By Ted Long This week’s Sheriff’s Citizens Academy was a presentation by the K-9 unit. Two K-9 officers brought their dogs and all the equipment that they use working with them. The presentation featured a demonstration of the dogs apprehending a suspect and a drug search. The dogs were born and bred in Germany, which […]
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By Thomas L. Friedman, New York Times Looking at scenes of the Boston sidewalk a few hours after Monday’s bombing — torn clothing, bloodstains, shards of glass — I found my mind going back to a similar sidewalk in Tel Aviv in September 2003. A Hamas suicide bomber had blown himself up at a bus […]
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Nearly one year after Derek “Zippy” Penaranda was beaten at Mo’s Place, three people have been accused of killing him. Penaranda, who was from Ripon, was on the South Shore in May 2012 to celebrate his 30th birthday. He got in a fight at the South Lake Tahoe bar. He never recovered from the injuries […]
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By Marc Lifsher, Los Angeles Times SACRAMENTO — A drive to ban most stores from handing out single-use plastic bags got an important boost Monday when the California Grocers Association announced its support for a bill. The measure by state Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Pacoima, would prohibit the bags in grocery stores and pharmacies beginning on […]
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By Marek Warszawski, Fresno Bee THREE RIVERS — Chase Hauber’s friends from high school just don’t understand. Well, except Logan Marlow. They don’t understand how Hauber can just bail from his junior year to go off on some whitewater kayaking adventure. “A lot of them have asked me, ‘So when are you going to come […]
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By Kate Mather, Los Angeles Times CalFire is beefing up its staffing in anticipation of a fire season officials worry could be affected by an “extremely” dry winter, the agency announced. CalFire has hired and trained seasonal firefighters that will help staff seasonal stations and some helicopters “around the clock,” according to a department statement. […]
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The 26th annual Booster Club Golf Tournament is May 4-5. This is a joint effort between the South Tahoe and Whittell booster clubs to raise funds for local students. The tournament is at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course. Each day is an individual tournament with a scramble format. The $125 entry fee includes golf, golf cart […]
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By Kathryn Reed Instead of El Dorado County taking over office space, they repurposed the South Lake Tahoe Senior Center building to the point where the original occupants no longer feel welcome. Tuesday’s South Lake Tahoe City Council meeting was full of people in support of returning the building in the middle of town to […]
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A 21-year-old South Lake Tahoe man is accused of strangling his mother to the point she lost consciousness. Skylor Klisch was booked April 17 into jail on charges of felony battery and resisting arrest. After a small package of marijuana was allegedly found on him at the jail, he also faces charges related to bringing […]
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The Douglas County Public Library Lake Tahoe branch will be open from 9am-noon April 25. The Minden Library is hosting an open house and fundraiser from 3:30 to 5:30pm that day. The Zephyr Cove library will reopen April 26 at 9am. For more info, call (775) 588.6411.
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