With the Burning Man party finally over, the massive cleanup begins
The rain has passed, and the temple has burned. Now, as Burning Man slowly empties, it's time to clean up.
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The rain has passed, and the temple has burned. Now, as Burning Man slowly empties, it's time to clean up.
Tens of thousands of revelers at this year's Burning Man festival are finally leaving the Black Rock Desert in Nevada after recent floods left them stranded. Elise Preston reports. (9/5/23)
The traffic jam leaving the Burning Man festival eased up considerably Tuesday as the exodus from the mud-caked Nevada desert entered a second day following massive rain that left tens of thousands of partygoers stranded for days.
Roads in and out of the festival in the remote Black Rock Desert remained closed Sunday evening, and festival organizers urged attendees to conserve food, water and fuel.
Thousands of Burning Man attendees remained stranded as flooding from storms swept through the Black Rock Desert. Betty Yu reports. (9-3-23)
The entrance to Burning Man will be closed for the remainder of the event, which began on Aug. 27 and was scheduled to end on Monday.
The actions of a ranger for the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe Reservation in northwestern Nevada are under review after he pointed a weapon Sunday at climate activists blocking the road to the annual Burning Man counter-culture festival in the desert.
Crews battled "fire whirls" in California's Mojave National Preserve this weekend as a massive wildfire crossed into Nevada amid dangerously high temperatures and raging winds.
A Nevada woman who admitted to hiring a hitman on the internet for $5,000 in bitcoin to kill her ex-husband has been sentenced to five years in prison.
Tourism officials at Lake Tahoe were surprised when a respected international travel guide included the iconic alpine lake on a list of places to stay away from this year because of the harmful ecological effects of overtourism.
The California Senate has approved a proposal to enshrine the right to same-sex marriage in the state constitution.
The Oakland Athletics have started the process of applying to Major League Baseball to move to Las Vegas.
Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says that one big turnout by Oakland Athletics fans doesn't change "a decade worth of inaction," as he defended earlier comments about the "reverse boycott" held in protest of the team's proposed move to Las Vegas.
Major League Baseball laid out a detailed process to approve the Oakland Athletics move to Las Vegas, which appears set to become the second shift of a franchise in the last half-century.
The Oakland Athletics cleared a major hurdle for their planned relocation to Las Vegas after the Nevada Legislature gave final approval on Wednesday to public funding for a portion of a proposed $1.5 billion stadium with a retractable roof.
A stadium financing bill aimed at drawing the Oakland Athletics to Las Vegas cleared one hurdle Tuesday after passing the Nevada Senate — with requirements strengthening its benefits to the community.
Fans have organized a "Reverse Boycott" of the Oakland Athletics for Tuesday's game at the Coliseum to protest the franchise's efforts to leave the Bay Area.
The Nevada Legislature will convene Wednesday for a special session to consider whether to provide $380 million in public financing for a stadium that would host the Oakland Athletics on the Las Vegas Strip.
A plan to help build a stadium for the Oakland Athletics in Las Vegas is in flux after Nevada lawmakers adjourned their four-month legislative session.
Nevada lawmakers questioned whether a proposal to subsidize a new MLB stadium with tax credits and bonds would further jolt Las Vegas' economy.
Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says a vote on the Oakland Athletics' prospective move to Las Vegas potentially could come when the league's owners meet next month.
Republican Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo announced Wednesday a preliminary agreement between his office, legislative leaders in the state and the Oakland Athletics for a stadium funding plan after weeks of negotiations over how much public assistance the state will contribute to a $1.5 billion ballpark in Las Vegas.
California has just reached a historic deal with Arizona and Nevada to significantly cut back the amount of water each state takes from the Colorado River. Darren Peck breaks down the numbers.
Three Southwest states announced Monday they have struck a historic deal to cut millions of gallons of Colorado River water usage over the next four years, about half of which would be completed by next year, in an effort to stave off a crisis at the nation's largest reservoirs.
A's president Dave Kaval has said he would like to break ground next year and move into a new Las Vegas stadium in time for the 2027 season.
