Updated May 24, 2012, 7:30pm: The Topaz Ranch Estates Fire is burning west of Rickey Canyon in the Pinenut Mountain Range in Wellington.. The burn area is estimated to be approximately 7,500 acres, and the fire is estimated to be approximately 35 percent contained. No additional structures have burned. The fire has had no active […]
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By Dale Kasler, Sacramento Bee The Silver Legacy was supposed to rejuvenate Reno’s ailing casino market. Instead, it became one of the biggest victims to date of the Northern California Indian gaming. The mammoth 17-year-old casino filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization last week after a deal to restructure its $142.8 million in debts fell […]
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By Kathryn Reed KINGS BEACH – As the public starts to sift through the thousands of pages of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency’s Regional Plan update and the accompanying environmental documents, common questions are being asked. Wednesday was the third of four sessions this week for people to give comments and ask questions. The open […]
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By Susan Wood With international and U.S. Olympic officials paving the ski trail this week for future bids in the States, organizers of a bi-state coalition to bring the 2022 Games to the Tahoe-Reno region solidified their dedication to the monumental effort. It’s early, and there’s a lot to do. But great feats don’t happen […]
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By Michelle Cottle, Newsweek What could really save Hillary Toucey’s life is a personal-care attendant to help with her 7-year-old son, Eli. Dark-haired, fair-skinned, and fragile, Eli suffers from a raft of health problems: cerebral palsy, celiac disease, epilepsy, asthma, and what his mom calls “pretty severe” autism. His speech is “kind of garbled”; he […]
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The Avoid the 6 DUI Campaign will be deploying officers this holiday weekend at DUI/driver’s license checkpoints and DUI saturation patrols throughout El Dorado County to arrest impaired drivers. The Memorial Day weekend is the first holiday travel period of the summer season and this, coupled with many college and high school graduations, will see […]
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Update: May 23, 2012, 9:50am: South Lake Tahoe police this morning let Lake Tahoe News know the patron in the weekend bar fight is still alive. Officers are not releasing exact medical conditions per federal law pertaining to medical confidentiality. The name of the person has also not been released, nor have more details about […]
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By Anne Gonzales, Sacramento Bee When solar technology company SMA America was looking for a place to put its headquarters, Rocklin was a logical choice. California, after all, represents more than 40 percent of the national market for solar installations. When it came to choosing a place to manufacture its solar and wind inverters, however, […]
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By Kathryn Reed Saying no to the governor’s tax plan on the November ballot will mean a $1.6 million hit to Lake Tahoe Unified School District. Because of union contracts layoffs at that point aren’t an option even if the school board wanted to entertain that idea. What Gov. Jerry Brown has told districts is […]
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By Jon Ortiz, Sacramento Bee As Gov. Jerry Brown and labor unions negotiate to put state workers on a four-day, 38-hour workweek to cut payroll costs, they could learn a lot by looking east – to Utah. The Beehive State’s workforce went to a “four-tens” week in 2008. Then-Gov. Jon Huntsman, a Republican, launched the […]
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