By Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times As police searched for a group of Dodgers fans who allegedly beat a Giants fan, officials said about 25 people were arrested for various infractions during Thursday’s opening day festivities at Dodger Stadium. Los Angeles Police Department Sgt. Sanford Rosenberg said most of the 25 arrests were related to […]
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By Tom Kelly, USSA Sun Valley, Idaho – In a competitive career spanning two decades, Truckee’s Daron Rahlves has his share of medals and trophies. A super G World Championship in 2001. Hahnenkamm champion in 2004. Two medals at 2005 Worlds. 12 World Cup victories. The 2008 X Games skicross gold. Saturday, Rahlves will be […]
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By Linda Fine Conaboy Hilton Hotels is changing the way it does business because of a green lodging conference in South Lake Tahoe. Will something that significant happen at this summer’s conference? Only time can answer that question. But those putting the Aug. 22-25 seminar together are aiming for big things. “It’ll be a larger […]
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The Tahoe Douglas Bomb Squad was called out to a Topaz Ranch Estates residence Thursday evening to handle a World War II-era hand grenade, the Douglas County Sheriff’s Department reported. The address is unknown. Two Douglas residents found the device while going through another resident’s belongings at about 6:30pm. The residents took the device to […]
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By Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee The seasonal closure of dirt roads in the Eldorado National Forest has been extended to May 1 due to wet weather and muddy road conditions. Forest supervisor Ramiro Villalvazo said soil conditions and weather forecasts will be re-evaluated every two weeks to determine whether the routes are dry enough to […]
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By Dale Kasler and Rick Daysog, Sacramento Bee The operator of Red Hawk Casino has taken a huge write down on loans it made to the tribe that owns the struggling casino in Shingle Springs. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission today, Minneapolis-based Lakes Entertainment Inc. said it took a $21 million […]
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By Matt Weiser, Sacramento Bee California’s drought is over. But don’t get carried away. That was the basic message in a proclamation issued today by Gov. Jerry Brown, which rescinds a statewide drought emergency declaration adopted in February 2009 by his predecessor. The proclamation was timed with the latest statewide snow survey by the state […]
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By Kathryn Reed Quashing subsidies is a goal of South Lake Tahoe city staff and elected officials. The first chance to do so will be next week when the City Council is expected to approve the request for proposal to seek bids to operate the city ice rink. With the rink requiring close to $100,000 […]
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By Linda Fine Conaboy When times are tough in a community, there seem to be multiple indicators signifying just how bad things really are. You see closed storefronts, not much exterior maintenance being done to spruce up buildings, unfinished building projects or simply not many new building starts, and fairly high unemployment. In the Lake […]
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By Phillip Reese and Ed Fletcher, Sacramento Bee As the region struggles to regain its economic footing, even tony Placer County has lost much of its luster. A suburban county northeast of Sacramento, Placer County attracted tens of thousands of mostly affluent new residents during the past decade, and it remains wealthy today. Its poverty […]
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