By Erin Kelly, Gannett News Service WASHINGTON — When Republican Rep. Dean Heller came to Congress four years ago, he was all but lost among the wave of jubilant Democrats who had just won control of the House. Now, as he begins his third term, the 50-year-old Carson City resident has gone from a relatively […]
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By Kathryn Reed Money. It was the overriding concern of people asking questions of Lake Tahoe Community College’s president. Steve Maradian, interim president of the South Lake Tahoe school, delivered a one-hour talk Friday about the state of the college to about 40 people – students, administrators, trustees, faculty, and staff. Overall, his message was […]
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By Keith Rogers, Las Vegas Review-Journal The state Wildlife Commission voted Friday to establish Nevada’s first bear hunting season in an emotional-packed meeting that drew opposition from animal rights activists. The nine-member commission voted 7-1 with Commissioner Charles Howell casting the dissenting vote. Chairman Scott Raine did not vote. Read the whole story
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By Peter Hecht, Sacramento Bee John Luebbers, the elementary school janitor accused of gunning down his principal, told investigators he shot the boss because he had been fired from his job, Placerville police said Thursday. But school district officials said later in the day that the lead custodian at Louisiana Schnell School in Placerville wasn’t […]
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By Kathryn Reed Sitting water is asphalt’s nemesis. Water erodes the road surface, potholes develop, and then the edges start chipping away to make an even bigger hole. It’s a cycle that is repeated each winter in Lake Tahoe. With an unseasonably warm January and no white stuff in sight for the next week, snow […]
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By Kathryn Reed Kindertown day care in South Lake Tahoe will remain open for at least 120 days based on a judge’s ruling Thursday afternoon. El Dorado County Superior Court Judge James Dawson had little to say before issuing his decision to grant the stay. He asked Brenda Ray, deputy attorney general representing the Department […]
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By Sam Stanton, Sacramento Bee The judge in the Jaycee Lee Dugard kidnap case today ruled that Phillip Garrido is mentally competent to face trial in her 1991 abduction. El Dorado Superior Court Judge Douglas Phimister said, “The defendant is in fact competent to stand trial.” He set the next hearing the case for Feb. […]
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By Peter Hecht and Bill Lindelof, Sacramento Bee Custodian John Luebbers, angry after being fired, has confessed to killing Placerville school principal Sam LaCara, police said today. Capt. Mike Scott of the Placerville Police department said that Luebbers, 44, confessed that he shot and killed LaCara on Wednesday. Luebbers allegedly went home to get a […]
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By Sam Stanton, Sacramento Bee His own lawyer has said he may be mentally ill, that he hears the voices of angels who live underground speaking to him. He has told people he invented a special box to control sound with his mind, and he sought out the FBI before his arrest to discuss mind […]
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By Peter Hecht, Kim Minugh, Gina Kim and Carlos Alcalá, Sacramento Bee Only last Sunday, the two golfing buddies spent the day together on the course. But on Wednesday, a janitor at a Placerville elementary school confronted his friend, the principal, with a gun, police said. In a flash of fire, Principal Sam LaCara of […]
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