By Davide Porter, AP NEWARK, N.J. — As the push to legalize sports gambling in the U.S. nears a crucial Supreme Court decision, states hoping to reap a financial windfall could face another hurdle: Attracting younger players used to online fantasy sports. The explosion in popularity of daily fantasy sports over the last decade has […]
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By Jonathan J. Cooper, AP California state agencies spent nearly $1.8 billion fighting fierce wildfires that killed dozens of people and destroyed thousands of homes and businesses last year, legislative budget experts reported. The federal government will reimburse most of the costs, but the state will still need to come up with about $371 […]
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By Jeff Daniels, The Conversation While President Trump has not shied away from offering suggestions on how to prevent school shootings – including one controversial idea to arm teachers – what often gets overlooked in the conversation is research on the subject that has already been done. This research includes one major study of school […]
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Two skiers had to be rescued March 4 after they skied out of bounds at Heavenly Mountain Resort. “They soon found themselves in waist deep snow due to the recent storm. Both subjects were fatigued and it was quickly growing dark when they called for help,” EDSO said. El Dorado County sheriff’s deputies along with […]
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By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal A mother and son from San Francisco died Sunday while skiing to a slope-side condominium at Kirkwood Mountain Resort. According to the Alpine County Sheriff’s Office, Olga Perkovic, 50, and her son, Aaron Goodstein, 7, died after snow falling from a rooftop buried them. “It was horrible timing, they were right […]
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By Kathryn Reed What a difference a week can make. On Feb. 28 the snow water equivalent near Echo Summit was 1.7 inches, or 7 percent of average, while on March 5 it was 9.4 inches, for 39 percent of normal. Frank Gehrke took the manual readings at Phillips Station for the Department of Water […]
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A backcountry skier had to be airlifted from the Incline Lake area on March 4. The man was located at about 9,000 feet. His injuries have not been released. Washoe County Sheriff’s Office used its Raven helicopter to take him from the wilderness to Mount Rose Highway where he was then transported by ambulance to […]
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By Kathryn Reed Rumors are rampant, while facts are few when it comes to why South Lake Tahoe’s city manager is not at work. On the March 6 agenda is a closed session item stating: Public employee discipline/dismissal/release. This is the third meeting with this same agenda item. An attorney other than Nira Doherty with […]
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By David R. Baker, San Francisco Chronicle Even as drivers debate repealing California’s recent gasoline tax hike, an often-overlooked state program has quietly helped push fuel prices higher. Dubbed the low carbon fuel standard, the program is designed to fight climate change by forcing oil companies to lower the “carbon intensity” of the fuels […]
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By Ramona Giwargis, Las Vegas Review-Journal Growing up in a religious Southern California household, Jazzmyne Lizarraga-Valle couldn’t even talk about sex. But three months ago, the aspiring teacher proudly held a sign that read “Reproductive Freedom For All” as she marched among thousands of people in Nevada’s Women’s March. The event marked the height of […]
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