By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe City Councilwoman Angela Swanson is the public official Gino DiMatteo is accused of bribing. “I have been advised by the El Dorado County District Attorney’s Office that I am involved in an investigation into the activities of Gino DiMatteo. I have cooperated with the district attorney’s investigation and I […]
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By KTVN-TV Fire officials made quick work of a brush fire that happened in the Lake Tahoe area. It happened in the area between Cave Rock and Glenbrook right before midnight. There are no structures in the area and fire officials say the fire was only about one-third of an acre. The cause of the […]
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By Kathryn Reed Gino and Irene DiMatteo of South Lake Tahoe remained in separate El Dorado County jails Monday after having been arrested Aug. 31 on drug charges. Gino DiMatteo, 43, was being housed in Placerville on $37,500 bail. He faces charges of felony possession of a controlled substance, possession of marijuana for sale, and […]
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By Matt Weiser, Sacramento Bee The amount of money hidden by California state parks officials in one of two special funds has suddenly become unclear, preventing the Legislature from spending the money to repair and reopen parks. A dedicated pot of money known as the Off Highway Vehicle Trust Fund holds the majority of the […]
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By Christina Jewett, California Watch California public health scientists have twice recommended in the past five years that Yosemite National Park authorities educate visitors about hantavirus, a rare disease that is linked to the deaths of two park visitors, one illness and a possible fourth this summer. Yet park officials did not warn visitors until […]
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By Andrew Edwards, Contra Costa Times Cities will keep their power to issue heavy fines against the owners of foreclosed properties that are not kept up to city code following Gov. Jerry Brown’s signing of an inland lawmaker’s bill. Assemblywoman Wilmer Amina Carter, D-Rialto, introduced the bill, which allows cities to levy maximum fines of […]
Read moreBy Kathryn Reed While both sides in the Fallen Leaf Lake wrongful termination case have agreed to the settlement agreement, the document remains unsigned by the community services district even though the plaintiff has the check. In issues like this it’s not just about the money. There are other issues that have been agreed to […]
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By Kathryn Reed Lake Tahoe Unified School District is mirroring the state when it comes to having an achievement gap among Latino, English learner, and low-income students compared to the rest of the student body. But the good news from Friday’s announcement of the 2012 Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) test results is this is […]
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One-time South Lake Tahoe pot club owner and current Push Fitness owner Gino DiMatteo was arrested Aug. 31 on charges of bribing a public official and possession of drugs for sale. DiMatteo was arrested at the Bank of America branch in South Lake Tahoe. As of 5:25pm he was still being processed at the jail […]
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No charges have been filed in the vehicle accident that sent two people riding the same motorcycle to the hospital. “So far in the investigation it appears the driver of the involved car was at fault for failing to yield to the motorcycle,” South Lake Tahoe police Lt. David Stevenson told Lake Tahoe News. “Ultimately […]
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