By Sam Stanton, Sacramento Bee Phillip Garrido’s attorney may be laying the groundwork for a mental health defense in his kidnapping-rape trial, citing “signs of serious mental illness” and saying he has “been hearing the voices of angels for years.” The statements, contained in filings made late today by public defender Susan Gellman, come in […]
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By Jason Kobely, News 10 SQUAW VALLEY – Skier C.R. Johnson, a U.S. Open champion and X Games medalist recognized as a halfpipe specialist and one of freeskiing’s most renowned competitors, was killed Wednesday while skiing at Squaw Valley, according to resort officials. Johnson, a 26-year-old Truckee native, was skiing the Light Towers section of […]
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St. Theresa School students on Tuesday were given the challenge to document more than 5,000 random acts of kindness in two weeks. They are competing with other schools to see who can document the most random acts of kindness. Motivational speaker Brian Williams was at the South Lake Tahoe school this week telling the students […]
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“The Laramie Project†is a docu-drama about the 1998 hate-crime murder of Matthew Shepard, a gay University of Wyoming student who was brutally beaten by two young men, tied to a fence, and left to die. It will be performed at Lake Tahoe Community College’s Duke Theatre in South Lake Tahoe. Writer-director Moisés Kaufman and […]
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By John Simerman, Contra Costa Times Contra Costa County will slap a $24,000 lien on the property near Antioch where Phillip and Nancy Garrido kept Jaycee Dugard in sexual bondage for years, after a cleanup last year of mounds of trash, hazardous wiring, junk cars, dilapidated structures and an open septic hole in the yard. […]
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Two people and their pets escaped injury Tuesday afternoon when a fire broke out at their South Lake Tahoe residence. When Lake Valley firefighters arrived at 1406 Black Bart Ave. they saw light smoke coming from the roof. Firefighters quickly determined there was a fire in the chimney chase that connected to a large attic, […]
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Wind could be the issue on this powder day. Here is the ski report from Curtis Fong, the Guy from Tahoe.
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By Kathryn Reed Lake Tahoe Community College officials were alerted Tuesday that members of Westboro Baptist Church will picket the college during the March 19 production of the “Laramie Project†at Duke Theatre. Members of this Topeka, Kansas, church run by Fred Phelps travel the country preaching that God does not like homosexuals. In fact, […]
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By Kathryn Reed One hour. That was the amount of time Les Lovell was given by Stan Perez before a press release was sent last week saying Perez was withdrawing as a candidate for El Dorado County sheriff. “It was probably as shocking to me as it was anyone else,” Lovell told Lake Tahoe News. […]
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By Sam Stanton, Sacramento Bee The El Dorado County sheriff is objecting to a request that Phillip and Nancy Garrido be allowed to visit each other in jail, saying it “is breathtaking in its audacity.” Lawyers for the pair say the two accused kidnappers of Jaycee Lee Dugard need to meet to make family decisions […]
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