By Susan Wood The board tasked with running Fallen Leaf Lake operations agreed to start negotiations with a local electrician to run the store and marina in the small mountain haven near South Lake Tahoe. In a complete turnaround of events, Saturday’s meeting, which included snippy comments between board members, concluded with Community Services District […]
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By Kathryn Reed By separating out food waste for composting, Embassy Suites in South Lake Tahoe last year reduced the amount of trash it produced by 33 percent. Yes, the hotel’s occupancy was down in 2009, but only by 8 percent. David Hansen, director of engineering for the property, has been spearheading all things green […]
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Kevin Robert Rudnicki, 43, of Oakley died in a snowmobiling accident in Alpine County. Thursday’s single-vehicle accident occurred near Utica Reservoir. The accident is under investigation.
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By Kathryn Reed Rep. Tom McClintock rattled off a slew of statistics about how bad the national debt is going to be in the next five and 10 years – mostly because of government bailouts and the week-old national health care plan. The Republican whose district office is in Granite Bay, but who got elected […]
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By Shanna McCord, Santa Cruz Sentinel SANTA CRUZ — Deja vu might best describe Henry Brzezinski’s career in protecting animals. Brzezinski, head of the county’s Animal Services Authority, is moving back to El Dorado County to take the same position he held there for nearly six years before landing the Santa Cruz job in June […]
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By Frank X. Mullen Jr., Reno Gazette-Journal The more horses that are removed from the range, the higher federal care and feeding costs soar. They are about to go a lot higher. President Barack Obama’s 2011 budget proposal calls for a $12 million increase in the Bureau of Land Management’s $64 million wild horse and […]
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By Kathryn Reed Douglas County school board will have a special meeting March 30 to narrow the field of superintendent candidates to no more than three. Six people were interviewed this week to run the district which has schools at the lake and in the Carson Valley. The closest candidate hails from Washoe County, with […]
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South Lake Tahoe police officers are calling this week’s sentencing of three gang members the dismantling of the command structure of the Cyclones street gang. Jorge Casillas, Carlos Trejo and a 16-year-old male pleaded guilty to first degree burglary, assault with a deadly weapon and participating in a criminal street gang in the June stabbing […]
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By Kathryn Reed Money is so often touted as the difference between high and low academic performing schools. Bijou Community School might get to test that theory. Bijou expects to receive a nearly $300,000 grant in May that must be spent by Sept. 30. The grant may prove money does make a difference when it […]
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By Pete Krajewski, Reno Gazette-Journal Nevada game wardens are looking for poachers who killed three deer west of Carson City on Feb. 25, including one doe who was pregnant with twins. Two does were found killed, with nearly all of the meat taken, and a buck was also discovered nearby in Voltaire Canyon, Rob Buonamici, […]
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