A private snowplow driver was booked into the South Lake Tahoe jail Sunday night after allegedly taking out a light standard, traffic sign, flipping off police officers, using the loader as a potentially deadly weapon and trying to outrun officers. Steve Beattie, 55, was clearing snow from an apartment complex on Ski Run Boulevard about […]
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By Loretta Kalb, Sacramento Bee After four years of budget downsizing and job cuts and an economy only now starting to move, El Dorado County is left with this: The county’s unfunded liability for its CalPERS pensions exceeds $264 million; that’s up $172 million in just one 12-month cycle. “It’s a huge problem,” county Auditor-Controller […]
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By Kathryn Reed Caltrans crews on Sunday started the multi-day process of clearing Highway 89 around Emerald Bay Road. People trying to get up that way were being turned around at Cascade Road on the South Shore on Sunday afternoon. A Caltrans worker who did not give his name said it would take at least […]
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By News 10 DONNER SUMMIT — Two trains crashed at Donner Summit Friday aboout 3:30pm because of bad weather. An Amtrak train from Chicago, headed to Emeryville, was hit from behind by a Union Pacific train, said Amtrak’s Vernae Graham. Read the whole story
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By Kathryn Reed People who live in El Dorado County using the 96150 ZIP code could find themselves paying more for vehicles than they have to. The 2004 voter approved Measure Q only applies to South Lake Tahoe, but with the same home ZIP code for the South Shore, the tax is getting applied to […]
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By Ray Hagar, Reno Gazette- Journal The Reno-Tahoe International Airport should have the latest Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) passenger screening in operation by the summer and most of the food court will be switched to the post-security part of the airport, CEO Krys Bart told legislators Tuesday. The current food court area will eventually become […]
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By Jordan Steffen, Denver Post A New Hampshire man was arrested Wednesday after Wyoming troopers found $234,000 worth of marijuana in his rental vehicle that might have been headed to Denver. Just before 10am, Samuel Quinlan, 26, was pulled over for speeding on eastbound Interstate 80, about 13 miles east of Rock Springs, according to […]
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By Dale Kasler, Sacramento Bee The Indian tribe that owns Shingle Springs’ Red Hawk Casino has failed for a third time to kill off a lawsuit filed by a former business partner. An El Dorado Superior Court judge scheduled an August trial in the lawsuit, filed by Sharp Image Gaming against the Shingle Springs Band […]
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Updated Feb. 18 at 9:05am. By Kathryn Reed The National Weather Service in Reno was right – it was going to be a storm packed with feet of snow. According to the agency, here are the storm totals as of 6am Feb. 18: • Kirkwood – 24-48 in the last 24 hours; 48-52 inches in […]
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By Kathryn Reed El Dorado County on Thursday wrote a check to Tahoe Transportation District for $119,294.65. The money had been held per legal counsel after the county backed away from its commitment to transit on the South Shore when the former overseer – South Tahoe Area Transit Authority – filed for bankruptcy. The county […]
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