By Carlos Alcalá, Sacramento Bee An El Dorado County jury Wednesday convicted David Charles Zanon of running down and killing a California Highway Patrol officer and attempting to murder other officers. The first-degree murder conviction with special allegations makes Zanon, 40, eligible for the death penalty. Zanon killed California Highway Patrol Officer Scott Russell in […]
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By Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal More than three months after announcing plans to plant up to 3 million carbon-sucking trees north of Reno, the exact status of an Australian company’s Smoke Creek project remains unclear. Representatives of the ECO2 Forests Inc. international forestry company say they remain “100 percent committed” to their project. But plans […]
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By Kathryn Reed This morning’s ground breaking of Lakeview Commons almost had to be rescheduled. That’s because South Lake Tahoe’s City Council didn’t have a contractor in place until Tuesday morning. Three items on Aug. 3’s consent agenda all related to the project. They took about as much time to resolve as it did to […]
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By Kathryn Reed Sixty percent of the South Lake Tahoe City Council will be new after voters cast their ballots Nov. 2. Jerry Birdwell joins Kathay Lovell and Bill Crawford in deciding not to seek another term. “I’m going to take a breather. I’m going to enjoy running the (Black Bear) Inn, sitting on the […]
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By Carlos Alcalá, Sacramento Bee Five uniformed employees of the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office are under investigation in connection with using online education from unaccredited sources to qualify for higher pay. A survey of officers’ credentials began following questions about the educational credentials of Stan Perez, a CHP officer who had been a candidate […]
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By Reno Gazette-Journal Smoke was visible in the Reno area on Tuesday as winds blew in smoke from the Bar Fire in the Plumas National Forest two hours west of Reno, said Zach Tolby, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Reno. Progress was made Tuesday on the 900 acre fire as firefighters utilized […]
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By Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee An 82-year-old Sacramento man drowned Saturday afternoon in Lake Tahoe after his inflatable boat capsized, official said today. The incident occurred near the 700 block of West Lake Boulevard. Sgt. John Giovannini of the Placer County Sheriff’s Department said Robert Clyde Cook was transporting family and friends between a boat […]
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By Sacramento Bee U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker will issue a decision Wednesday on the constitutional challenge to California’s Proposition 8, the ban on same-sex marriage, according to a court announcement today. Walker’s written order will be released electronically Wednesday – no hour was given – and will later be available for public review […]
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Fire officials don’t know what started a nearly three-quarter acre fire near Cascade Falls on Monday night. A helicopter helped crews from the U.S. Forest Service, Lake Valley and CalFire fight the blaze. It was reported about 5:30pm on Aug. 2, contained by 7:15pm and controlled by 9:40pm. The fire was where the falls exit […]
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By Bill Lindelof and Carlos Alcalá, Sacramento Bee An undiagnosed heart defect caused the death of an 11-year-old boy who collapsed during football practice, a pastor of the youngster’s family said today. Andrew Jacob Lamphere of Garden Valley was practicing with a “Junior Midget” football team at Golden Sierra High School in Garden Valley, north […]
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