Washoe County Sheriff Michael Haley said he is being forced to immediately eliminate graffiti investigations conducted by his office due to budget cuts instigated by the Board of Commissioners. “This action is counter-intuitive to the philosophy of my office and staff and was made only after careful analysis of the impact of the board’s reductions […]
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This could the wettest week of the winter, with the first of several storms expected to arrive tonight. With spring just nine days away and bare ground the norm in so much of the Lake Tahoe Basin, more white stuff would be welcome. However, the storms are expected to be warm to begin with so […]
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By Emily Christianson, Los Angeles Times Jaycee Dugard stepped out publicly on Friday for the first time since her rescue in 2009. The kidnapping survivor was in good company at the United Nations in New York for Diane von Furstenberg’s DVF Awards ceremony, where she met fellow honorees like Oprah Winfrey. Dugard received the Inspiration […]
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By Kathryn Reed The Block, the infamous one-time snowboarder hotel near Stateline, is going to open its doors again. The San Francisco-based owners have obtained a building permit from South Lake Tahoe to renovate the rooms, put on a new roof, and bring things up to code. A fire damaged the roof in September when […]
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By Steve Green, Las Vegas Sun Tropicana Entertainment Inc. of Las Vegas posted a smaller loss in the fourth quarter than the same period a year earlier, the company disclosed in its annual report this week. The hotel-casino company controlled by investor Carl Icahn said it lost $13.6 million on net revenue of $146.5 million. […]
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By Joe Schoenmann, Las Vegas Sun Angered by an ordinance requiring actors in pornographic productions to wear condoms, some in the adult industry are threatening to move their operations from the “pornucopia” of Los Angeles to Southern Nevada. The news, first reported last month by the Los Angeles Times, has caused some to speculate on […]
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By Sean Whaley, Nevada News Bureau CARSON CITY — A panel of lawmakers is moving forward with a review of the state’s 45-year-old formula for funding public education after receiving $125,000 from the Clark County School District to pay for a study. The New Method for Funding Public Schools interim study was authorized by the […]
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By Kathryn Reed A South Lake Tahoe man blew out the windows of his apartment when he was allegedly trying to extract THC from marijuana using butane. Arrested the night of March 7 was Samuel Frangella, 22, on charges of drug manufacturing, possession of drug paraphernalia, arson and felony child endangerment. The latter charge is […]
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By Patrick McGreevy, Los Angeles Times SACRAMENTO — State Assemblyman Warren Furutani looked out over a sea of red — protesting oil industry workers wearing scarlet T-shirts — and saw trouble for his plan to raise $2.5 billion for universities with a tax on crude. The Central Valley workers had packed a legislative hearing to […]
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By Kathryn Reed A retired El Dorado County sheriff’s sergeant who worked in the South Lake Tahoe substation is behind bars. Donald Philip Atkinson, 50, was arrested March 8 on 44 felony charges. He is accused of embezzling more than $300,000 from the El Dorado County Deputy Sheriff’s Association, of which he was president. Grand […]
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