By Colton Lochhead, Las Vegas Review-Journal Nevadans with past misdemeanor pot convictions can have their records sealed away, but the Clark County district attorney isn’t ready to wave a magic wand to make it happen. “I’m not going to take an active role in seeking the vacation or seeking the dismissals,” Clark County District Attorney […]
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By Yvonne Gonzalez, Las Vegas Sun Election officials across the country are looking to shore up election systems against hacking, a facet of the 2016 election that led to a yearlong congressional investigation. Nevada is organizing cybersecurity under a new central hub, according to the Secretary of State’s Office, and is among more than 35 […]
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By Joann Eisenbrandt “I feel trapped in Paradise. I live in Tahoe in the mountains, but I live by an asphalt plant. I want the spectacular clean air and water that was the Tahoe promise.” –Jeff Marcus, Julie Lane resident Tahoe Asphalt is the only asphalt plant in the Lake Tahoe Basin. It […]
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By Associated Press A couple reached a $2.5 million settlement with a Northern California city and its police department after investigators dismissed the woman’s elaborate and bizarre kidnapping as a hoax. Police in Vallejo initially discounted a report by Denise Huskins and her boyfriend, Aaron Quinn, that a masked intruder drugged them in their home […]
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By Matt Weiser, Water Deeply Atmospheric rivers are vital to western water supplies, yet until very recently they were poorly understood: difficult to predict and measure, and very hard for scientists to estimate where they would make landfall. These are often erroneously called “pineapple express” storms, a term that applies to only a subset of atmospheric […]
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By Kathryn Reed Illegal fireworks are being blamed for the heavy police presence along Pioneer Trail for several hours on Sunday, which included a California Highway Patrol helicopter looking for what initially was thought to be people firing multiple gunshots South Lake Tahoe police officers on March 18 at 11:09am were sent to Elva Court […]
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By Bart Schaneman, Marijuana Business Daily Nevada’s recreational marijuana supplies are plentiful but not overly abundant, keeping wholesale cannabis prices on the high side compared to other adult-use markets. Business owners in Nevada don’t expect wholesale prices to remain steep for much longer, however. Growers are continuing to build out their cultivation facilities and improve […]
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By Brad Branan, Sacramento Bee The Wo/Men’s Alliance for Medical Marijuana survived a raid by federal agents and other existential threats while providing free and low-cost cannabis to seriously ill patients. In operation for the past three decades, the Santa Cruz-based collective is the oldest example of a compassionate care” program in the nation. Now, […]
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By Jane Braxton Little, Sacramento Bee A Placer County Superior Court judge has at least temporarily stopped a controversial development north of Lake Tahoe that would have allowed 760 new homes in a high-severity fire area. Judge Michael W. Jones ruled that Placer County failed to adequately address emergency evacuations in the area, especially in […]
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By Josh Dean, Bloomberg Lyle Craker is an unlikely advocate for any political cause, let alone one as touchy as marijuana law, and that’s precisely why Rick Doblin sought him out almost two decades ago. Craker, Doblin likes to say, is the perfect flag bearer for the cause of medical marijuana production—not remotely controversial and […]
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