By Reno Gazette-Journal Judge Robert Perry sentenced an elderly woman Friday to probation in the slaying of her husband of 42 years, a sentence the couple’s children had requested. Mary Baymiller told Perry how remorseful she was for the slaying of Charles “Skip” Baymiller, 73, and said she believes it was strictly her medication, including […]
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A member of a tree cutting crew was pinned beneath a tree Friday afternoon. It took members of the Lake Valley Fire Protection District and South Lake Tahoe Fire Department to free him. The victim’s name has not been released. He was taken to Barton Memorial Hospital with minor injuries. A section of tree being […]
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Caltrans is alerting motorists of eastbound ramp closures on Interstate 80 due to construction. On Interstate 80, the eastbound on-ramp at Castle Peak and the eastbound off-ramp to Donner Lake are closed through Oct. 14. The closures are necessary to reconfigure traffic to facilitate work on the $71 million Donner III pavement rehabilitation project. The […]
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Highway 50 over Echo Summit is expected to reopen Saturday. It has been closed since May 11 to replace the deteriorating rock wall that no longer functioned as much of a barrier for vehicles that might have drifted off the road. Exact timing of the May 21 opening will be determined by the weather and […]
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For the first time, the California Contractors State License Board and the Nevada State Contractors Board teamed up this week in a joint enforcement operation on both sides of the state line. Particular attention was paid to people who crossed the state line to illegally bid on jobs. The effort began Thursday with an undercover […]
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Heading into the historically busy summer season, lodging professionals on the South Shore got a short lesson in how best to use Travelocity to their benefit. Alania Henry, a rep from the online site, spoke to the South Lake Tahoe Lodging Association last week about services to drive people to their property. Keeping content updated, […]
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By Kathryn Reed For the last 10 years the South Shore of El Dorado County has had one voice in Placerville on the Board of Supervisors. The previous decade it had two reps, with one living in the Lake Tahoe Basin. What the next decade will look like is being discussed. At a meeting in […]
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By Marijke Rowland, Modesto Bee Gardnerville resident and former Manteca businessman Robert H. “Budge” Brown is missing after his plane apparently went down near Placerville. The founder of Oakwood Lake Resort, home of the Manteca Waterslides, left Minden-Tahoe Airport at 4pm Wednesday in his single-engine aircraft bound for a private airstrip in Tracy, according to […]
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Three teenagers are in custody and fourth is being sought in the connection with an attempted residential burglary in Truckee. When Truckee police officers arrived at an apartment complex on May 19 at 2:05am three suspects were outside. One tried to run, but was arrested after a short struggle. A second subject was located hiding […]
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By Jason Hildago, Reno Gazette-Journal Things are about to get hot and steamy at the University of Nevada, Reno’s Redfield Campus as the country’s first national academy for geothermal energy kicks off this summer. A collaboration between the country’s top geothermal schools, the academy is expected to draw 52 attendees — a quarter of whom […]
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