By Kathryn Reed Christian Strobel closed escrow on the former Block hotel near Stateline in May 2011. He paid $450,000 for the 51-room rundown lodging property. In the past year he has spent about $1.5 million to turn it into a functioning facility, which included removing asbestos, replacing all the doors and windows, kicking out […]
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Placer County sheriff’s detectives need help finding two people of interest in a Tahoe City jewelry store burglary. The Blue Stone Jewelry Store at 495 N. Lake Blvd. was burglarized April 17 at 9:23pm. Detectives believe there were at least two people responsible. The two men who in the photograph were in the jewelry store […]
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By Denny Walsh, Sacramento Bee An El Dorado County man was sentenced Monday to three months in federal prison for diverting to his own address mail meant for the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians. The band is a tribe made up of Miwok, Maidu and Nisenan Indians that governs the Shingle Springs Rancheria, a […]
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By Denise Grady, New York Times Obesity and the form of diabetes linked to it are taking an even worse toll on America’s youths than medical experts had realized. As obesity rates in children have climbed, so has the incidence of Type 2 diabetes, and a new study adds another worry: the disease progresses more […]
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By Kathryn Reed Apparently Christopher Wadstein has a penchant for driving fast and trying to avoid the police. Again, he was caught. This time the 23-year-old South Lake Tahoe resident was booked into jail May 2 about 7pm. Officers said they tried to stop Wadstein about 5:40pm on Glenwood Way. The suspect allegedly took off […]
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By Dale Kasler, Sacramento Bee Raley’s unionized workforce today began preparing for a possible strike against the West Sacramento supermarket chain. The United Food and Commercial Workers announced early today that Raley’s refused to extend its contracts and was preparing to give workers its “last, best and final offer.” The presidents of UFCW Locals 8 […]
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By Hudson Sangree and Phillip Reese, Sacramento Bee Like a lot of vacationers, Rick and Kristie Santos would return from trips to Lake Tahoe during the housing boom wondering what it would take to own a second home there. They were always disappointed when they looked at the listings. “You’d jump online and never could […]
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By Kathryn Reed Nevada Department of Transportation officials expected Peek Construction to resume work on Kingsbury Grade on May 1. The Las Vegas-based company which, according to its website, has an office on the same road it’s supposed to be finishing work on did not return a phone call. Work on this main artery between […]
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By Kathryn Reed If questionable decorum at a City Council meeting should come with consequences, then the operators of the South Lake Tahoe Ice Arena could probably find a penalty box for them. While Van Oleson and Chris Cefalu were before the council on May 1 asking to formalize their contract with the city, Councilwoman […]
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By Scott Sonner, AP RENO — Smokey Bear has done such a good job stamping out forest fires the past half-century that a woodpecker that’s survived for millions of years by eating beetle larvae in burned trees is in danger of going extinct in parts of the West, according to conservationists seeking U.S. protection for […]
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