By Kathryn Reed The trial of the former South Tahoe High School security guard accused of smoking pot with a student is not happening this week as scheduled. Larry Brown’s attorney filed a motion to suppress evidence. That issue is scheduled to be heard Sept. 24. “Defense also wanted us to take a look at […]
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By Kellene Stockwell, Channel 2 News Fire crews are battling a 460-acre blaze south of Lake Tahoe in Markleeville near the Wolf Creek trailhead in the Carson-Iceberg Wilderness. The Wolf Creek Fire is currently 10 percent contained. Sierra Front says it started Tuesday night and that lodgepole trees are fueling the blaze. No structures are […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE — Caltrans is one step closer to having all the hurdles cleared so it can close Echo Summit in both directions next spring in order to replace the dilapidated rock wall. It was a brief hearing Aug. 5 before Jim Baetge at the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency office in Stateline. With […]
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By Kathryn Reed Christopher Wadstein of South Lake Tahoe pleaded guilty this week to being a felon in possession of a firearm, and evading a police officer and reckless driving. His latest arrest was June 29 when he led law enforcement on a high-speed chase through South Lake Tahoe that ended in the Upper Truckee […]
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Publisher’s note: This week’s technology conference at Northstar-at-Tahoe has brought out a who’s who in the tech world, like Bill Gates, and other representatives of today’s leading companies. By Alexei Oreskovic, Reuters About 200,000 smartphones and other devices based on Google’s Android operating system are sold every day, CEO Eric Schmidt said on Wednesday, underscoring […]
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By Maura Dolan, Carol J. Williams and Rong-Gong Lin II, Los Angeles Times A day after Proposition 8 was thrown out in court, both sides in California’s debate over gay marriage are focusing on the next fight in a battle that is likely to end up before the U.S. Supreme Court. Opponents of gay marriage […]
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By Kathryn Reed A reunion is how some people described Wednesday’s groundbreaking ceremony of the multi-million dollar Lakeview Commons project in South Lake Tahoe. Missing, though, were key people who had an early vision to keep the 56 acres of prime real estate that straddles both sides of Highway 50 for the people. It started […]
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By Kathryn Reed Not only is the South Shore bus agency losing vehicles, it has lost a member. El Dorado County no longer is part of South Tahoe Area Transportation Authority. “A registered letter was sent (July 29) to participating agencies,” county Supervisor Norma Santiago told Lake Tahoe News on Wednesday. “We are working out […]
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By Kathryn Reed A civil rights lawsuit has been filed in federal court against South Lake Tahoe, the city police department and Officer Russell Liles. John Andoh, former transit administrator for South Tahoe Area Transportation Agency, in documents filed Aug. 2 in U.S. District Court in Sacramento alleges he has been racially discriminated against. According […]
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By Sean Collins Walsh, Reno Gazette-Journal While supporters of same-sex marriage celebrated in the streets of San Francisco Wednesday, Northern Nevada activists mulled what the rejection of a same-sex marriage ban in California will mean for Nevada. Judge Vaughn Walker of U.S. District Court in San Francisco on Wednesday overturned Proposition 8, a statewide referendum […]
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