By Susan Wood It’s hard to imagine with his low-key style and everyday dad demeanor, but trails guru Garrett Villanueva is placing Lake Tahoe on the map – yet again. Villanueva was promoted in December to trail and travel management leader for the U.S. Forest Service’s Pacific Southwest Regional office. The responsibilities encompass the entire […]
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By David Crary, AP MONTROSE, Colo. — Keith Carey is a gunsmith in Montrose, a town with a frontier flavor set amid the rocky mesas of western Colorado. He’s a staunch, though soft-spoken, defender of the right to bear arms. Yet now he’s also a willing recruit in a fledgling effort to see if the […]
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By David Crary, AP Throughout the interior West, states in a belt from Montana to New Mexico are looking for ways to lower their highest-in-the-nation suicide rates, although gun-specific initiatives are a touchy topic. In Montana, with the highest rate, suicide prevention coordinator Karl Rosston acknowledges some frustration as the toll rises, including the recent […]
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A Placerville woman is one of two defendants to plead guilty to sexual exploitation of children. Stormy M. Avers, 36, of Placerville faces up to 20 years in prison when she is sentenced June 24. Jason S. Wymer, 44, of Citrus Heights faces up to 30 years at his July 29 sentencing. According to court documents, the […]
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By Kathryn Reed Even though a goal of El Dorado County’s Board of Supervisors is economic development, a policy to stimulate such growth has been abandoned. But it might be resurrected now that it has been called to the attention of Supervisor Sue Novasel. After Lake Tahoe News inquired about what is known as Policy […]
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Rafael Corea, a convicted sex offender, is wanted by the South Lake Tahoe Police Department. In 1995, Corea was convicted for lewd and lascivious acts with a teenager. This conviction requires him to register as a sexual offender for the remainder of his life. Last fall he failed to register with the South Lake Tahoe Police […]
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Well-known Carson Valley veterinarian Lance Gorrindo was under investigation for sex crimes with a minor before he committed suicide on Monday. “At the time of Lance Gorrindo’s death he was the sole suspect being sought by the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office in connection to an active lewdness with a minor investigation. The identity of the […]
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Wayne Allen Huntsman is going to prison for 20 years for starting the destructive 2014 King Fire. In El Dorado County Superior Court in Placerville on Friday he changed his plea to guilty. Judge Daniel Proud handed Huntsman, 38, the maximum sentence. He was also ordered to pay $60 million in restitution. In addition to […]
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A one-day summit aims to provide Lake Tahoe residents with the necessary tools to make Tahoe a viable place to succeed personally and professionally. The Make Tahoe Work for You Leadership Lake Tahoe Summit was created with the goal to help locals successfully navigate roadblocks and create a fulfilling life in the home they love. The […]
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By Natalie Kitroeff, Los Angeles Times California’s economy will grow faster this year than the national economy, and unemployment will drop to 5 percent in early 2017, according to a new report by the UCLA Anderson Forecast. Personal income in California will increase more slowly than it has in recent years, when the state’s economy […]
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