By Kathryn Reed While nine of the 29 properties involved with the would-be convention center still have not been foreclosed upon, nothing can happen at the South Lake Tahoe site until they are all foreclosed on. Owens Financial, the largest creditor, is still holding out. “He is trying to work out something with another developer […]
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By Kathryn Reed Carol Stiles wants out of her hotel room and into Kelly Ridge. American Baptist Homes of the West, which runs the affordable senior housing complex in South Lake Tahoe, isn’t letting her in even though she had a signed agreement. Now both parties are in court. El Dorado County Superior Court Judge […]
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By Matt Weiser, Sacramento Bee A monitor in Sacramento maintained by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today showed slight increases in radiation from sources that are likely from troubled nuclear energy reactors in Japan. The “beta” category picks up strontium, while the “gamma” category picks up cesium and iodine. All three are constituents typically associated […]
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By Reno Gazette-Journal Update at 2:34 p.m.: The driver has been identified as 23-year-old California resident Luke Craig. Detectives interviewed and subsequently placed Luke Craig under arrest for attempted murder, battery with a deadly weapon, and hit and run causing injury – all felony charges. Craig was transported to the Washoe County Detention Facility, where […]
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By Kathryn Reed Soggy could be the word to be used for much of Northern California and Northern Nevada as winter blows out and spring arrives Sunday. The Lake Tahoe Basin isn’t expected to see sun until at least the middle of next week. The National Weather Service in Reno has bumped up the winter […]
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By Reno Gazette-Journal An Incline Village groundskeeper has been arrested on suspicion of stealing thousands of dollars from a property owner. The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office said Eric James Hosmer, 43, was arrested Wednesday at a construction site on eight theft counts and taken into custody without incident. Read the whole story
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By Sacramento Bee NEW HAVEN, Conn. – A former animal research technician pleaded guilty Thursday to killing a Yale University graduate student from Placerville days before her 2009 wedding. Prosecutors revealed that Raymond Clark III left behind evidence of a sexual assault and desperately tried to cover his tracks. Clark pleaded guilty to murder and […]
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By Phil Willon, Los Angeles Times Another court delay Thursday dashed speculation of possible guilty pleas from Phillip and Nancy Garrido, the couple accused of kidnapping and sexually tormenting Jaycee Lee Dugard and holding her captive for 18 years in their backyard compound in Northern California. After a hearing in El Dorado County Superior Court, […]
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By Ralph Vartabedian, Los Angeles Times Small amounts of radioactive isotopes from the crippled Japanese nuclear power plant are being blown toward North America high in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean and will reach California as soon as Friday, according to experts. A network of sensors in the U.S. and around the world is […]
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By Kathryn Reed Although a decision is not likely until mid-May, the South Tahoe Public Utility District board this month expressed a willingness to increase sewer rates by 3 percent starting July 1, with no change to water rates except for those on meters. Board member Mary Lou Mosbacher missed last week’s budget and meter […]
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