By Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal Opponents of Nevada’s first black bear hunt filed a lawsuit Tuesday in effort to block it. The complaint, filed in Carson City District Court, seeks an injunction to prevent a hunt now scheduled to commence the third Saturday of August. Up to 20 bears could be killed by hunters under […]
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By Kathryn Reed Voters may have a chance to weigh-in on what they think employees in South Lake Tahoe should get when it comes to pensions and health care benefits. An idea broached by Mayor Hal Cole earlier this spring came before the full council Tuesday. The five agreed if the necessary concessions the city […]
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Eneliko “Sean” Smith, who is in custody on DUI charges in Las Vegas, waived extradition June 6. He should be in South Lake Tahoe by the end of the month. Local officials want him because he has failed to pay the city what its owed based on a court settlement from delinquent transient occupancy taxes. […]
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By Kathryn Reed It was an unlucky day for a Danville resident who allegedly robbed the El Dorado Saving Bank on Emerald Bay Road in South Lake Tahoe. Although Kyle Facchain, 26, got out of the bank with $5,000 in cash, he never got out of the parking lot, according to officers. This is because […]
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South Lake Tahoe Fire Chief Lorenzo Gigliotti was rear-ended in his city vehicle about 4:30 Tuesday afternoon. He was on Highway 50 stopped at the light at Tahoe Keys Boulevard headed west when he was hit by a driver in a BMW Alpina. The accident was in front of the old Broc’s Puppies store. Gigliotti […]
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By Francis McCabe, Las Vegas Review-Journal Already blacklisted from casinos, Brent Eli Morris was sentenced to eight to 20 years in prison on Monday for cheating at craps. Morris was arrested Sept. 22 after he was spotted playing craps at Caesars Palace. A District Court jury convicted the 54-year-old in March of two counts of […]
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By David Gardner, Daily Mail An Incline Vilalge businessman has been jailed for 12 years after he was convicted of stealing $1.5 million from more than 250 customers in an eBay scam. Darin French and his wife sold high-end home appliances on the Internet auction site and then kept the cash without sending out the […]
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Dennis Franks, one-time owner of the now closed Broc’s Puppies stores in South Lake Tahoe and Carson City, failed to appear for his June 6 arraignment in El Dorado County Superior Court. A bench warrant has been issued and the case held over to June 23. “If he fails to appear then, the warrant will […]
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Updated: 8:15am By Anne Knowles CARSON CITY – The legislation to withdraw Nevada from the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency passed in the Assembly early Tuesday morning and is on its way to the desk of Gov. Brian Sandoval, who is expected to sign the bill into law. The bill passed 28 to 14. Before the […]
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By Kathryn Reed Starting July 1 more people in South Lake Tahoe will have a better chance of living in an apartment that meets some basic criteria. This is because the City Council in December revised the multi-family dewelling ordinance to include complexes with eight or more units. Fifteen-unit complexes had been the minimum at […]
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