As party-going ghosts and goblins celebrate Halloween, the Avoid the 6 El Dorado County DUI Task Force reminds everyone to keep the party off the road. Two extra DUI saturation patrols will be out in force with extra officers looking to stop and arrest drunk or buzzed drivers. Additionally, every patrol officer and traffic officer […]
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By Kathryn Reed KINGS BEACH – “It is finally Lake Tahoe’s time.” Those are the words of Squaw Valley CEO Andy Wirth. His peers Bill Rock, COO of Northstar, and Art Chapman, president and chairman of JMA Ventures, concur. The three shared the stage Thursday during the 59th annual membership lunch for the North Lake […]
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In the first month of South Lake Tahoe’s online Report a Grow program, a search warrant was served that turned into a child endangerment case and the seizure of more than 90 marijuana plants, and eight other properties were inspected and found to be in compliance with codes. Those eight were told about the need […]
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The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office will be participating in several high-visibility traffic enforcement details over the Nevada Day/pre-Halloween weekend. During the late evening and early morning hours of Oct. 28-30, deputies working in conjunction with deputies of the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office will conduct increased DUI enforcement patrols on the highways and roadways within Douglas […]
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By Joyia Emard, Loomis News Loomis’ new town manager considers Loomis a “gem.” “People are down to Earth here. Loomis is like a gem in the middle of metropolis,” said Rick Angelocci, who began as the Loomis town manager on Oct. 13. He replaced Perry Beck who retired on Sept. 30. Angelocci, formerly the assistant […]
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State Sen. Ted Gaines, R-Roseville, scored 100 percent on the California Taxpayers Association’s 2011 Voting Record. Gaines was one of 30 state legislators out of the 120 Assembly and Senate members to receive the top score. “I am honored to stand with taxpayers in the fight against the overspending crisis that plagues Sacramento,” Gaines said […]
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By Delen Goldberg, Las Vegas Sun Online gambling was the fastest growing category of web activity during the month of September. Analysts at comScore Media Metrix, an Internet audience measurement service, attributed the spike to the kickoff of the NFL season and sports fans placing football bets. Online gambling sites received 9.7 million visitors, comScore […]
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California Tahoe Conservancy and Squaw Valley Ski Holdings Inc. are expected to enter a 40-year lease on Friday so the resort can continue to operate on 402 acres of CTC owned property. The ski entity – formed last month to run Alpine Meadows and Squaw – is getting all of its contracts aligned so they […]
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By Kathryn Reed While the hum of men and their machines permeate the air, so does the anticipation of what Lakeview Commons will be when the work is completed in a month. The $6 million project in South Lake Tahoe on the waterfront at El Dorado Beach is winding down. A TRPA extension is allowing […]
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It was an earthquake, not a burglar trying to get in — is what South Lake Tahoe police dispatchers told people Wednesday night. An earthquake measuring 4.8 struck 23 miles northwest of Truckee in Plumas County at 11:37pm Oct. 26. People are reporting they felt it as far away as Redwood City – 276 miles […]
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