It’s signed. That would be the lease between T.J. Maxx and the property owners at the Y in South Lake Tahoe. Now the interior improvements can begin. Those are expected to take three to four months, with the discount retailer able to open in the fall. This means the store will open in time for […]
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A welfare check of a woman at a South Lake Tahoe motel turned into a coroner’s case Wednesday afternoon. South Lake Tahoe police officers entered the Stateline area motel on June 20 and found a 40-year-old woman deceased on the bed. No one from the Lone Pine Lodge would speak to Lake Tahoe News on […]
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A small fire at the disc golf course in South Lake Tahoe was quickly extinguished Wednesday afternoon. While the fire was only 5-feet by 5-feet, three agencies responded in case it were to have grown. South Lake Tahoe, Lake Valley and the U.S. Forest Service responded to hole 22. A witness told firefighters he saw […]
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By Craig Miller, KQED While much is uncertain about California’s warming climate, there is little doubt that it’s already changing the fundamentals of how most of us get our water. In fact, the Bureau of Reclamation has estimated that the Sierra snowpack could be reduced by half as soon as a decade from now. And […]
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Updated: June 20, 2012, 7:25am: Details released Wednesday morning from South Lake Tahoe police: What was found was a large dark colored piece of luggage, about 2-feet wide, 4-feet long and 2-feet deep. In part, an unsigned note accused specific federal, county, and city law enforcement and court officials in the Midwest of committing a […]
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By Scott Sonner, AP RENO — The executive editor of the Reno Gazette-Journal was preparing a formal complaint to local law enforcement Tuesday after he said one of his veteran photographers covering a brush fire was roughed up by sheriff’s deputies who forced him to the ground and cited him for obstructing public officers. Photo […]
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By Kathryn Reed A series of decisions by South Lake Tahoe’s City Council on Tuesday is designed to begin improving the look of the area as well as the functionality. The city will borrow close to $6 million to fund $5 million in improvements. The other million bucks is for debt service and the cost […]
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By Kathryn Reed Just as the South Lake Tahoe City Council appeared to be on the same page regarding how to approach the divisive loop road project, bickering and stubbornness took hold. All five agree a letter needs to be written to the Tahoe Transportation District with strong language encouraging that bi-state agency to investigate […]
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Two American robins from the Tahoe Keys area tested positive for the West Nile virus. The birds were found June 6. The El Dorado County Environmental Management Department released the news June 19. To date, no human cases of the virus have been reported in 2012. When a dead bird or squirrel is found, call […]
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By Max Ehrenfreund, Sacramento Bee Don Atkinson, the former president of the El Dorado County Deputy Sheriff’s Association and a retired sergeant, pleaded no contest on felony counts of embezzlement, fraud and perjury, according to Lynda Gledhill, a spokeswoman for the California Office of the Attorney General. Prosecutors allege Atkinson stole money from the Deputy […]
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