By Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee A man accused of armed robbery of a Camino business was taken into custody Thursday following a search that included area school campuses. A man brandishing a gun robbed the Wine Country Station off Highway 50 in Camino about 5:30am, according to an El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office news release. […]
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While snow is in the forecast for Friday, the National Weather Service in Reno is calling this weekend’s storm “potent”. A lake wind advisory has been issued for March 11 from 9am-6pm. A winter storm watch has been issued for the basin from March 12 at 4pm through March 14 at 11am. A foot of […]
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By Megan Messerly, Las Vegas Sun Amid the fervor of caucus season — the day that Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders visited union workers on a picket line outside of Sunrise Hospital, the day that they addressed Nevada issues at a town hall in front of a national audience on television, and […]
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St. Patrick’s Day has become one of the nation’s deadliest holidays. From 2010 to 2014, almost three-fourths of the drunk-driving fatalities during this holiday period involved drivers who had blood alcohol levels well above the 0.08 limit, with 266 drunk-driving fatalities total nationwide, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. To help lower deaths […]
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By Ryan Sabalow, Sacramento Bee Joy is the word that comes to mind as Margot Bach describes how it feels to look out her sliding-glass door and watch the songbirds fluttering into her yard to eat the seed she puts out for them. “I love to see them around,” said Bach, 69. She had just […]
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How-to-City: A Property Owner’s Guide to South Lake Tahoe and TRPA is the topic of a March 16 talk. It will be an overview of new and improved processes in city and Tahoe Regional Planning Agency code that help homeowners make changes to their homes and properties. City and TRPA staff will talk about recent […]
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Lake Tahoe Community College the Hollywood murder mystery “The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940” on March 11-20. It is a fast-paced and funny who-done-it play about the creative team responsible for a recent Broadway flop, in which three chorus girls were murdered by the mysterious “Stage Door Slasher.” They assemble for a backer’s audition of […]
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By Sean Whaley, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY — Voting rights advocates said Monday they have sent a pre-litigation notice letter to Nevada officials, warning that the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles is failing to meet its federally mandated voter registration obligations. Attorneys representing Mi Familia Vota Education Fund and Nevada resident Eleanor Newell sent […]
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· Barton Auxiliary is hosting a blood drive April 29 from noon-5pm at the South Lake Tahoe Recreation Center, 1180 Rufus Allen Blvd. Bring a photo ID, eat well and drink fluids. · TRYP will host a professional development workshop titled The Importance of Professional Marketing Materials on March 21 from 6-7pm at Lake Tahoe […]
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By Joshua Jamerson, Dow Jones Newswires Vail Resorts Inc. reported better-than-expected revenue and profit in its latest quarter and boosted its quarterly dividend, as the ski-resort operator benefited from more visitors and steeper prices. The results came amid a rebound at its three Tahoe properties, solid growth at its Colorado operations and double-digit growth at its […]
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