Three days after a bicyclist was seriously injured in South Lake Tahoe, officers are still not releasing the name, hometown or age of the victim. As of early Thursday night, they didn’t know the current condition of the man who had to be air lifted to Renown Medical Center in Reno. The cyclist was traveling […]
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By Yun Long, Reno Gazette-Journal David Walley’s Hot Springs Resort, which dates back to when Nevada was a territory, was on the brink of fading into history. The Carson Valley property, built in 1862, was near closure two years ago. The restaurant was closed, the property was in disrepair and time share fees weren’t paid. […]
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By Loretta Kalb, Sacramento Bee If you want to understand why local governments have laid off workers and struggled to maintain services, just look at property taxes. In the past four years, Sacramento County real estate has lost $19 billion in assessed value, data from the Sacramento County assessor’s office show. That means that the […]
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By Amber Marra, Auburn Journal Multiple groups of motor sports enthusiasts and individual riders are suing the US Forest Service and Department of Agriculture over preparations to close more than 800 miles of trails to off-road vehicles in the Tahoe National Forest. The lawsuit was filed on Tuesday by Brandon Middleton, an attorney with Pacific […]
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By Kathryn Reed A year from now motorists should know which way to drive on Harrison Avenue and how to park. This is because the multimillion dollar project that was first talked about in 1995 is expected to go out to bid in the fall, with construction beginning in May 2013. This small stretch of […]
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Two people are in custody and a third is being sought in connection with a burglary at Patient2Patient, the medical marijuana collective facing closure by South Lake Tahoe officials. The dispensary was broken into the night of July 8, with officers being called to the property the next morning. “The suspects stole a variety of […]
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By Matt Weiser, Sacramento Bee Assemblywoman Beth Gaines on Tuesday called for an investigation into fiscal practices at the California Department of Parks and Recreation after the Bee revealed an unauthorized vacation buyout program cost the department more than $271,000. In a letter Tuesday, Gaines, R-Rocklin, asked the state’s Joint Legislative Audit Committee to undertake […]
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Cris Alarcon, the Placerville man whose firm was subject of an El Dorado County Grand Jury investigation that involved El Dorado County Superior Court Judge Steve Bailey, pleaded no contest July 16 to nine charges. Alarcon was fined $6,516 and to summary probation for four years for receiving stolen goods, driving on a suspended or […]
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By Barbara Barte Osborn, Sacramento Bee TRUCKEE — A Truckee man has been arrested and jailed for investigation of attempted murder following the stabbing Sunday of a man inside the town’s Safeway supermarket. Jayson Allen Maglaya, 34, was also booked for parole violation. The victim, a 33-year-old Truckee resident, was transported to Tahoe Forest Hospital […]
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By Bill Lindelof, Sacramento Bee A week after they were forced from their homes by the Robbers Fire, residents of the Brushy Creek and Yankee Jims areas will be allowed to return to their residences. Daniel Berlant, a spokesman for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, said evacuees will be allowed back into […]
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