Two Truckee residents have been arrested in connection with a string of burglaries. A trailer full of new bikes was stolen from the front yard of a local shop owner on Nov. 21. It was located that evening near Alder Creek Road in Truckee. Lisandro Rangel, 25, was subsequently arrested on charges of theft and […]
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By Matt Stevens, Los Angeles Times For the first time since California’s emergency drought rules took effect, the state failed to reduce its monthly water consumption by 25 percent, regulators said Tuesday. The state cut its urban water use in October by 22.2 percent, compared with the same month in 2013, officials said. That effort fell below the […]
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By Kathryn Reed Proponents to incorporate Olympic Valley have given up the fight to do so. “All eight members of our board voted unanimously to withdraw our petition. Given the impasse with LAFCO combined with opposition by Placer County, plus stiff and heavily funded opposition from Squaw Valley Ski Holdings, we saw no way to continue […]
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Reno’s handbell ensemble Tintabulations will be performing in Lake Tahoe in December. The group will be performing Dec. 12 at 11am at Hope Lutheran Church of the Sierra (930 Julie Lane, South Lake Tahoe) and Dec. 13 at 1:30pm at the Village Church (736 McCourry Blvd., Incline Village). Entitled “I’d Like to Teach the World […]
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By Katie Arnold, Outside Every few months my daughter’s public elementary school, like schools all around the country, practices emergency lockdown measures. “If there’s a bear outside, we go into our closet and turn off the lights,” my daughter, who’s 7, explained to me after the most recent drill. “We lie on the floor and […]
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By Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle Spanking one’s child does not amount to abuse that warrants judicial intervention, at least as long as the child is not seriously injured or endangered, a state appeals court has ruled. California law authorizes “reasonable methods of parental discipline,” which can include “reasonable and age-appropriate spanking to the buttocks,” […]
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The El Dorado County Health and Human Services Agency, Area Agency on Aging, in partnership with the Commission on Aging, is conducting a needs assessment survey of older adults in the community. This survey, Aging – Empowering New Horizons, will help identify needs and challenges faced by current and future seniors. The survey results will […]
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By Sarah Heise, KCRA-TV A father and his five children were rescued by the California Highway Patrol after becoming stranded in a wooded and snowy area of El Dorado County for hours, according to officers. The family of six went on an off-road excursion about 8am Nov. 29 in the Ice House Reservoir area, but […]
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By Anne Knowles CARSON CITY — Despite efforts by the Nevada Legislature to press the federal government for money, fire districts, contractors and some homeowners in the Lake Tahoe Basin remain unpaid for $3.4 million in fuels reduction work completed as long ago as 2010. “It’s been over half a decade. It is absolutely absurd, […]
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By Larry Weitzman Only five months into his tenure it is apparent interim CAO Larry Combs has firmly taken control of the county because the Board of Supervisors has all but conceded power to Combs. It looks as if the county has a new dictator. But are there problems developing as a result? Before […]
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