By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe expects to have a police chief on the force in October. Interviews for the seven candidates vying for the top cop job in the city are Sept. 13. One of the seven is local, with the rest from outside the basin. Martin Hewlett, captain and acting chief of the […]
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The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office advises citizens to be aware of a new “local” version of a telephone scam. The scammer calls the victim claiming to be a volunteer or employee of the Douglas County Senior Citizens Center. The scammer claims he/she is soliciting funds on behalf of the Senior Center to donate to the […]
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By Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Sun Nevada has built its reputation as a low-tax haven to encourage companies to relocate their businesses here in recent years. But low taxes alone won’t be enough to lure companies when rival states offset the low-tax advantage with economic incentives to move, a group studying the economic diversification […]
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By Michele Ellson, Oakland Tribune Last week wasn’t the first time Alameda fire Chief David Kapler faced allegations he misused fire department resources. Kapler was accused of misusing his department vehicle when he was chief of another fire department nearly two decades ago, one of a host of allegations that ultimately led to his resignation […]
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A 10-year-old South Lake Tahoe girl was able to escape on her bike after a man more than three times her age tried to lure her into his vehicle. Police officers are calling the Aug. 25 11:25am incident a possible attempted abduction. The incident occurred at the corner of Third Street and Ruth Avenue. The […]
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Lake Tahoe Community College has received a $219,900 grant to provide academic and other support services to low-income, first generation and disabled college students. The U.S. Department of Education money is designed to increase student retention and graduation rates, facilitate their transfer from two-year to four-year colleges, and foster an institutional climate supportive of the […]
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By Kathryn Reed Kindertown is staying open. It was Sept. 23, 2009, that Maria Barrows-Crist told the parents of her South Lake Tahoe day care the state would be shutting the facility down the next month. It didn’t happen then and it’s not going to happen now. Judge Stephen Bailey ruled Aug. 26 the state […]
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Firefighters this afternoon put out a small vegetation fire near Pioneer Trail and Highway 50 in Meyers. “The quick response by firefighters from all three agencies (Lake Valley, CalFire, USFS) prevented it from getting larger and potentially putting the community at risk,” Lake Valley spokeswoman Leona Allen said of the 1:3pm blaze. Lake Valley Fire […]
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By Claudia Buck, Sacramento Bee More than 40,000 California businesses that have not filed their 2008 state income tax returns are getting warning letters from the Franchise Tax Board. The notices give businesses 30 days to file a return or show why there is no tax filing requirement. Businesses that disregard the notices could face […]
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By Kathryn Reed One year ago today Jaycee Lee Dugard was released from the horror she had known for the previous 18 years. Those formative years from age 11 to 29 were spent cloistered in a ramshackle backyard compound in the Bay Area. After being kidnapped from her school bus stop in Meyers, she was […]
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