By Kathryn Reed Lake Tahoe Community College knows what it needs to work on, but how to get there is another matter. “We want to develop a shared understanding of opportunities and challenges,” Tom Greene, vice president of Academic Affairs and Student Services, explained as the five tables of eight people chatted among themselves. “This […]
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By Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee El Dorado County District Attorney Vern Pierson has announced plans to offer a suspended driver’s license diversion program. The District Attorney’s Office has formed a partnership with Pacific Educational Services Inc. to educate people who drive without a valid driver’s license or on a driver’s license that has been suspended […]
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By Christina Mendonsa, News 10 SACRAMENTO — Jaycee Dugard spent last summer camping with family, the fall taking daytrips with her daughters, and this winter, writing her unique and painful memoirs. The woman held captive for 18 years is now living the life she dreamed of in childhood dairies kept during her years in the […]
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By Bobby Caina Calvan, Sacramento Bee Thousands of California parents leaped at the chance to provide health coverage to their grown and uninsured children when a provision in the federal health care law took effect last fall. Now some of those parents, such as Barry Demant of Folsom, are finding a hidden cost to the […]
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By Kathryn Reed Two of the current South Lake Tahoe City Council members are responsible for the city entering a 30-year agreement to pay 20 percent of the total cost, or about $140,000 a year, for the upkeep of Heavenly Village. The current city manager, city attorney and redevelopment director all say the contract needs […]
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A South Lake Tahoe woman who was crossing Highway 50 Wednesday night died from her injuries Thursday morning at Renown Medical Center in Reno, where she had been airlifted. The name of the 62-year-old is not being released pending notification of her family. The accident occurred about 6pm Feb. 9 in front of Grocery Outlet. […]
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By Reno Gazette-Journal The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office today confirmed that a body found above the White’s Creek Trailhead is that of missing hiker Rick Gentry. Deputy Armando Avina said that two Washoe County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue volunteers were training their cadaver dog, Geiger, when they discovered the body in the area above […]
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Retired South Lake Tahoe fire Capt. Steve Taylor died in a snowmobiling accident Feb. 8. He was 58. Taylor was riding with two friends on personal sleds in the Blue Lakes Road area off Highway 88 when the accident occurred. The California Highway Patrol report says Taylor was riding at a high rate of speed […]
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A 40-year-old South Lake Tahoe man was arrested Tuesday on charges of possession of a dangerous weapon, violating parole and resisting arrest. Stephen Michael Wood was being sought in regards to a burglary at a residence in the 900 block of James Street. Probation officers responded to the 800 block of James in South Lake […]
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By Bob Brundage, Reno Gazette-Journal Western Environmental Testing Laboratory has found a growing need for its services in Nevada, California and Colorado during its short existence, and now it is trying to stretch its reach even farther. “We’re definitely looking to stay on the West Coast, in Arizona, Utah, Oregon and Idaho,” operations manager Nick […]
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