Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the March 5, 2013, Sacramento Bee. There were two key questions coming into the California Republican Convention in Sacramento last weekend: Would party leaders acknowledge that the GOP needs to shift on certain issues to have a chance of regaining power in California? Or would they take a Madison […]
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By CBS-San Francisco A Bay Area man has been sentenced to 32 months in prison for beating two women at a Lake Tahoe casino so severely that one victim suffered a miscarriage. Douglas County District Judge Tod Young imposed the sentence last week on 27-year-old Huy Phan of Fremont. Phan pleaded guilty in December to […]
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By Ed Vogel, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY — A Nevada War Memorial honoring all fallen Nevadan soldiers since statehood would be added to Capitol Complex under a bill introduced Monday in the state Senate. The move to establish a memorial for fallen veterans came from Brad Williams, a South Lake Tahoe police officer, whose […]
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The pilot of a plane that landed without its landing gear down was not injured. Alfred Asti, 77, landed his Piper Camanche 400 at Minden Tahoe Airport about 12:28pm March 12. Asti told Douglas County sheriff’s deputies that his approach was high and as the plane came into contact with the ground, the plane bounced. […]
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Win two tickets to see Conspirator on March 16 at the Crystal Bay Casino Ballroom. To enter, send an email with your name and phone number to contests@theconfluencegroup.com by noon March 15 with “Lake Tahoe News and Conspirator” in the subject line. The winner will be chosen by 5pm on March 15. Conspirator latest album […]
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Publisher’s note: The author of this letter first sent this to the South Lake Tahoe City Council and he asked for it to be reprinted here. Dear Council Members, Unfortunately I am not able to attend the Special Council Meeting on March 12, 2013, at 6pm, but I would graciously request that you read this […]
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By Sandra Chereb, AP CARSON CITY — A bill that would rescind Nevada’s threat to leave the decades-old Lake Tahoe Compact over a rift with California was introduced Monday in the state Senate. SB229 seeks to repeal a law passed by lawmakers in 2011 and signed by Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval. The law would allow […]
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Business owners, managers and individuals who need the tools and language to cope and to inspire themselves or their teams to move forward during changing times are invited to attend Taking Charge of Change, Business as Unusual on March 20 from 9am to noon at the Cedar House Sports Hotel, 10918 Brockway Road in Truckee. […]
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More warm weather is on tap. Stay hydrated. Here is the March 12 ski report. — Curtis Fong
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Dear LTN readers, On March 11, the server that hosts Lake Tahoe News and other sites went down for several hours. This has resulted in the loss of some stories as we had to restore the database. There is a gap where some stories were not saved. If there is a story missing that you […]
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