Christine Whalen, the South Lake Tahoe woman accused of severely injuring a cyclist while driving under the influence, remains behind bars. The 53-year-old was being held at the El Dorado County jail in Tahoe on $203,000 bail. She faces charges of driving under the influence resulting in bodily injury, hit and run involving bodily injury, […]
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A motorcyclist from Ben Lomond died Sept. 10 in Meeks Bay after being struck by an unlicensed driver. John McCabe, 52, was on his Yamaha going south on Highway 89 when Maria Cabrera, 35, of Tahoe City made a left from Mountain Drive in front of McCabe, according to the California Highway Patrol. She was […]
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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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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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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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By Kathryn Reed “After several days of no comments, I feel that it is time to make a more detailed statement about the rumors that have been published as fact,” Lake Tahoe Educational Foundation President Nancy Rollston wrote in a Sept. 9 email to her board and others. The press release that was sent to […]
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Stateline casinos did not continue their winning ways in July. With June seeing a 17 percent spike, July was flat at $30 million in revenue. The Nevada Gaming Control Board on Sept. 10 released the latest numbers, which showed revenues increased in July by 17 percent compared to July 2011. Nevada casinos brought in just […]
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