By Anne Knowles The Stateline site known as Bill’s Casino, named for Harrah’s founder Bill Harrah and purchased two years ago by Mike Laub, will reopen its doors next month. After a remodel costing more than $3 million and employing 80 workers, the 40,000-square-foot site is being reborn as a mall. “Everything is new,” said […]
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Lake Tahoe Community College has one less vacancy in the front office. Beginning June 29, Jeff DeFranco will be vice president of Administrative Services. The board of trustees on April 24 voted on his hiring. The title, while new to the South Lake Tahoe college, better reflects what DeFranco will do. This position replaces that […]
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By Dale Kasler, Sacramento Bee The U.S. government sued the two key figures in the CalPERS bribery scandal Monday, targeting the pension fund’s former chief executive and a businessman who earned millions in finder’s fees from CalPERS investment deals. The Securities and Exchange Commission’s lawsuit steps up the pressure on former CalPERS CEO Fred Buenrostro […]
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By Torey Van Oot, Sacramento Bee Congressional candidate Linda Parks isn’t one for conventional choices. As she tells voters in a recent television ad, her favorite ice cream flavor is not chocolate or vanilla, but the nuts-and-marshmallow-loaded Rocky Road. And her chosen party preference on the June 5 ballot? “None.” “I’ve had longtime supporters tell […]
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The driver of the truck who died using the runaway truck ramp on Monday has been identified as Eric S. Holton, 31, of Gardnerville. Holton was descending the Mount Rose Highway in Incline Village on April 23 at approximately 2:48pm when he used the ramp. Investigators still don’t know why Holton used the ramp. The vehicle […]
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By the end of July there will be another place to re-create in South Lake Tahoe. The official groundbreaking of Bonanza Park is April 30 at 5:30pm at 1209 Bonanza St. This will mark the start of turning what is now a vacant lot — but what was once a rundown hotel called the C&M […]
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Cold Stream Road is closed for emergency repairs at the bridge over Donner Creek in Truckee. This closure is located on Cold Stream Road between Donner Pass Road and Deerfield Drive. Business affected by the closure include: Chevron Fuel Station; Sierra Sun, Taco Bell, Tahoe Truckee Rental Management, Truckee Donner Lodge, Union 76 Station, and […]
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By Shane Goldmacher and Anthony York, Los Angeles Times SACRAMENTO — As the sun set behind Monterey Bay on a cool night last year, dozens of the state’s top lawmakers and lobbyists ambled onto the 17th fairway at Pebble Beach for a round of glow-in-the-dark golf. With luminescent balls soaring into the sky, the annual […]
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By Martha Bellisle, Reno Gazette-Journal Members of Nevada’s congressional delegation and one candidate quickly announced that they would get rid of or give to charity all donations given by Harvey Whittemore after an FBI investigation into his campaign contributions surfaced in February. But a review of their first-quarter campaign finance reports reveals that that’s not […]
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By Kathryn Reed Jessie Jorgensen is running all around the soccer field by Lake Tahoe Community College. She does this weekly. Right after the New Year’s weekend SnowGlobe music festival the toddler enjoyed finding trinkets like piercings and necklaces. Now it’s mostly leftover confetti that she scampers over. Jessie and her dad, Pete Jorgensen, come […]
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