By Victoria Colliver, San Francisco Chronicle More than 70 percent of California residents who were uninsured before the Affordable Care Act went into effect now have coverage, even though some worries about costs and access to medical care persist, according to a study released Thursday. The study, the fourth in a series of surveys of […]
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Neva Roberts, who served on the South Lake Tahoe City Council from 1982-90, died Aug. 26. The 79-year-old was most recently living in Reno. She had health issues for several years. Ms. Robert’s two terms on the council were significant because this is when redevelopment was just beginning. Her tenure was during the time the […]
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By Maura Dolan, Los Angeles Times A federal appeals court decided by a 2-1 vote Friday that Jaycee Lee Dugard, who was kidnapped as a child from a bus stop in Meyers and held by a parolee for 18 years, cannot hold federal parole officials liable for failing to supervise her abductor. “Phillip Garrido, a […]
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By Ben Botkin, Las Vegas Review-Journal STATELINE — Donald Trump headlined a fundraiser for the Nevada Republican Party on Friday, making an appearance without a teleprompter and taking questions from the audience. About 840 people attended the $200 a plate event at Harrah’s Lake Tahoe to hear the GOP nominee for president. Trump’s presence was […]
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An El Dorado County businessman this week admitted he cheated on taxes. Briant Benson did not file income tax returns for 2004, 2005 and 2006, despite having incomes of $870,000 $838,000 and $206,000, respectively. The 59-year-old from El Dorado Hills was the president and CEO of multiple medical device companies. According to court documents, Benson […]
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Nine wild animals have tested positive for rabies in El Dorado County this year. The rabid animals include one fox, one bat and seven skunks. While none have been located in the Tahoe basin, that isn’t always the case. This year the rabid animals have been in Placerville, Pollock Pine, Diamond Springs, Somerset and El […]
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By Kathryn Reed Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump spent the better part of Friday in Nevada, with Tahoe being part of his itinerary. He landed at Lake Tahoe Airport at 6:50pm after being in Las Vegas. This was nearly an hour after a private fundraiser started in his honor at Harrah’s Lake Tahoe. His trek […]
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By Matt Levin, CalMatters Where in California has the gap between rich and poor grown most since the Great Recession? The Bay Area, home of your Zuckerbergs and Steyers and some of the most expensive ZIP codes in the country, seems like a logical answer. Over the past decade, what other part of California has minted […]
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By Alexa Renee, KXTV If a major earthquake affected the region, would you be prepared? Most people wouldn’t be ready, according to Graham Kent, who is the director of the Nevada Seismological Laboratory– as well as a professor in the Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering at UNR. At least 120 people were killed and […]
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By Jill Tucker, San Francisco Chronicle While a new state law requires children to be vaccinated to attend public or private school, thousands of California students are filing into classrooms this month without the required immunizations. In fact, it will be years before the law that Gov. Jerry Brown signed last year, in the aftermath […]
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