By KCRA A bear that attacked a camper near Union Valley Reservoir in Eldorado National Forest going into the holiday weekend was shot and killed by wardens Friday evening. The attack occurred at about 2 a.m. at the Yellowjacket Campground, located at the Sierra reservoir. Kirsten Macintyre with the California Department of Fish and Game […]
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It took an El Dorado County Superior Court jury about a day to convict Joshua Barber of kidnapping, infliction of torture, aggravated assault and terrorist threats. Co-defendant Amanda Johnson entered a plea agreement to which she was sentenced to 11 years in state prison in return for truthful testimony against Barber. The two were involved […]
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By Reno Gazette-Journal The Nevada Highway Patrol will conduct a drunk driving checkpoint Sunday near Incline Village. A similar checkpoint last year led to 1,508 vehicles being screened, the NHP said in a statement. Twenty-six vehicles were directed to a secondary screening area where two people were arrested for drunken driving, one at the checkpoint […]
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A Lake Tahoe News reader from South Lake Tahoe wrote in saying: “The trailer park at 2333 Eloise is being torn down. I live in Sky Meadows just behind the trailer park, and have been watching men work on removing items from the park over the past few weeks. Then they brought out a large […]
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By Reno Gazette-Journal Caltrans is asking motorists to avoid driving on Interstate 80 between Truckee and the Nevada border during peak hours this weekend, due to lane restrictions and narrow lanes. Caltrans officials said motorists should find alternate routes due to delays of up to 45 minutes during the Fourth of July weekend. Motorists will […]
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By Dan Walters, Sacramento Bee The state Legislature voted this morning to give kidnap victim Jaycee Lee Dugard $20 million to head off a potentially larger judgment against the state for failing to adequately supervise her alleged kidnapper, prison parolee Phillip Garrido. The $20 million was placed into an otherwise routine “ciaims bill,” Assembly Bill […]
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A South Lake Tahoe jury this week found Kenneth Sharonoff guilty of second-degree murder in the killing of Clark “Otto” McCabe. The two men had been arguing when Sharonoff used a crossbow to kill McCabe on Jan. 23 in Placerville at a homeless encampment. The case was tried in Tahoe at the El Dorado County […]
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Smoke was billowing from the attic space above the kitchen of a South Lake Tahoe residence with Lake Valley firefighters reached the structure Wednesday night. Crews were able to extinguish the 8:55pm blaze at 1172 Canarsee St. before it spread to the surrounding structures or wildland. All occupants were able to exit the residence and […]
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By Kathryn Reed The South Lake Tahoe City Council has called a special closed session meeting for July 1 at 6pm at Lake Tahoe Airport. Agenda item – city manager. First order of business will be to discuss the two men who were interviewed June 27. A decision is likely to be made whether the […]
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By Patrick McGreevy, Los Angeles Times SACRAMENTO — After an exhausting political fight to put an $11.1-billion plan for shoring up the state’s water supply before voters, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger now wants to yank the measure from the November ballot. The governor is working with legislative leaders to postpone the water bond proposal as its […]
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