By Denny Walsh and Sam Stanton, Sacramento Bee To tase or not to tase? That was the question. But there is no good answer, at least under the law, according to an opinion issued Monday by a 10-judge panel of the highest court in the Western states. Case law is so muddled, a majority ruled, […]
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By Andy Sullivan, Reuters LAS VEGAS – A Republican debate will play out in one of this city’s glittering casinos, but the real battleground for next year’s U.S. presidential election lies in the foreclosure-racked neighborhoods that sprawl beyond the Las Vegas Strip’s bright lights. Few U.S. cities have been hit harder by the recession than […]
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By Kathryn Reed “As one of the few independent resorts left at this point and time, it is clearly in our best interest to see what type of partnerships exist and to see what our best opportunities are.” So says David Likins, CEO for Mountain Springs Kirkwood, which owns Kirkwood Mountain Resort. Likins acknowledged a […]
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The Placer County Board of Supervisors approved an agreement last week that will provide the North Lake Tahoe Resort Association with more than $5.4 million during the 2011-12 fiscal year for marketing, transportation and infrastructure-development efforts. Each year, Placer County contracts with the resort association to promote tourism and provide other services, using transient occupancy […]
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On Oct. 29 from 10am-2pm, the South Lake Tahoe Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration will give the public another opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs. Bring your medications for disposal to Safeway at 1020 Johnson Blvd., South Lake Tahoe. […]
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While the bulk of the construction on Highway 50 in South Lake Tahoe is done, that doesn’t mean all the work associated with it is. Today through Oct. 28 the sidewalks between Trout Creek and Rufus Allen Boulevard will be worked on. This means some delays for motorists as well as not being able to […]
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By Michael Montgomery, California Watch A U.S. attorney in Southern California says she is preparing to go after newspapers, radio stations and other media outlets that advertise medical marijuana dispensaries, an escalation in the Obama administration’s newly invigorated war against the state’s pot industry. This month, U.S. attorneys representing four districts in California announced that […]
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By Kathryn Reed On Tuesday, the South Lake Tahoe City Council is being asked to layoff 19 people, not fund six open positions, reduce the hours of three employees, reclassify four people, and either establish or reclassify six other positions. The action would equate to a $1.7 million savings in fiscal year 2011-12, and $2.2 […]
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By Martha Bellisle, Reno Gazette-Journal The International House of Pancakes restaurant that was the scene of one of the deadliest shootings in Northern Nevada history might be serving customers again before the end of the year, an official said Wednesday. Eduardo Sencion walked into the Carson City IHOP on Sept. 6 and opened fire on […]
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By Carolyn Sackariason, Aspen Daily News Aspen City Council on Tuesday voted 4 to 1 to ban plastic bags from the two grocery stores in town and place a 20-cent fee on paper bags. The new law will take effect May 1. Councilman Derek Johnson was the lone dissenter, saying that while he supports reducing […]
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