The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office has transferred the Linnea Lomax missing person case to the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office. EDSO detectives have been assigned to the case and are in contact with the Sacramento police, the Lomax family and the searching organization the family has established. Lomax was last seen on June 26 in […]
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By KRNV-TV and MyNews4.com RENO — Deputies say the man who started the Pinehaven fire has been arrested. Washoe County Sheriff’s say they arrested Charles Asa Sanford after identifying him as the man who led deputies on a chase that ended after he set fire to his car and the adjacent forest. On July 2, […]
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By Anne Knowles Two El Dorado Sheriff’s Department officers who were ordered to return pay increases they received based on diplomas from unaccredited colleges still owe the county more than $23,000, according to the county’s recently released grand jury report. Last year, the grand jury found that five of the department’s officers had received Educational […]
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By Sanford Nax, Sacramento Business Journal The mood at the Pacific Coast Builder’s Conference was the most upbeat in five years, according to industry types who attended. Builders are reporting more traffic at subdivisions, and sales are picking up. Nationwide, lumber shipments are up, and residential construction activity is increasing significantly. Builder Magazine just reported […]
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By Tom Yulsman, Scientific American, and DailyClimate.org BOULDER, Colo. – As the West has warmed and dried over the past 30 years, headlines describing fire season have grown ever more apocalyptic: “epic” dryness, “monster” fires, new records for damage and devastation. This year is no exception. The Waldo Canyon Fire has incinerated hundreds of homes […]
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Publisher’s note: This is the final installment of the three-part series looking at the past, present and future of Lake Tahoe Airport. By Joann Eisenbrandt The 29 years since South Lake Tahoe assumed operation of the Lake Tahoe Airport from El Dorado County have proved to be a bumpy ride, peppered with aborted takeoffs and […]
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By Patty Guerra, McClatchy Newspapers YOSEMITE — A hiker who instinctively grabbed for a falling radio slid down Half Dome, stopping when a ledge broke his fall. Fellow hikers on Yosemite’s most iconic hike took apart the cables to rescue the man, a 56-year-old from San Jose, when he fell June 22. It was a […]
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Fire restrictions start in the Lake Tahoe Basin on July 9, said the U.S. Forest Service. A Forest Order has been issued to provide for public safety through the end of the official 2012 fire season. Campfires, including charcoal barbecues, are prohibited except in exempted recreation sites. Campfires are prohibited in all other semi-developed sites such […]
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By Denny Walsh, Sacramento Bee The dispute that turned into a legal free-for-all over who started one of the most destructive wildfires in California history was settled Thursday. The United States’ lawsuit against Sierra Pacific Industries, the largest single landholder in North America, and others was scheduled to go to trial last Monday before U.S. […]
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By KRNV-TV and MyNews4.com A few dollars for alcohol may be the reason a South Lake Tahoe woman was murdered in front of her two-and-a-half-year-old son last week. Court documents obtained by News 4 mention that possible motive and the fact the victim predicted this terrible crime would happen years before. Lyra Fisher Bomediano filed […]
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