Don’t forget to set your clocks back an hour tonight before you go to bed. At 2am Nov. 1 it’s time to return to standard time. The whole reason for this, according to the federal government, is energy and fuel savings.
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By David Siders, Sacramento Bee Lamenting “the worst epidemic of tree mortality” in the state’s modern history, Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday sought federal aid to remove dead trees from California forests and called for more controlled burns to reduce the risk of wildfire. The declaration, including a controversial exemption from environmental reviews, comes amid […]
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Each year the two South Shore Soroptimist clubs collaborate to honor two local women in the community. Eligible applicants must be women who provide the primary financial support for their families and are enrolled in or have been accepted to a vocational/skills training program or an undergraduate degree program. Each recipient will receive $2,000, and […]
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The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office and the Second Judicial District Court have been receiving numerous calls about an ongoing phone scam in which the scammers identify themselves as District Court or sheriff’s personnel. The scammers then claim the potential victims owe a substantial fine for failing to report for jury service. The Second Judicial District […]
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Whittell High School’s football team will enter postseason play with an undefeated regular season record. The Warriors for the first time in the school’s history won all of its games, compiling a 9-0 record in Division IV West League. The league champs are hoping to vie for the state title. Next up is Carlin on […]
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By Kathryn Reed INCLINE VILLAGE – El Nino is already here. Now it’s a matter of waiting to see what the ramifications of it will be to the greater Lake Tahoe area. This particular El Nino is on target to be comparable to 1982-83 and 1997-98 – the biggest ones in the last 100 years. […]
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By Tracy Rucinski and Tom Hals, Reuters Junior creditors of Caesars Entertainment launched a fresh attack against a top U.S. restructuring attorney, alleging that James Sprayregen of Kirkland & Ellis misled a judge and asking that the law firm be disqualified from parts of the casino group’s bankruptcy case. Jones Day, the junior bondholders’ law […]
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By Michel Martin, NPR Have we finally turned a corner? Has it finally happened that when a man says he is making job decisions around his family we can finally believe him, as opposed to wondering when the email exchanges with his outside honey are going to come out? This past week, two of this […]
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By Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle Californians slashed their water use 26 percent in September, meeting Gov. Jerry Brown’s goal of a 25 percent reduction for the fourth straight month even as the specter of complacency rises with forecasts of drenching El Niño rains, according to state data released Friday. But state water officials, rather […]
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A 23-year-old ex-felon was arrested Thursday in connection to a shooting incident in South Lake Tahoe the night before. Jahem Barton, 23, of South Lake Tahoe was arrested Oct. 29 on charges of an ex-felon in possession of firearm ammunition and resisting arrest. On Oct. 28 several rounds were fired into a vehicle parked in […]
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