By Stuart Pfeifer, Los Angeles Times The lawyer son of a former top California pension fund official was convicted on charges related to a scheme to have a client lie to a federal grand jury in exchange for cash. Alfred Nash Villalobos, 46, of South Lake Tahoe faces up to 30 years in prison after […]
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A Lake Tahoe company is one of 10 firms recalling containers of gel fuel after federal investigators said the product is responsible for two deaths and nearly three dozen serious burn injuries from flash fires. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission launched an investigation into gel fuels in mid-June. About 2 million containers of the […]
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By Kathryn Reed Chain saws hum. The thud of a tree crashing to the ground reverberates through the mountain air. Young men chatter above the noise. A group of out of place spectators in hardhats watches the work as though this is something unique in the forest adjacent to houses in Lake Tahoe. And in […]
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By Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee El Dorado County officials today received confirmation that a bird found in the county has tested positive for West Nile virus. The bird, a swallow, was found Aug. 22 south of the town of El Dorado and is the first bird to test positive for the virus this year, according […]
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The Federal Highway Administration dismissed a complaint against the Kings Beach Commercial Core Improvement Project. “The agency’s ruling is important, because it removes a cloud hanging over a project that is vital to the future of Kings Beach,” Supervisor Jennifer Montgomery said in a statement. “We knew the complaint was without merit, and were glad […]
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The two people who police believe started last week’s fire at the Bijou Center in South Lake Tahoe were caught on other surveillance tape. The two men are on video taken at MontBleu casino in Stateline attending the Atmosphere concert on Aug. 24. Early the next morning the fire was started at the back corner […]
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By KGW-TV YAKIMA, Wash. — Police have a “person of interest” who they want to question in the case of a woman missing since she attended the Rainbow Family Gathering in Skamania County last July. Marie Hanson of South Lake Tahoe vanished after attending what she had described as a “peace rally” in the remote […]
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Updated Sept. 1: The safe is now scheduled to be open Sept. 13. By KCRA-TV A hidden safe found during the remodeling of a casino in South Lake Tahoe will be opened next week. The safe — found underneath a stairway at the old Bill’s Casino — may be linked to an unsolved murder of […]
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Since its inception in 2009, the UC Davis School of Medicine partnership with Tahoe Forest Health System for the university’s Rural-PRIME program continues to grow strong. To date, 16 UCD medical students have furthered their training at the Truckee facility with 11 students scheduled for the 2011 program. Tahoe Forest was selected as the first […]
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By Kathryn Reed Just more than two years to the date of filing a lawsuit to stop the 18-acre Sierra Colina project in Stateline from progressing, the League to Save Lake Tahoe lost its battle. The winners are Steve Kenninger and Gail Jaquish who own the property and want to develop it, as well as […]
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