By Sam Stanton and Nashelly Chavez, Sacramento Bee Three Placer County sheriff’s officials were arrested Wednesday on charges involving allegations of excessive force against jail inmates and falsifying evidence, the result of what Sheriff Devon Bell is calling “an extensive investigation” that included video recordings and other evidence. The arrests of corrections Sgt. Megan Yaws, […]
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By Lawrence Lenhart, High Country News First things first: Coyote. When you read the word, how many syllables do you hear? Your answer, according to Dan Flores, author of “Coyote America,” may be “immediately diagnostic of a whole range of belief systems and values.” The ki-YOH-tee versus ki-yote divide is one of the best indicators […]
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· Liberty Utilities is now on Twitter at @CALibUtil. · Primus with special guests Clutch on will be at Lake Tahoe Hard Rock – outdoors – on Aug. 17 at 6:30pm. · The sixth annual Tahoe Show boasts hundreds of the best sculpted bodies, as contestants vie for cash prizes at MontBleu in Stateline on […]
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Tahoe Activist Artists have released “Art & Science in an Age of Unreason,” a video collaboration between award-winning oil painter Shelley Zentner and Anthony Capaiuolo of First Tracks Productions. The video is available online at Facebook, Vimeo and YouTube. “Art & Science in an Age of Unreason” began as a simple time-lapse of a large […]
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The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit will resume work this week on the South Shore Hazardous Fuels Reduction and Healthy Forest Restoration project. Mechanical whole tree removal will take place near Fallen Leaf Campground along Fallen Leaf Road off Highway 89. This involves cutting the entire tree and moving it to the […]
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By Kathryn Reed “I hope you are ready, because I’m about to tell you the story of my life. More specifically, why my life ended. And if you are listening to these tapes, you’re one of the reasons why.” And so begins the provocative Netflix series “13 Reasons Why.” It is based on the book […]
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By Dan Walters, Sacramento Bee Over the last few decades, the once-straightforward process of fashioning a state budget devolved into duplicitous gimmickry. Governors and legislators would paper over gaps with off-the-books loans, creative bookkeeping and deliberate falsehoods. When Jerry Brown resumed the governorship in 2011, he pledged to end fiscal hijinks and align the budget […]
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A South Lake Tahoe resident is challenging the Planning Commission’s May 11 decision to approve what is locally known as the Whole Foods project. The City Council on June 6 will hear the appeal. Donna Gilpin cites five reasons she disagrees with the decision; most having to do with the mitigated negative declaration. She believes […]
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By David Koenig, Associated Press If you’re planning a big vacation trip this summer, move over. You’re going to have lots of company. By air or car, traveler numbers are expected to rise over last year thanks to a decent economy and stable gasoline prices. U.S. airlines expect to carry 234 million passengers from June […]
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By Seth A. Richardson, Reno Gazette-Journal Ride-hailing companies say they are under assault again from Democrats in the Legislature after an amendment was added to a bill that the companies say would effectively end the services in Nevada. Uber and Lyft, the largest ride-hailing companies in the state, already faced controversial legislation earlier in session they, including […]
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