thursday to set permanent overall targets for indoor and outdoor water consumption. Assembly Bill 1668 by Assemblywoman Laura Friedman, […]
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By Nathan Bomey, USA Today Drugs are being detected in a growing share of drivers responsible for fatal crashes, according to a new study by the Governors Highway Safety Association. Although it’s difficult to tell when drugged driving is a cause of accidents, the findings provide fresh reason for concern that marijuana and opioids are driving […]
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Casinos on both ends of Lake Tahoe posted gaming wins for April. Stateline casinos were up 12.6 percent compared to 2017 at $14.9 million. Slot play was the big factor, which was up 21.3 percent, according to the Gaming Control Board. On the North Shore the win was a modest 1.2 percent increase over a […]
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By Lake Tahoe News An algae bloom in the Tahoe Keys similar to what cropped up last August is back. “We started monitoring for this at the beginning of April. We found it at multiple locations in the Keys,” Greg Hoover, with the Tahoe Keys Property Owners Association’s water quality staff, told Lake Tahoe News. […]
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By Peter Fimrite, San Francisco Chronicle The legalization of cannabis in California has done almost nothing to halt illegal marijuana growing by Mexican drug cartels, which are laying bare large swaths of national forest in California, poisoning wildlife, and siphoning precious water out of creeks and rivers, U.S. Attorney McGregor Scott said Tuesday. The […]
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By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal Health officials in Placer County say a Tahoe-area resident died after contracting hantavirus. According to a statement from county health officials, rodents at the home where the resident lived and worked were the likely source, health officials said. They said the public is not at risk from the source tied to […]
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By Levi Sumagaysay, Bay Area News Group The California State Senate on Wednesday approved a net neutrality bill that has been called the “gold standard” of such bills in the nation, as states grapple with a controversial repeal of Obama-era federal rules meant to ensure an open internet. The state senate voted 23 to 12 […]
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By Fred Imbert, CNBC The U.S. economy seems to be on solid footing, according to one unusual indicator: vacation searches on the internet. Google searches for the term “vacation” rose 10 percent in April on a year-over-year basis, said Nicholas Colas, co-founder of DataTrek Research, using Google Trends data. This is positive for the U.S. […]
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By Nicolas Gunkel, The Conversation Leadership in addressing climate change in the United States has shifted away from Washington, D.C. Cities across the country are organizing, networking and sharing resources to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and tackle related challenges ranging from air pollution to heat island effects. But group photos at climate change summits […]
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By Sam Gross, Reno Gazette-Journal The parents of 22-year-old Aaron Salazar, an Amtrak passenger found critically injured near train tracks over two weeks ago, called Amtrak Police’s investigation a “smear campaign” by a “for-profit company,” in a statement sent Wednesday morning to the Reno Gazette Journal. The statement followed a Tuesday press conference held by […]
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