By Brooke Staggs, Orange County Register California’s cannabis czar issued a cease and desist order to Weedmaps, directing the Irvine internet company that maps marijuana dispensaries to immediately stop promoting businesses that don’t have state licenses. “You are aiding and abetting in violation of state cannabis laws,” states the letter from Lori Ajax, chief of […]
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A South Tahoe Middle School student is in custody after allegedly making threats that he would be bringing a gun to Friday night’s dance. The 12-year-old sent text messages to other students who in turn reported it to school staff, who then called the police on March 9. “He said he was going to bring […]
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Douglas County Secret Witness is offering a reward for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of the suspects involved in a stolen vehicle recovered at a Stateline casino. On Feb. 20, a stolen vehicle was recovered at MontBleu. A male and female were seen near the vehicle and possibly drove the vehicle to MontBleu. […]
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By Stephen Magagnini and Anita Chabria, Sacramento Bee In the case of the United States versus California, who will win? The fight over how undocumented immigrants in California are treated is now a matter for federal courts to decide after the Trump administration this week sued the state to invalidate a trio of “sanctuary” laws. […]
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By KTVN-TV The Placer County Sheriff’s Office says a snowboarder was found alive and well after she was reported overdue near the Disney run near Sugar Bowl Resort early Thursday afternoon. She was found early Friday morning. Read the whole story
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By Sage Sauerbrey, Moonshine Ink Commitments to 100 percent clean and renewable electricity are a growing trend across the country, and with good reason. The prices of many renewable resources are dropping to or below those of natural gas and weaning ourselves off the fossil fuel teat has become a matter of global resilience and […]
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By Jason Blevins, Denver Post Weak snow across the West this year is impacting the ski resort industry in many ways, but the largest ski area operator in the country is hardly limping, thanks in part to President Trump’s tax overhaul. Vail Resorts on Thursday reported a net income bump of $64.6 million for the […]
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By James DeHaven, Reno Gazette-Journal What’s in a public record? That’s one of several familiar questions raised Wednesday at the Nevada Supreme Court, where justices heard the latest arguments in a long-running legal battle over what information the state has to disclose about retired public employees. At issue: A three-year-old public records request from the […]
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By Todd Prince, Las Vegas Review-Journal Caesars Entertainment Corp. said Wednesday that its Las Vegas revenue fell in the fourth quarter after the Oct. 1 massacre, but the company gave an upbeat outlook for 2018. Las Vegas same-store net revenue, including its off-Strip property Rio, declined 3.9 percent to $873 million for the quarter, the […]
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By Kathryn Reed Chad Donnelly is committed to South Lake Tahoe even if some residents wish he would take SnowGlobe, his three-day music festival, elsewhere. “I really believe in what we do,” Donnelly told Lake Tahoe News. Since 2011 he has brought the electronic music festival to the ball fields on Al Tahoe Boulevard. It’s […]
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