By Cy Ryan, Las Vegas Sun CARSON CITY – A civil suit against Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger by a casino employee who accuses him of sexually assaulting her is now before the Nevada Supreme Court. It’s a pre-trial battle between Roethlisberger and Andrea McNulty on where the case should be tried. A district judge […]
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By Andrew Martin, New York Times TRUCKEE — When Mimi Ash arrived at her mountain chalet here for a weekend ski trip, she discovered that someone had broken into the home and changed the locks. When she finally got into the house, it was empty. All of her possessions were gone: furniture, her son’s ski […]
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By Jonathan Alter, Newsweek Bill Gates is raising his arm, bent at the elbow, in the direction of the ceiling. The point he’s making is so important that he wants me and the pair of Gates Foundation staffers sitting in the hotel conference room in Louisville, Ky., to recognize the space between this thought and […]
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By Mike Danko, Aviation Law Monitor We’ve filed suit against Los Gatos real estate broker Karen Trolan, her husband Steve Trolan, and their company, Trolan Enterprises, as a result of the September 2009 plane crash that left the Trolans’ passenger, 14 year-old Marilyn Mitchell, seriously injured. The Trolans were headed from Truckee Tahoe airport to […]
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By Ed Fletcher, Sacramento Bee Bing Crosby should come to Lake Tahoe. With a fresh heap of snow blanketing the landscape, the classic “White Christmas” crooner couldn’t have dreamed it any better. Nor could the area’s tourist industry. An abundance of snow and a temporary pause in the inclement weather are promising for ski resorts. […]
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By Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune The nation’s top environmental regulator on Tuesday promised to complete a scientific review of hexavalent chromium by summer and consider ordering cities to start testing for the toxic metal in tap water. During a meeting with senators from Illinois and six other states, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson […]
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By George Warren, News 10 SACRAMENTO – An elaborate scheme promising help for struggling homeowners targeted dozens of Sacramento-area Russian families, a News10 investigation has revealed. A search of property records in Sacramento, Placer, El Dorado and Yolo Counties shows roughly 50 Russian families and individuals deeded their homes in 2008 and 2009 to an […]
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The 2010 Census enumeration began last January in a remote corner of Alaska and in the months that followed, America stepped up and achieved a successful census. As mandated by the Constitution, the census counts every resident in the United States every 10 years to determine the number of seats each state receives in the […]
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By Kathryn Reed Former South Lake Tahoe City Councilwoman Kathay Lovell has been appointed to a four-year term on the state Board of Occupational Therapy. “Being on the recipient end of occupational therapy I might have something different to offer than those in the industry,” Lovell told Lake Tahoe News. The seven-member board is required […]
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By Jeanette Steele, San Diego Union-Tribune Two Navy instructor pilots have been stripped of flying status and two student pilots will have to repeat training because of a September incident in which they dipped two $33 million aircraft into Lake Tahoe while trying to take photos for the squadron’s Facebook page, a Navy official said […]
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