By Kathryn Reed “We walk in peaceful resistance to the negative rhetoric of the past election cycle.” That is the message a group of South Shore women want to convey as they march Jan. 21 in solidarity with the thousands, if not millions, of other women throughout the United States on that day. A woman in […]
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By Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle Local governments in California must release records of the amounts they’ve been billed by private lawyers for cases they handled, a divided state Supreme Court ruled Thursday. In a 4-3 decision, the court said the attorney-client privilege — which makes most communications with lawyers confidential — doesn’t apply to […]
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By Jason Hidalgo, Reno Gazette-Journal A lot of folks decided to make the move to the Silver State last year. Nevada was the ninth most popular destination for movers in 2016, according to the latest United Van Lines National Movers Study. The ranking represents a slight drop from 2015, when Nevada was ranked eighth in […]
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Douglas County sheriff’s deputies made 21 arrests in the Stateline area during the New Year holiday. The department considered the holiday weekend from Dec. 30 at 6pm to Jan. 2 at 6pm. In addition to the arrests at the lake at that time, five people were arrested in Carson Valley. Most of these were misdemeanor […]
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By Kathryn Reed It has been well documented that to get a job in El Dorado County it pays to know who is doing the hiring. Last month the Board of Supervisors reviewed a list of contracts of $64,000 or less signed by the chief administrative officer. According to board policy, these contracts are not […]
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Spooner Summit between Carson City and Highway 28 was temporarily closed this morning because of multiple spinouts. As of 8:43am Jan. 4 it had reopened. “People were not following the chain or snow tire requirements,” Meg Ragonese with the Nevada Department of Transportation told Lake Tahoe News. At the time of the closure only the […]
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For the second straight day the weather has forced the closure of schools in the Tahoe-Truckee Unified School District. Washoe County school in Incline Village have also been canceled for Jan. 4. A winter storm warning remains in effect for the Lake Tahoe Basin through 4am Jan. 5. Another 6 to 12 of snow could […]
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If it’s true things go in threes, then the workload for South Tahoe firefighters should diminish for a while. Crews on Tuesday night quickly knocked down a fire on Markoffer Way. One person was displaced because of the amount of damage to the duplex. The cause of the Jan. 3 fire is being blamed on the […]
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Kingsbury Grade has finally been closed because the sink hole that has been expanding is now too dangerous for vehicles to drive on. The closure went into effect at 5pm Jan. 3. “As weather will play a factor, no timeframe is set to complete roadway repairs, but we will work to reopen the road as […]
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An 18-year-old South Lake Tahoe man has been arrested in connection with the Dec. 29 drive-by shooting in town. Kevin Gonzalez was booked into jail on one felony charge of assault with a deadly weapon and one misdemeanor charge of destruction of evidence. South Lake Tahoe police officers said other arrests are possible. The drive […]
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