By Sean Emery, Orange County Register An Irvine man was sentenced to 22 months in federal prison today for transporting prostitutes over state lines to work at Seattle-area brothels disguised as massage parlors and tanning salons. Along with the prison sentence, Jesus “Jesse” Deleon was ordered to pay $152,000 and turn over eleven luxury watches […]
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By Kathryn Reed Northern California residential customers of Sierra Pacific Power will notice their electric meters spinning faster this month thanks to a 7.75 percent rate increase that took effect Dec. 1. Most bills will go up by $5.49 a month to $81.65. This is based on using 650 kilowatt-hours of electricity. This is the […]
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By Kathryn Reed It will be a busy first week in office when the directors of the South Tahoe Association of Realtors take office Jan. 1. They must appoint a president and vice president because the incoming leaders who were elected to the positions (both ran unopposed) resigned before they took office. Mike Phillips, who […]
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By Ray Hagar, Reno Gazette-Journal The Reno-Sparks Convention and Visitors Authority laid off seven full-time employees Tuesday as part of nearly $1 million in budget cuts, resulting from the continued recession of the local and national economies, RSCVA officials said. The layoffs and budget cuts were anticipated since RSCVA officials said two weeks ago that […]
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By Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal With winter’s arrival weeks away, few boats are taking to Lake Tahoe’s increasingly frigid waters. But any that are launched will continue to be inspected for the possible presence of aquatic hitchhikers posing a huge environmental and economic risk to the Sierra lake. The danger posed by quagga and zebra […]
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By Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee Working against a recent forecast of rain and an overnight low of 38 degrees, members of Rescue’s Foothills United Methodist Church hustled to ready shelter for El Dorado County’s homeless residents. Plans to rotate a nighttime shelter among area churches hit a snag, though. Organizers discovered some of the church […]
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By Kathryn Reed Jurors are expected to begin deliberations this afternoon in the South Lake Tahoe murder trial of the man accused of killing his 4-year-old son, but whose body has never been found. Ulysses Roberson is on trial for first-degree murder in the killing of Alexander Olive in their Tahoe Keys home in either […]
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By Hudson Sangree and Stephen Magagnini, Sacramento Bee The driver of a car that slammed into a tree Sunday, killing two high school students and a third passenger on a notoriously dangerous El Dorado County Road, may face vehicular manslaughter charges, a California Highway Patrol spokesman said. The passengers who died in the 12:40 a.m. […]
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By Hudson Sangree, Sacramento Bee A single-car accident early Sunday in rural El Dorado County left three teenagers dead and sent the young driver to the hospital, authorities said. The accident happened about 12:45 a.m. on Salmon Falls Road, a winding route notorious in recent years for a number of motorcycle crashes. The California Highway […]
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Publisher’s note: On Dec. 1 from 5-7pm the Biltmore will host an open house. On Dec. 9 at 9am the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency’s Advisory Planning Commission will meet at Stateline to discuss the Biltmore project. On Dec. 16 at 9:30am the TRPA Governing Board will meet in Incline Village to discuss this matter. By […]
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