A man who robbed the Wells Fargo Bank inside a South Lake Tahoe Raley’s Monday morning is on the loose. The amount of cash he stole from the Stateline area bank is not being released. The incident occurred at 11:25am Jan. 30. Officers said the suspect walked up to the teller and demanded cash. No […]
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By Martha Bellisle, Reno Gazette-Journal The former business partners of Harvey Whittemore — a well-known Nevada lobbyist, land developer, businessman and lawyer — filed a civil lawsuit Friday claiming he embezzled millions of dollars from the Wingfield company they ran together and misappropriated corporate funds and assets. The suit, filed in Clark County District Court […]
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By Amy Joi O’Donoghue, Deseret News PARK CITY — A young University of Utah student died Sunday after a fall from a ski lift at Canyons Ski Resort. Resort spokesman Steve Pastorino said the woman was on the High Meadow chair lift when she fell at 11:49am. Despite quick ski patrol response and on-board care […]
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Dogs and bike paths are two issues the South Lake Tahoe Planning Commission is scheduled to discuss Feb. 9. Residents in the 900 block of Merced Avenue want to have six dogs at their single-family residence. City law permits no more than four without a special use permit. While the commission in June approved the […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe Fire Department is the only agency in the Lake Tahoe Basin without a fire marshal. And there is no plan to have one again anytime soon. This was the City Council’s doing when the five approved the budget last fall that came with reorganization plans in the department. The […]
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By Steve Timko, Reno Gazette-Journal Carson City is the metropolitan area hardest hit by the recession while Reno-Sparks ranks second hardest hit, a financial website said. The site 247wallst.com analyzed data in the US Conference of Mayors’ 2012 U.S. Metro Economy report and came up with a list it described as The Nine American Cities […]
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During the Jan. 17-21 California Association of Realtors business meetings in Indian Wells the South Tahoe Association of Realtors received a $5,000 state impact grant. It will be used to pay for STAR Governmental Affairs Director Hayley Williamson to attend the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Regional Plan Update meetings. In addition, the grant will allow […]
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Placer County Board of Supervisors approved two measures for the June ballot. One asks North Lake Tahoe area residents to renew the transient occupancy tax for the North Lake Tahoe area. An additional 2 percent TOT is collected on rooms in the area. Since the increase was initially approved in 1996, funds that have been […]
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Fees are changing at Lake Tahoe for boats needing to be inspected. The TRPA Governing Board at its meeting this month voted to not alter the Tahoe Only boat fee, while increasing watercraft inspection fees for boats coming from other water bodies or have never been inspected. Another change is the addition of a new […]
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By Bill O’Driscoll, Reno Gazette-Journal Four weeks into his new job, Chris Baum has been a busy CEO at the Reno-Sparks Convention & Visitors Authority. A new marketing campaign targeting Northern California will be up and running by March 1. The tourism agency’s slogan, “Far from expected,” is gone. And the word is out to […]
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