By Ed Fletcher, Sacramento Bee Two El Dorado County men were arrested Monday and are facing felony manslaughter charges in connection with the drug-related death of a Pollock Pines teen. Jesse Howard Roberts, 21, and Elijah Lee Richter, 20, both of Camino, were arrested and booked into El Dorado County jail on felony charges of […]
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• Here are Caltrans’ El Dorado-Tahoe and Sierra roadwork plans for this week. • Lake Tahoe Forest Supervisor Nancy Gibson on Sept. 5 signed off on Heavenly Mountain Resort’s desire to expand summer offerings. • Northstar has begun accepting applications and started hiring for the more than 1,200 seasonal positions that will be available at the resort […]
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By Bay City News Service SAN FRANCISCO — A man was arrested for allegedly attacking another man in a bathroom at AT&T Park during a San Francisco Giants baseball game on Sunday evening, police said Monday. Christopher Torii Smith, 26, was arrested in connection with the attack, which was reported at 6:42pm Sunday at the […]
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Two forums are being put on this month for residents in Truckee to find out about issues that will be on the Nov. 6 ballot. The Sept. 20 6-8pm event is a chance to learn about Measure J, the Truckee Donner Recreation and Park measure, and who the candidates for Truckee Donner Public Utility District […]
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To the community, It’s a grand mess the city of South Lake Tahoe is in. Actually, it’s more like a nightmare. The following could happen or will happen. The mayor will leave the city without finishing her term. If charged with a crime and convicted, Angela Swanson will vacate her seat on the council. There […]
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By Mark Glover, Sacramento Bee Even as it has been shutting some stores and trying to get concessions from unionized employees, West Sacramento-based Raley’s is trying to reassert its brand in a brutally competitive Northern California supermarket environment. The privately held company’s multiple marketing efforts range from online shopping options to expanded private brands to […]
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By Kathryn Reed A bachelor’s degree with Lake Tahoe Community College’s seal. That could be a reality for students graduating in 2016 if college President Kindred Murillo gets her way. She would also like to turn the two-year institution into a destination college – as in people would move to South Lake Tahoe to go […]
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El Dorado County Animal Services is searching for the owner of two German Shepherd dogs that bit a 68-year-old woman Aug. 31 at approximately 4:45pm while she was walking in Rubicon Bay. The incident occurred on Highland Drive in Rubicon Bay when the dogs, off leash and running alongside their owner’s truck, approached the woman […]
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By Matt Weiser, Sacramento Bee Over and again, budget officials at the California Department of Parks and Recreation struggled to understand why every fiscal year ended with millions of dollars in surplus cash on hand. At least since 2009, budget reviews conducted by the department each January showed a multimillion-dollar surplus, according to hundreds of […]
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South Tahoe High School seniors Emily Barnett and Tyler Myers are going to Russia to present their field research project “The Effects of Fire and Forest Thinning on the Biodiversity of Understory Plants in the Lake Tahoe Basin” at the 9th annual International Junior Foresters’ Competition. Their project was selected by the U.S. Forest Service […]
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