By Foon Rhee, Sacramento Bee As Japan struggles with nuclear reactors crippled by the earthquake and tsunami, California’s two U.S. senators called on federal regulators today to make sure the state’s two commercial nuclear power plants are safe. Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer pointed out that about 7.4 million people live within 50 miles […]
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Recycling took on new meaning this week as items from C&M Lodge in South Lake Tahoe were given to Clean Tahoe for redistribution. Edgewood Companies, which owns the C&M Lodge on Bonanza Drive, is working with Clean Tahoe and other nonprofits on the South Shore to place the items for community benefit. “Clean Tahoe’s Dinner […]
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Five catalytic converters have been stolen this week on the South Shore. A South Lake Tahoe resident started his 1994 Toyota pickup Tuesday morning and immediately heard an unfamiliar loud rumbling sound. He thought the muffler had fallen off. He discovered the loud exhaust sound was unrelated to his muffler, but was actually due to […]
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By Bob Brundage, Reno Gazette-Journal One of the many real estate issues homeowners in the United States face is negative equity, which occurs when homeowners owe more on their homes than they are worth. It’s a more significant problem here in Nevada than it is in any other state. According to a recent report from […]
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By Carlos Alcalá, Sacramento Bee Restaurateur Kevin Cairns was in custody Tuesday with bail set at $250,000 after the El Dorado County District Attorney’s Office unexpectedly filed new charges. Charges of disturbing the peace were added to two accusations lodged in November and February that Cairns assaulted travelers in the parking lot of his Dante’s […]
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By Matt Weiser, Sacramento Bee Much of California is less vulnerable to the kind of tsunami wreckage caused today in Japan because the state’s coastline is generally steeper, a University of California quake expert said. Steven Ward, a research geophysicist at UC Santa Cruz, said there are exceptions to that statement, including the Los Angeles […]
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By Kathryn Reed Leadership, or the lack of it, is creating a fissure at Lake Tahoe Community College that some say is bringing harm to the two-year institution. The turnover in presidents, other administrators and personnel leaving by choice by having found a new job or retiring are taking a toll on what had been […]
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By Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee Heavy rain battered the foothills during the late afternoon and early evening today, with reports of road flooding and rock and mudslides in El Dorado, Placer and Nevada counties. Some of the heaviest rain in the past six hours was along the Highway 49 corridor, with a little more than […]
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A bait and switch scam at the South Lake Tahoe Rite-Aid has police warning retail workers to be on the lookout for similar transactions. Officers said the suspect on March 12 gave the clerk five $20 bills in exchange for a $100 bill. The clerk took his money and gave him a $100 bill. The […]
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Updated March 15 at 3:09pm The body of 18-year-old Andre Simonpietri was located this morning by a local Truckee resident. Truckee police working with members of the Nevada County Search and Rescue team were contacted by a local Truckee resident at about 11:01am Tuesday. Andre Simonpietri’s body was located in the Glenshire subdivision of Truckee […]
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