By LZ Granderson, CNN Usually when we talk about the 1936 Olympics in Berlin we focus on two men — Adolf Hitler and Jesse Owens — and rightfully so. They are the two with an undeniable impact on history, albeit in vastly different ways. But in light of President Obama’s recent remarks on “The Tonight […]
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By Kathryn Reed Sometimes I wonder why I hang on to emails. Some just sit in the in box, others are filed into categories. And every now and again there’s a nugget hiding there. While doing some cleansing of an email account I came across correspondence from John MacCready, owner and winemaker at Sierra Vista […]
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By Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee A man was sentenced Aug. 9 in El Dorado County Superior Court to 138 years to life in prison for acts of sexual misconduct committed more than a decade ago. An El Dorado County jury in July convicted Patrick Senatore, 45, of 10 felony counts of sexual misconduct. In October […]
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By Peter Hecht, Sacramento Bee In the county that brought the Gold Rush, surging with newcomers and rough-hewn mining camps, prospects of another boom are unnerving the modern-day populace. Amid an improving real estate economy, developers are proposing nearly 7,000 new houses for the Western Slope of El Dorado County. The new wave of potential […]
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Placer County Public Health officials are tell people to take precautions against West Nile virus, a preventable, mosquito-borne disease that can infect humans. The disease is typically spread when a mosquito bites an infected bird, then bites a human. While most people who are infected with the virus will not become ill, in certain populations […]
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By Ed Komenda, Las Vegas Sun Caesars Entertainment Corp. is selling its Macau golf course to an Asian developer for $438 million. The gaming giant, which owns Harrah’s Lake Tahoe and Harveys at Stateline, announced the sale Friday in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The deal landed this week with Pearl Dynasty […]
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By AP BANNING -– California truly is the Golden State this summer — golden brown — and that has fire officials worried heading into the peak of the wildfire season. It’s still weeks before the fire-fanning Santa Ana winds usually arrive and already it’s been a brutal fire season, with nearly twice as many acres […]
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When the South Lake Tahoe City Council in July 2012 approved money for K9 agility features the plan was they would go in the back of the dog park off Al Tahoe Boulevard. Now they are going to be next to the main parking lot across from the dog park, but still in Bijou Community […]
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A 31-year-old Carson City man was seriously injured early this morning when a vehicle struck him as he was crossing Highway 50 in Stateline. The man, whose name has not been released, was walking near Lake Parkway by MontBleu just after 3am Aug. 10. Nevada Highway Patrol officers say it is possible he was hit […]
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• Services for Tom Wendell will be Aug. 18 at 3pm at Lake Tahoe Golf Course in Meyers. • The Chart House restaurant in Stateline is one of OpenTable’s 2013 Diners’ Choice Award winners for the Top 100 Scenic View Restaurants in the United States. • Read this article to find out about 10 foods […]
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