By Dale Kasler, Sacramento Bee California officials have asked a bankruptcy judge for permission to pursue their lawsuit against Alfred Villalobos, the former CalPERS board member they’ve accused of bribing top pension fund officials. “Bankruptcy is not a haven for wrongdoers,” lawyers for Attorney General Jerry Brown said in papers filed last week in U.S. […]
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Dry conditions and the threat of thunderstorms have prompted the National Weather Service in Reno to issue a fire warning for the Lake Tahoe Basin as well as the Carson City-Reno area. A fire weather watch means that critical fire weather conditions are possible. Scattered dry thunderstorms are being forecast for Wednesday afternoon into the […]
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By Rob Hotakainen, McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON – As the president of the Sacramento Kennel Club, Rosemarie Blood says that large-scale dog breeders should regulate themselves, without any intervention from the federal government. “I think the dog people have to police themselves. … It’s a sad thing when the government has to step in,” Blood said. […]
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By Reno Gazette-Journal Reno-Tahoe International Airport led the nation for the percentage of new flights added, a new survey found. The airport added 17 new or seasonal flights to its schedule in the last nine months — an increase of 14.7 percent, according to statistics from the Air Transportation Association. Detroit Metro was second with […]
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By Stephen Ward Pristine might have been the last word to use to describe the beaches of Lake Tahoe early this morning. Thanks to a group of volunteers on the South Shore, most people will never know what the shoreline looked like after people left behind their trash from the Fourth’s festivities. With the South […]
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By Martha Bellisle, Reno Gazette-Journal Drivers traveling this holiday weekend be warned: Nevada is tied for second in the nation most likely to issue a speeding ticket. That’s according to the National Motorists Association, a “drivers’ rights” group that helps people fight traffic charges. Florida tops the list for speeding tickets, with Nevada and Georgia […]
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By Cynthia Hubert, Sacramento Bee The emergency room of a Placerville hospital from which a mentally ill woman escaped in March had problems so severe that they represented “an immediate and serious threat” to the safety of all psychiatric patients treated there, a state investigation found. The California Department of Public Health investigated Marshall Medical […]
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By Kathryn Reed It appears Douglas County’s elected officials and staff are not communicating well. Commissioners Nancy McDermid and Greg Lynn met Friday morning with Chuck Bluth at his Glenbrook residence to discuss the disputed parking lot of the Nugget Building in Stateline. (This is where Sushi Pier and other businesses are.) Commissioners then went […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe’s next city manager has read the grand jury report, he knows the disconnect between the government and the people it is supposed to serve, he knows about shoveling snow, he knows about the economic rollercoaster ride of a tourism based economy – and still Tony O’Rourke accepted the job. […]
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By Austin Fay HOMEWOOD — Something has to be done in regards to the proposed Homewood Mountain Resort development. That was the overriding sentiment of Friday’s meeting of the Friends of the West Shore, a nonprofit organization aiming to provide a community voice to Homewood’s development plans. Water usage, the height of the new lodge […]
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