Nevada
2 California high schools to leave NIAA due to Nevada’s ban of transgender athletes

According to a report by the Reno Gazette Journal’s Jim Krajewski, the Nevada High School Athletic Association’s (NIAA) ban on transgender athletes is forcing two California schools to no longer participate with the governing body.
Starting with the 2025 fall season, Northern California schools North Tahoe and Truckee have decided to leave the NIAA because of the association’s vote to ban transgender athletes from playing in girls sports. As of now, South Tahoe High School will remain apart of the NIAA, per the report.
The Warriors have been a very successful high school football program out of the Northern California region of the state, with Truckee winning a total of 14 state championships in the NIAA. Truckee has won the NIAA’s Class 3A state title the last three seasons, according to the report.
Per Krajewski’s report, the move is being made by the two schools in accordance with California’s laws that prohibits discrimination when it comes to sex or gender identity.
A move into California’s CIF (California Interscholastic Federation) is where Truckee and North Tahoe are headed, as parents have been notified via a letter sent by the Truckee Tahoe Unified School District. Per the report, a full statement was released by Truckee Tahoe Unified School District’s Superintendent Kerstin Kramer on the decision to leave the NIAA.
“Dear TTUSD Students and Families,
I’m writing to share an important update regarding our high school interscholastic athletics program. Effective with the start of the 2025/2026 school year, TTUSD High Schools will transition our interscholastic athletics affiliation from the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association (NIAA) to the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF).
“We understand how incredibly important high school sports are to so many of our students, families, and community members. Please know that this decision, while driven by our requirement to comply with California state law, was not taken lightly. Recent NIAA policy changes regarding student-athlete eligibility based solely on biological sex directly conflict with California laws protecting gender identity and expression, including AB 1955, which guarantees students’ rights to privacy and protects them from discrimination. Aligning with CIF ensures our compliance with state law. Our focus moving forward is to ensure our student-athletes can continue to participate in robust and competitive interscholastic programs within CIF. We understand this transition may raise questions, and our dedicated team of athletic directors, coaches, nurses, and district staff is working diligently to address any potential impacts on schedules, travel, and eligibility.
“We are working closely with the NIAA and CIF for a smooth transition and will share updates as details are finalized. An FAQ will be posted on our website soon, and a community update will be provided on May 16th. We are committed to keeping you informed during this process. Thank you for your understanding and support as we work through this change. We are dedicated to continuing to provide a wonderful athletic experience for our students while also complying with state laws and requirements.”
In April, the NIAA voted to ban transgender girls from partaking in girls sports, which they would have to prove their assigned designation of sex at birth if another schools brings the claim of the athlete being transgender.
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— Andy Villamarzo | villamarzo@scorebooklive.com | @highschoolonsi

Nevada
Missing bicyclist found safe at shutdown Sierra Nevada resort

A bicyclist who went missing on a solo camping trip was found safe Wednesday at a remote Sierra Nevada resort, almost three weeks after she was last seen.
Tiffany Slaton, 27, was discovered by Christopher Gutierrez, the owner of Vermilion Valley Resort, who was checking on the property while it was closed for the season, the Fresno County sheriff’s office said.
Slaton was in a cabin that Gutierrez said he had left unlocked for that very reason, to provide shelter to backcountry travelers.
Aware of the search for the woman, Gutierrez called the sheriff’s office, and medics arrived to take her to a hospital. It was determined she was dehydrated, but otherwise in good condition, the sheriff’s office said.
A photo released by the sheriff’s office showed her smiling broadly and giving a double thumbs-up from a wheelchair Wednesday.
Slaton had been riding an electric bike through California after completing a stint as a traveling dialysis technician in Oregon, said her parents, who live in Georgia. They said she was in touch with them daily until April 21; the last reported sighting of her was April 24 near Shaver Lake, in the Sierra National Forest above Fresno.
Slaton’s itinerary had her continuing east from Shaver Lake to Mono Hot Springs, but that road is still under seasonal closure.
The sheriff’s office led an intensive five-day search starting May 6, and the effort had continued in scaled-back mode this week.
Check back for more details of this developing story.
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Nevada
Jaya's Law passes unanimously in Nevada Senate Committee, aiming to criminalize wrong-way driving

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Assembly Bill 111, or Jaya’s Law, a bill seeking to make wrong-way driving a crime in Nevada, was passed unanimously by the Senate Growth and Infrastructure committee on Wednesday.
Currently, wrong-way driving is treated as a civil offense, which means that drivers who drive on the wrong side of the road may only get a fine.
Jaya’s Law, drafted by the family of Jaya Brooks, a child killed in a wrong-way crash on U.S. 95 near the Durango off-ramp, seeks to make wrong-way driving a criminal offense, meaning that drivers can get a misdemeanor for wrong-way driving.
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In a rare move, the committee held an immediate work session right after the hearing and after a brief one-minute recess to discuss offline, lawmakers came back and voted unanimously, passing the bill out of the committee.
The bill now heads to the Senate floor, and if passed, heads to Gov. Lombardo.
Nevada
Nevada truckers group warns of $500 fee as parking options shrink

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) – Nevada’s Hispanic trucking community is warning of a potential $500 delivery surcharge starting July 1.
Drivers are calling it a “growing parking crisis” if Clark County does not address it.
Several truck yards across the Las Vegas Valley, including one located on Las Vegas Blvd and Nellis Blvd., are being forced to close due to zoning violations.
For Nevada truckers, the truck yard is a safe space where they can leave their trucks and head home for the night after their shift is over. But the Nevada Hispanic Truckers’ Association said recent closures and aggressive enforcement of lots are making it nearly impossible to operate in Clark County.
While the crackdown affects all drivers, the group says Hispanic drivers are hit hardest because they make up the majority of independent owner-operators in the region.
“The problem is that there’s not enough parking for the,” said a spokesperson for the Nevada Hispanic Truckers’ Association, Dunia Antunez. “So, they’re being given tickets $500 to $800 tickets for parking in residential areas or streets.”
Starting July 1, the group says it will begin charging a $500 delivery surcharge to companies receiving goods in Clark County, unless action is taken.
“The county commissioners must stop closing down this long-term parking and they need to build more actually, because we have too many truckers, we don’t enough parking,” Antunez said.
But Clark County Commissioner Tick Segerblom, whose district includes the yard in question, said this property was never legally approved for this use.
“They have lots of violations, code violations, cause it was not zoned for business, no business license for that that be of use in that neighborhood,” Segerblom explained.
Segerblom said the neighborhood around the yard is changing and industrial zones are now giving way to homes.
“It’s really because of the diesel fumes, big trucks going down neighborhood streets is not healthy in my opinion,” Segerblom said. “You wouldn’t want to have a truck yard in a in a residential neighborhood.”
He explained he’s sympathetic to the truckers and promised new policies are in the works to create legal, regulated yards in the right locations.
“We want to make sure that the lot is paved, that is appropriate area, that that requires a special use permit,” Segerblom said.
Segreblom added that these new rules could still take months and said if someone brings forward a properly zoned location in his district, it could be approved sooner but for now it’s a case-by-case basis.
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