By Kathryn Reed Baja Fresh joins Raley’s at Stateline in having food tampered with. A 12-year-old felt sick after eating at Baja Fresh on Nov. 19. The child was treated for symptoms related to food poisoning at Barton Memorial Hospital. South Lake Tahoe policer officers said an unknown suspect put an unidentified substance on the […]
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By Daniel Rothberg, Las Vegas Sun First responders know all too well that there is a brief window during which the effects of an opioid overdose can be reversed by a medicine known as naloxone. It’s no cure to the opioid epidemic, but it has become an essential tool for first responders. Parents or other […]
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A music festival and memorial event to honor fallen Carson City sheriff’s Deputy Carl Howell has been set for Aug. 19, 2017, at Battle Born Harley-Davidson in Carson City. The event will be put on by the Last Response Memorial Fund, a nonprofit organization established by Carson City resident Don Alexander and a handful of […]
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By Kathryn Reed Enforcement, or the lack thereof, is a major complaint of South Lake Tahoe’s vacation home rental ordinance. Temporary relief is on the way. The City Council last week approved funding for a private security firm to work exclusively on VHR issues. The $30,800 for the 90-day contract is coming from the Undesignated Vacation […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the Nov. 19, 2016, New York Times. This year, the adage that “falsehood flies and the truth comes limping after it” doesn’t begin to describe the problem. That idea assumes that the truth eventually catches up. There’s not much evidence of this happening for the millions of people taken […]
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By A.C. Thompson and Ken Schwencke, ProPublica In 2015, the authorities in California documented 837 hate-crime incidents, charting a surge in offenses motivated by religious intolerance toward Muslims and Jews, while crimes against Latinos grew by 35 percent. Shortly after Donald J. Trump was elected the country’s next president, the Southern Poverty Law Center put […]
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A former El Dorado County resident was sentenced to one year in county jail for felony animal cruelty, operating without a license and 11 other counts related to her sale of puppies imported from South Korea Ginger Turk, 46, was a puppy broker, imported tiny, underage, unweaned, high-priced ($4,000-plus) puppies from South Korea and sold […]
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By Sean Whales, Las Vegas Review-Journal The Lake Tahoe area still dreams of hosting its second Winter Olympics. And the International Olympic Committee’s new push for regional bids could give Las Vegas an important role in any Northern Nevada proposal to host the sports showcase. “We believe that Lake Tahoe will be the site of […]
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By Dan Thompson, AP SACRAMENTO – Voters’ approval of Gov. Jerry Brown’s sentencing reform initiative may give California the long-term solution it needs to end a decadelong legal battle over prison conditions that twice reached the U.S. Supreme Court and has cost taxpayers billions. Proposition 57 was pitched as a safety valve to reduce an […]
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· Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows has partnered with Alpenglow Expeditions to provide lift-accessed guided backcountry skiing and snowboarding in terrain immediately surrounding the ski resort. · The Minden Library is showing “Finding Dory” (rated PG) on Dec. 3 at 2pm in the meeting room. The movie and popcorn are free. · 4 Piece Puzzle will be […]
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