By Sean Whaley, Nevada News Bureau CARSON CITY – A report outlining how Nevada can grow and diversify its economy says much more could be done now in the areas of health and medical services, and that clean energy and aerospace/defense are emerging sectors that could bring skilled jobs to the state. The report, a […]
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By Kathryn Reed Joseph Scanio was taken into custody today after a court hearing in U.S. District Court in Sacramento. Judge Morrison C. England Jr. ruled at the status conference that the South Lake Tahoe man is “a danger to the public.” However, Scanio’s attorney, Assistant Federal Defender Timothy Zindel, told Lake Tahoe News, “This […]
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By Diana Lambert, Sacramento Bee Preet Sandhu wasn’t surprised to learn last week that her daughter Kirat wasn’t eligible for kindergarten. Elk Grove Unified staff had done a good job of getting the word out. Sandhu’s daughter turns 5 on Nov. 5, 2012 – and a new law requires that kids be age 5 by […]
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By Kathryn Reed Epidemic is the word South Lake Tahoe police Officer Rebecca Inman used to describe bath salts and Spice. These are not substances to be used in the bathtub or kitchen. Instead, they are manufactured drugs that are legal to possess or use in California and Nevada. On Jan. 1 they will be […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe police Officer Johnny Poland turned in his badge and gun Nov. 15, with Wednesday being his first day on paid administrative leave. “He is under federal criminal investigation. It would be inappropriate for him to continue to serve in a day-to-day capacity,” City Manager Tony O’Rourke told Lake Tahoe […]
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By Ed Vogel, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY — Tonight if you see your state senator and a lobbyist dining on Châteaubriand and drinking red wine in a fine Las Vegas restaurant, it’s a safe bet they aren’t going Dutch treat. The lobbyist will pick up the tab and no one ever will know he […]
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Zimride, the largest online ride-sharing service in North America, announced its San Francisco-Lake Tahoe route today, with service beginning Thanksgiving Day. The idea is to bring Bay Area residents convenient, inexpensive access to the basin. To celebrate the launch, Zimride is giving away a free tank of gas ($40 value) to the first 500 drivers […]
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By Kathryn Reed Cities across California are fearful of what a medical marijuana decision out of Long Beach will mean to them as well as what the feds may do. South Lake Tahoe and Sacramento’s city councils on Tuesday wrestled with what to do with their respective ordinances. In predictable fashion, South Lake Tahoe couldn’t […]
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The vehicle belonging to a missing Gardnerville woman was found Nov. 14 90-feet down the side of an embankment near the old power dam on the East Fork of the Carson River in Gardnerville. The vehicle matched what 56-year-old Patricia Loraine Bosch was driving when she was reported missing by family members Nov. 11. Bosch […]
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By Ashley Powers, Los Angeles Times LAS VEGAS — The Ballard house was as unassuming as any in the stucco outskirts of Las Vegas: a two-story box the color of an oatmeal cookie. Police charged inside one night searching for a domestic violence suspect. Instead, they smelled something skunky. Marijuana. Lots of it. Two-foot-tall plants […]
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