By Sam Stanton, Marjie Lundstrom and Denny Walsh, Sacramento Bee For nearly 18 months, Sacramento businessman Michael Lyon has faced the twin crises of a bitter divorce and a criminal probe. The fallout escalates as the 54-year-old executive, who has stepped aside as CEO of Lyon Real Estate, resigned this week as a Boy Scout […]
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The Nevada Gaming Control Board today said casinos statewide won $829.7 million in July, compared with $872.7 million the year before. This is a 4.9 percent drop. On the South Shore, the decline was by 12.8 percent. Casinos collected $23.7 million this year compared to $27.5 million in 2009. North Shore casinos had a slight […]
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By Kathryn Reed Money – that was an overriding theme of the eight people who spoke before the Lahontan Regional Water Control Board about the proposed amendment to the plan to reduce sediment into Lake Tahoe. How the plan will be implemented was another concern. No one argued at the Sept. 8 meeting at Lake […]
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By Kathryn Reed El Dorado County has more budget hearing scheduled for this month even though a budget was passed in June for the fiscal year that began July 1. The first budget is a “recommended budget” while what the supervisors will vote on this month is the final budget. Even though state law requires […]
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By John Schwartz, New York Times The “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy toward gay members of the military is unconstitutional, a federal judge in California ruled Thursday. Judge Virginia A. Phillips of Federal District Court struck down the rule in an opinion issued late in the day. The policy was signed into law in 1993 […]
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By Michael Doyle, McClatchy News Service WASHINGTON — The rarely seen Sierra Nevada red fox could be the next candidate for federal protection, and perhaps political controversy, now that one has been photographed prowling around Sonora Pass. State law currently covers the fox. The federal Endangered Species Act does not. As scientists pick up the […]
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By Bob Shallit, Sacramento Bee Here’s the latest sign of trouble in Lake Tahoe’s battered economy: a $25 million apartment complex built to house resort-area employees is now in default and will be sold for pennies on the dollar. The 96-unit Sawmill Heights apartment project was completed in 2006 at the base of the Northstar […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE — The faces of redevelopment – past, present and yet to come – brought some clarity to an issue that tends to be as appealing as drinking vinegar. All three speakers on Sept. 8 spoke of the virtues of redevelopment and how this tool has, is and will help the South […]
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Updated Sept. 8 3:40pm: On Sept. 8 the South Lake Tahoe Police Department arrested Alejandro Martinez, 28, of South Lake Tahoe on charges of attempted murder. A 26-year-old South Lake Tahoe man was shot Friday night by someone he knows. However, the shooter remains at-large. The bullet grazed the victim’s head. He was treated and […]
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By Jim Sanders, Sacramento Bee The California Assembly has begun enforcing a dusty rule in which the media can watch lawmakers debate public policy on one condition: Turn off the video cameras and microphones. Sergeants-at-arms, in a broad push by Assembly leaders to enhance decorum, recently began confronting credentialed members of the media and others […]
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