By Sam Stanton, Sacramento Bee In the latest twist in the Jaycee Lee Dugard case, kidnap suspect Phillip Garrido is set to return to court today, where his attorney may say she doubts his mental competence. A closed hearing on the matter was held Thursday morning in El Dorado Superior Court, followed by an order […]
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By Ed Sealover, Denver Business Journal Vail Resorts Inc. ended fiscal year 2010 with increased revenue year-over-year from its mountain segment, but decreased net revenue from its lodging and real estate segments, leading to an overall 11.1 percent decrease in revenues, according to fiscal results released Thursday. Net income for the Broomfield-based company (NYSE: MTN) […]
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By Ron Trujillo, Sacramento Business Journal Sacramento-area home prices dropped last month compared to a year ago, as the four-county region remains one of the most sluggish markets for a recovery in the state. The region’s median home price — meaning half the homes sold for more, the other half for less — dipped 2.8 […]
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By Ray Hagar, Reno Gazette-Journal Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor continued her push Wednesday to change the way Nevada selects its district judges and Supreme Court justices. O’Connor, the first woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court, is backing Ballot Question 1, which would end Nevada’s system of electing judges and replace […]
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By Kathryn Reed CAMP RICHARDSON — Negative numbers fill the ledger of the Tahoe Tallac Association – putting the board in the awkward position this week of offering the executive director a contract extension with little or no money to pay her. Staff (high season has three full time and four part time) has been […]
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By Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Sun A New Jersey man who has been on Nevada’s List of Excluded Persons – the Black Book – since 1994 and on New Jersey’s List of Exclusion since 1989 was arrested in a Las Vegas casino Wednesday morning. Brent Eli Morris was apprehended by enforcement agents of the […]
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By Kathryn Reed California’s budget mess had employees at Lahontan Water Quality Control Board scrambling to figure out a way to keep the lights on. With rent not being paid on the South Lake Tahoe office on Lake Tahoe Boulevard, it also meant the electric bill was not getting paid. These checks are cut in […]
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By Stuart Pfeifer and Robert Faturechi, Los Angeles Times Los Angeles real estate mogul Ezri Namvar, an Iranian immigrant who amassed and then lost billions of dollars of commercial real estate holdings, has been indicted on wire fraud charges, his attorney said. Namvar, former owner of such high-profile properties as the Marriott hotel in downtown […]
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By David McGrath Schwartz, Las Vegas Sun Gov. Jim Gibbons is in stable condition after doctors performed surgery to repair his pelvis, which was broken in “several places,” according to his office. Gibbons suffered the injury Tuesday afternoon when he was thrown from a horse at a private Northern Nevada ranch. Gibbons, 65, had the […]
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The El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office is partnering with the Drug Enforcement Administration in the National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Sept. 25. This is an opportunity for county residents to dispose of old and unwanted prescription drugs. The sheriff’s office will be operating two sites where these drugs can be disposed of with no […]
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