By Melissa Pamer, KTLA-TV Though there were few attention-grabbing statewide races or ballot measures, Californians headed to the polls Tuesday to cast their votes in the 2014 midterm, re-electing Gov. Jerry Brown to an unprecedented fourth term. Polls closed at 8pm and results trickled in over the course of the evening, but the gubernatorial election […]
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South Tahoe High School’s drama department is putting on “Curtains” this month. It is a musical whodunnit set in 1959. Boston’s Colonial Theatre is host to the opening night performance of a new musical. When the leading lady mysteriously dies on stage the entire cast and crew are suspects. Enter a local detective, who just […]
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Mt. Rose and Boreal will be the first Lake Tahoe area ski resorts to open. Lifts will start running Nov. 7. Both have been making snow, but also got enough out of last weekend’s storm to start the season. Mt. Rose received 5 inches of freshies in last weekend’s storm. The resort plans to be open Nov. 7-9, […]
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By Kathryn Reed El Dorado County Board of Supervisor on a 3-2 vote Nov. 4 accepted the resignation of CAO Terri Daly. Supervisors Norma Santiago and Ron Briggs were in the minority. Santiago and Briggs also are the two supervisors who are being termed out and won’t be in office starting in January. Human Resources […]
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Mark E. Leung, 60, of South Lake Tahoe, was sentenced today to one year in prison and ordered to pay $160,000 in restitution for making a false statement to obtain workers’ compensation benefits According to court documents, Leung worked for the U.S. Postal Service until 1987 when he claimed he sustained a work-related injury. Leung […]
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By Kyle Roerink, Las Vegas Sun The Paradise Park Barber Shop sits in a strip mall still gripped by the recession. It’s a suburban relic anchored by a Kmart, Family Dollar and coin laundry. Twelve storefronts in the plaza are empty. The barbershop is not the kind of place where you’d expect to find the […]
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• South Tahoe High School’s varsity boys cross country team took third place at the regional championships Oct. 31 and the girls took fourth. The boys team and three individual STHS girls will be headed to Las Vegas next weekend for the state championship. • The comedy-thriller “Meet the Blacks” is being filmed in Placerville. […]
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By Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Review-Journal The state’s battle against Uber is on. The Nevada Transportation Authority late Thursday unanimously supported Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto’s strategy to take legal action against illegal passenger carrier activity in the state. Commissioner Keith Sakelhide wondered aloud why the board that regulates buses and limousines statewide and […]
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By Jackie Kucinich, Washington Post Despite being bombarded by TV ads in the final days of the 2014 midterm campaigns, undecided voters (yes, they do exist) are going online before they decide how to cast their ballots. In a study by Republican firm Public Opinion Strategies, Democratic firm Global Strategy Group and Google, “persuadable” voters […]
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By Josh Richman and Julia Prodis Sulek, Inside Bay Area California has tried to make casting a ballot as easy as ordering a pizza online. We’ve scooped up potential voters when they come to the DMV to renew their driver’s licenses. We’ve let Californians register to vote on smartphone apps. We’ve set up voting booths […]
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