By Dan Spano In Lake Tahoe real estate, each month brings better news than the month before. When comparing September to the month and year before there were more closed sales, fewer homes on the market, fewer new listings, and a new category – increasing median sales price. Even when the real estate market was […]
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Updated: Oct. 4 3:40pm South Shore law enforcement is looking for a man who left Barton Memorial Hospital late Thursday morning when he was supposed to be headed to prison. Anthony James Katello is 51, 5-feet-11, 180 pounds, and has brown hair. He was last seen wearing green shorts and no shirt. El Dorado County […]
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By Sean Whaley, Nevada News Bureau CARSON CITY – Increased financial disclosure, greater restrictions on contributions and gifts, and tougher penalties for campaign violations are the goals of new legislation for the 2013 Legislature detailed this week by Secretary of State Ross Miller. The Aurora Act, named for the new campaign contribution and expense search […]
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By Kathryn Reed A 13-year-old walks into his principal’s office and says he wants to write a letter to the judge. The judge lets him take the stand. His parents are in the courtroom. “I told him, all you can do is tell your truth,” Beth Delacour said. In the end, the judge last year […]
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Updated Oct. 3, 6:55pm By Kathryn Reed A suspected drug lab exploded in the middle of South Lake Tahoe on Wednesday afternoon. Barrek Madden, 23, of South Lake Tahoe was flown to UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento with third-degree burns to his face and upper torso. Schuyler VanFleet, 22, of South Lake Tahoe had […]
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By Kathryn Reed El Dorado County Chief Probation Officer Greg Sly has been place on indefinite leave. Superior Court Judge Suzanne Kingsbury, who has oversight of the Probation Department, made the decision effective Sept. 28. She deferred comment to County Administrative Officer Terri Daly. Daly was not available for comment. County officials speaking off the […]
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By Sean Whaley, Nevada News Bureau CARSON CITY – A national organization is reporting an alarmingly low number of absentee ballots being requested by members of the military in battleground states around the country – including a 55 percent decline in Nevada – ahead of the Nov. 6 general election. “The number of absentee ballots […]
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By Sabrina Tavernise, New York Times WASHINGTON — Americans of working age are going to the doctor less frequently than they were 10 years ago, according to a report by the Census Bureau. In 2010, people age 18 to 64 made an average of 3.9 visits to doctors, nurses and other medical professionals, down from […]
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By Kathryn Reed Even though staff told the South Lake Tahoe City Council there is no money, time or staff to deal with the non-mandatory city commissions, the elects aren’t ready to disband them. Instead, the council wants to have every member of the Parks and Recreation, Latino Affairs, Sustainability, and Airport commissions make a […]
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By Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee Twenty-five homes in the Somerset area of El Dorado County were threatened Tuesday afternoon by a fire that burned 15 acres of heavy brush. The Sand Fire started at 11:35am Oct. 2 on Sand Ridge Road near Bucks Bar Road southeast of Placerville. As of this evening, the fire’s progress […]
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