The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency on April 27 presented Lake Spirit Awards to four people based on their commitment to preserving Lake Tahoe. The Lake Spirit Awards honor people making real progress at restoring Lake Tahoe. Awards were given in two categories, exemplary citizen and exemplary agency representative. This year’s winners are: Exemplary Citizen South Shore: […]
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By Alexei Koseff, Sacramento Bee With legalization looming on the horizon, California lawmakers are already grappling over how to treat marijuana in a state with some of the strictest tobacco regulations in the country. A bill from Assemblyman Jim Wood, D-Healdsburg, would extend to medical marijuana a 2011 law that permitted landlords to prohibit the […]
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Residential burn permits from CalFire’s Amador-El Dorado Unit will be required beginning May 1. These permits are free, valid for three years from the date of issuance and allow for the burning of dry landscape vegetation (not household trash) that originates from the landowners property. Permits are available at most of the local staffed fire stations. Use of […]
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After collecting and destroying 5.5 million pounds — 2,762 tons — of unused prescription drugs in the past five years, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is continuing its efforts to take back unused, unwanted and expired prescription medications. The DEA on April 30 in partnership with local law enforcement is having a collection day. This service […]
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A fourth suspect in the January murder of an Amador County man was arrested this week. Tevarez Lopez, 33, of Georgetown was already in custody in El Dorado County on an unrelated when South Lake Tahoe officials caught up with him April 27. He, along with Domenic Randolph, 22, Tristan Batten, 18, and Harvest Davidson, […]
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A Douglas County man is behind bars accused of kidnapping his wife. Jessica Albericci, 29, of Gardnerville was found unharmed Wednesday afternoon on Blue Lakes Road in Alpine County. Sheriff’s deputies were called out to a residence in the Gardnerville Ranchos on April 27 at 10:45am regarding a domestic dispute between Albericci and her 32-year-old […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE — It’s working. That was the message Dennis Zabaglo, Tahoe Regional Planning Agency’s aquatic resources program manager, delivered to the Governing Board on April 27 about the boat inspection program. The program started eight years ago without everyone being on board. Since then, though, other lakes have started inspection programs, boaters have […]
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Ex-San Francisco 49er coach Jim Harbaugh is returning to the American Century Championship in July. The Michigan football coach last played in the celebrity golf tournament at Edgewood Tahoe in 1998 when he was a player in the NFL. Harbaugh also played in 1997. The 27th annual tournament is July 19-24. Returning notables include Charles […]
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By Associated Press State officials say Nevada gambling revenue was down 3 percent in March compared with the same month a year ago because of lower winnings in the Las Vegas area. The Nevada Gaming Control Board said Thursday that the state’s casinos won $951 million in March. Revenue fell in the areas with the […]
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Start paddling now because a popular section of the Upper Truckee River is going to be off limits for most of the summer. The U.S. Forest Service and California Tahoe Conservancy will resume work June 13 on what is now the fourth year of creating a new channel for the river. The river and meadow […]
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