Contra Costa Times SACRAMENTO — An adult filmmaker plans to base a movie on the case of Jaycee Dugard, the rape and kidnap victim who was discovered to be living in the backyard of a home near Antioch for 18 years. According to Sacramento TV station CBS 13, Shane Ryan, an actor and low budget […]
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By Barbara Barte Osborn, Sacramento Bee TAHOE CITY — A 17-year-old Tahoe City youth died over the weekend after being ejected from an off-road vehicle. Evan Norman was pronounced dead at the scene Saturday by Placer County Sheriff’s deputies. County Chief Deputy Coroner Dennis Watt said Norman died of head injuries. Read the whole story
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Apparently all those snow calls at last week’s Sierra-at-Tahoe party were heard because the forecast for the next few days is for a bunch of white stuff in Lake Tahoe. Snow and rain is supposed to arrive tonight, with a couple inches accumulating at lake level. This means even more will be falling on the […]
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By Kathryn Reed For the person schussing down one of the myriad slopes in and around Lake Tahoe, it’s all about fun. For the people running the resort, it’s a business. Skiing impacts a variety of industries – lodging, restaurants, massage, retail and others. If the resorts don’t do well, no one does well. The […]
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Tom Darby, KOH AM-780 A Mountain Life Flight Helicopter out of Susanville crashed this morning 15 miles north of the Nevada-California stateline. Three crew members on board are confirmed dead at this time. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the accident. The flight was on a return flight from transporting a patient to Renown […]
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By Sam Stanton, Sacramento Bee The intrigue over who will serve as accused kidnapper Nancy Garrido’s attorney continued Thursday as a judge in Placerville appointed a new attorney to replace the one he removed last week. Veteran defense attorney Stephen A. Tapson was appointed Thursday to represent Garrido at least until a hearing on the […]
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By Kathryn Reed Embattled South Lake Tahoe Police Chief Terry Daniels is calling it quits after more than 27 years in law enforcement. As part of a reorganization plan that will be before the City Council on Tuesday, a number of jobs are likely to go by the wayside. This doesn’t mean there won’t be […]
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A Pollock Pines resident was arrested in Stateline on Tuesday for allegedly trafficking in a controlled substance. Francisco Reyes-Vizcarra, 31, was booked into the jail at Stateline on felony for charges. Members of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office Street Enforcement Team, working with the Western El Dorado Narcotic Enforcement Team (WENET), arrested Reyes-Vizcarra in a […]
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KCRA TV SACRAMENTO — In his third jailhouse letter to KCRA 3, Phillip Garrido issued an apology “for what has taken place” and referenced “ending a sexual problem believed to be impossible.” Garrido is the convicted rapist accused of kidnapping Jaycee Lee Dugard nearly two decades ago and holding her in a backyard compound at […]
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Business license fees might be going up in South Lake Tahoe. As a way to generate money and make the system more equitable, the City Council has decided to discuss the topic further at its Dec. 8 meeting. The annual fee is based on gross income. There are minimums and maximums. The council is contemplating […]
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