By Susan Voyles, Reno Gazette-Journal An advisory question on whether the Nevada Legislature should obtain the consent of local governments before taking away revenues or imposing new functions will be on the Washoe County ballot Nov. 2. With the county commission’s unanimous approval today, Washoe became the second county in Nevada to approve the ballot […]
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By Dale Kasler, Sacramento Bee RENO – Former CalPERS board member Alfred Villalobos, facing accusations that he bribed pension fund officials, broke his silence Wednesday, persuading a bankruptcy judge to unfreeze some of his assets so he could reopen his business. The Stateline, Nev., resident, who earned more than $50 million helping Wall Street clients […]
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By Martha Bellisle, Reno Gazette-Journal Peter Bergna, a former Incline Village art appraiser convicted of staging a 1998 crash on Slide Mountain that killed his wife, failed to prove a long list of claims against his lawyers, the Nevada Supreme Court said in denying his appeal. A Washoe District Court jury found Bergna guilty in […]
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By Kathryn Reed Convoluted bid documents sent out by South Lake Tahoe officials are delaying construction of Lakeview Commons by more than a month. The soonest work at El Dorado Beach could begin is Aug. 16. Lakeview Commons is the name of what had been called the 56-acre project. The plan is to revitalize the […]
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By Kathryn Reed Summer is here. Sometimes in Tahoe it takes looking at the calendar and not just outside to know this fact. Mother Nature has been struggling to warm up this part of Sierra. Just last week the overnight lows were consistently in the 30s. The National Weather Service in Reno said some 30s […]
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Publisher’s note: Click here to read about the driver of the truck. By Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal At least three other trucks launched off the end of an Incline Village runaway truck ramp before the one that crashed into a home Friday and killed a truck driver trapped in his burning rig, fire officials said […]
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By Kathryn Reed To save $200,000 in the 2010-11 Lake Tahoe Unified School District budget, three classified positions have been axed and 12.5 hours a day of elementary office assistants slashed. The decision came Tuesday night even though it won’t be until this afternoon that the California School Employees Association votes to ratify the one-year […]
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South Lake Tahoe received of a $131,311 grant from the California Energy Commission that will be used for energy-efficient lighting. The money will be used on a custom retrofit and replacement of all 88 pedestrian walkway lights on Ski Run Boulevard to low-wattage LED lights and replacement of approximately 100 high-energy use florescent lights to […]
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By Austin Fay A community panel reached an informal consensus to recommend Tony O’Rourke to the City Council to be the next city manager of South Lake Tahoe. Seven community members spent 90 minutes questioning the two finalists Monday morning. It may have been a waste of time for everyone involved because the City Council […]
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El Dorado County Animal Services is searching for the owners of two dogs that are connected to a dog bite incident that occurred June 15 at approximately 5pm at Cove East in South Lake Tahoe. A man was bitten by one or two dogs as he was walking near the entrance of the California Tahoe […]
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