School officials placed Tahoe Valley Elementary School on lockdown Monday afternoon when two students allegedly reported seeing a suspicious man carrying a gun on campus. During their lunch break at about 12:30pm, children were gathered in their classrooms while South Lake Tahoe police searched the premises. Officers received assistance from California Highway Patrol and El […]
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By Loretta Kalb, Sacramento Bee The bill is coming due this year for local governments struggling to fulfill generous pension promises they made in better economic times. Starting July 1, most cities and counties in the Sacramento region will need to step up their contributions to the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, which administers benefits […]
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El Dorado County Animal Services fees are going up beginning April 1. The fee to adopt a small animal (such as a rabbit) remains the same at $15, cat adoption fees go from $75 to $80, and dog adoption fees increase $s0 to $120. The Board of Supervisors approved the increases in February. To license […]
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A 22-year-old San Jose snowboarder was found dead Sunday at 11:50am in a tree well covered in several inches of snow off a perimeter run at Sierra-at-Tahoe ski resort, the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Department reported that afternoon. The county Search and Rescue team went searching for the snowboarder Saturday evening and through the night […]
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Updated as of 8:10pm March 29 By Susan Wood Results from an autopsy of the 36-year-old Lake Tahoe Community College student found dead Friday afternoon in the Commons area could take weeks, the El Dorado County Sheriff’s coroner’s office reported Tuesday. A toxicology report was ordered for the woman identified as Beverly Elizabeth Barday. Barday was found […]
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By Carlos Alcalá, Sacramento Bee Avalanche danger goes up when snow falls down as heavily as it has in the Sierra this week. Two snow slides involving people have been reported to the Sierra Avalanche Center since Tuesday. One slide, during Thursday’s big storm, carried enough snow to push a Subaru in motion across Highway […]
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After 20 years near Stateline, Alpen Sierra Coffee Co. is closing up its retail operation. Its last day is this Sunday, closing the door at 6pm. Alpen Sierra has positioned itself as a signature South Lake Tahoe business, with a coffee roasting company based in the Carson Valley. The economics and desire to downsize with […]
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By Elaine Woo, Los Angeles Times Geraldine A. Ferraro, the savvy New York Democrat who was embraced as a symbol of women’s equality in 1984 when she became the first woman nominated for vice president by a major party, died Saturday at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. She was 75. The cause was complications from […]
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By Sacramento Bee An El Dorado County marijuana grower who was convicted of the attempted murders of his brother-in-law and his nephew has lost his bid for a parole, the El Dorado County District Attorney’s Office said. A state Parole Board panel ruled Tuesday that Silvestre Gonzalez, now 49, could not apply for another parole […]
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By Laurie Brazil STATELINE — Blowing wind and a week filled with snowstorms couldn’t keep the Lake Tahoe community from showing their support for the 2011 Business Expo Friday night. This year’s event, which was entitled “Pedal to Prosperity,” was designed to tie in to the Amgen Tour – the nationally acclaimed bike event scheduled […]
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