Former South Lake Tahoe police Officer Johnny Poland is going to prison for 18 months. The sentence came down Wednesday. Poland must turn himself in to the Bureau of Prison on Nov. 6. Poland had pleaded guilty in May to one count of obstruction of an official proceeding. The maximum sentence he could have received […]
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By Adam Nagourney, New York Times SACRAMENTO — A landmark law that has been a symbol of California’s tough environmental philosophy for more than 40 years is facing an unlikely challenge from Democrats, including Gov. Jerry Brown, who contend that regulations protecting the environment have been abused and are thwarting legitimate development. With the Legislature […]
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By Kathryn Reed When classes start Sept. 23 at Lake Tahoe Community College officials hope to see a lot more students than last year. The budget the board approved Tuesday night is banking on it. Enrollment dropped dramatically last school compared to the previous year. The 2013-14 budget is calling for 1,750 fulltime equivalent students. […]
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By Catherine Van, KOLO-TV Too many Nevadans are going hungry. According to a study done by the U.S. Department of agriculture, Nevada is ranked No. 8 in the nation low food insecurity. The percentage of households in Nevada that faced food insecurity jumped from 9 percent to 16 percent in 10 years, which is the […]
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By Matt Weiser State water officials are urging residents and local water agencies to begin preparing for the possibility that 2014 could be a third dry year. The California Department of Water Resources issued the cautionary statement last week partly because the state will head into winter with hardly any surplus water in its reservoirs […]
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By Kathryn Reed HOMEWOOD – Straight up. That’s one way to define what a black diamond hiking trail is. Ski resort hiking is nothing like being in the forest or a state or national park. The routes don’t follow the contour of the mountain. Switchbacks are unheard of. Instead, many of the trails are straight […]
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By Matt Townsend, Bloomberg Toddler-safe texting has arrived. Spurred by burgeoning demand for kid-styled tablets, LeapFrog Enterprises Inc. and VTech Holdings Ltd. revamped their tyke-targeted devices to add features that let three-year-olds send short messages to grandma and even watch online videos without stumbling across websites kids shouldn’t see. “Exposing our children to the Internet […]
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By Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee With a moratorium on new medical marijuana dispensaries in unincorporated El Dorado County set to expire at the end of October, the county Planning Commission has called for an ordinance to allow and regulate the facilities. The commission at its Aug. 22 meeting objected to a proposed ordinance amendment, initiated […]
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By Kathryn Reed Not even a grandma’s embrace is strong enough to save a child when the vehicle she is traveling in is involved in an accident. Motor vehicle crashes are the No. 1 cause of death for ages 1-12. Two children in the United States die each day as a passenger in a vehicle, […]
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By Andrea Chang and Tiffany Hsu, Los Angeles Times Like many grocery shoppers, Michele Ricketts dreads long checkout lines. But lately, she’s been breezing by the cash register at her neighborhood Ralphs even with the usual crowds at the store. “In the last month, I have noticed it was faster,” said Ricketts, 27, an actress […]
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