By Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — A California judge has thrown out a proposed ballot initiative that advocated killing anyone who engages in gay sex, calling the measure “patently unconstitutional.” Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Raymond Cadei relieved California’s attorney general late Monday of the duty to clear the so-called Sodomite Suppression Act for signature-gathering. […]
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· Washoe County Sheriff’s Office launched its new Lake Tahoe patrol boat on June 23 at Incline Village. · Lake Tahoe Community College on June 26 at 6pm will see 184 students receive their AA degrees; 43 are graduating with honors, and nine with highest honors. Another 40 students are receiving departmental certificates. · The […]
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Updated June 24 10:03pm: “Fire is burning in hazardous and inaccessible terrain and approaching an increasing number of structures and impacting travel corridors,” authorities report. Updated June 24 6:19pm: The fire has grown to 17,205 acres and is 10 percent contained. There are now 900 people fighting the fire that was started by lightning. Warmer […]
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By Sarah Jarvis, Arizona Republic A Phoenix man was sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison this month after prosecutors said he killed his roommate and left the burned body of the Lake Tahoe man in the desert in 2013. Vrouyr Manoukian, 24, was convicted of negligent homicide and abandonment of body in the death of […]
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Truckee firefighters were able to contain a fire in the South Ponderosa neighborhood on Palisades Drive to one-quarter acre. Officials said no structures were damaged nor were they threatened in the June 23 blaze. The fire consumed natural vegetation. The cause is under investigation. — Lake Tahoe News staff report
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By James Gilbert, Yuma Sun Yuma, Ariz., resident Donald Michael Irwin, who was hit by a vehicle last week while riding his bike in South Lake Tahoe has died, according to the family. Jay Irwin, a federal magistrate judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona in Yuma, said his brother was taken […]
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To the community, Regarding the successful challenge of tiered rates in San Juan Capistrano, I wanted to share the district’s perspective with you. We feel that the challenge was successful on the grounds that the extremely high top tiers at SJC were unsupported by any expense analysis, and were, by SJC’s own admission, purely punitive in […]
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Union Pacific Railroad will install a safety fence along the downtown Truckee corridor from the McIver Train Depot Fence 1 Crossing roundabout to Bridge Street. Crossing railroad tracks in non-designated areas is considered trespassing, punishable by fines or arrest. Last year in California, 154 pedestrians were injured or killed while illegally crossing train tracks, including […]
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By Bill O’Driscoll, Reno Gazette-Journal Come July, life will get more taxing for Nevada business. That’s when the so-called “commerce tax,” a new state levy based on annual gross revenue and the core of the historic tax package approved by the 2015 Legislature, starts. The first annual payment to the state Department of Taxation won’t be […]
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While the Washington Fire continues to grow, the town of Markleeville has not been hit. The fire burning south of the Alpine County enclave is at 16,544 acres. It was first spotted the night of June 19. Lightning ignited the blaze and horrendous winds have fanned it. There are 11 helicopters and eight air tankers […]
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