By Kathryn Reed What’s another two hours of discussion about South Lake Tahoe’s sign ordinance when it’s been on the books for the past 15 years? The problem is the issue wasn’t resolved at 9:15pm Tuesday when the talking ended. The council directed staff to come back with revisions to the law. It may be […]
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A structure fire in Incline Village on Monday night left the occupants needing other accommodations. The Red Cross is working with the displaced residents. The fire was on Wendy Lane. North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District officials said the fire was quickly contained and limited to a portion of the exterior siding of the house. […]
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By Kathryn Reed The roommate of a South Lake Tahoe man who was found dead in their house Monday morning has been arrested on a second-degree murder charge. Brad Macewan, 55, of South Lake Tahoe was booked into El Dorado County jail in South Tahoe early this morning. He was being held without bail. The […]
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By Guy Clifton and Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal A female black bear and her two cubs, tranquilized in a west Carson City neighborhood on Monday, are being returned to the wild, but a pair of marauding bears were euthanized over the weekend after separate incidents in Incline Village and Carson City. The incidents come during […]
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By Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee Brian Jagger, who served as treasurer for Placer County District Attorney Scott Owens’ election campaign last year, pleaded guilty Monday to one count of wire fraud in a scheme to embezzle more than $20,000 from three campaign accounts of candidates who ran for political offices in Placer County in 2010. […]
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By Kathryn Reed A fire department without upper management except for a chief who divides his time with the police department. That is one scenario on the negotiating table in South Lake Tahoe. The city has a $1.5 million deficit gap to deal with before the next fiscal year begins Oct. 1. The reality is […]
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By Susan Voyles, Reno Gazette-Journal Washoe County Commissioners unanimously have agreed to pay 8,700 Incline Village homeowners court-ordered property tax refunds in a long-running battle that stems from prior rules used to judge Tahoe views and beaches. But at the end of the discussion Tuesday night, County Commission Chairman John Breternitz said he is opposed […]
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By Adam Kotin, California Climate & Agriculture Network One thing can be said for certain about the 2007-2009 drought in California: it sure got a lot of attention. Both its natural severity and the complex set of political, economic, and social disputes yielded a drama of epic proportions that got people talking around the state […]
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By Sean Whaley, Nevada News Bureau CARSON CITY – Anyone with an interest in what Nevada’s state and local government employees make in salary and benefits can review the 2010 data that has been posted this month by a Nevada think tank. The searchable database at Transparent Nevada does not yet contain all the local […]
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By Kathryn Reed Five years ago when Ivone Larson became principal of South Tahoe High School her dream was to get rid of the building in the middle of campus that originally housed the auto and wood shops. That wish came true this summer. And an even bigger dream was realized Monday with the ceremonial […]
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