South Lake Tahoe police officers have released a new sketch of a man believed to be responsible for attempted sexual battery at Lake land Village on July 25. A guest at Lakeland Village told officers a man grabbed her from behind and dragged her into a storage closet. She was able to escape, although the […]
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By Kathryn Reed City of South Lake Tahoe retirees have been denied monetary compensation from a lawsuit they filed last year over health benefits. A group calling themselves the South Lake Tahoe Retirees Association filed the suit in December in U.S. District Court in Sacramento. Who is in this group has not been revealed. However, […]
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By Keith Rogers, Las Vegas Review-Journal Nevada soldiers who are accustomed to 110-plus degree summer days knew it was going to be at least that hot during their 10-month-long overseas tour in the Middle East. But it melts their minds to think they endured a historic heat wave in Kuwait that reached 129 degrees on […]
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By Alison Noon, AP SACRAMENTO — Campaigns supporting and opposing California’s 17 ballot initiatives have reported raising at least $65 million from April through June, according to paperwork filed this week with the secretary of state. The total does not include money spent by people not coordinated with official ballot campaigns. The vast majority of […]
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By Associated Press Caesars Entertainment Corp. on Wednesday reported a second-quarter loss of $2.08 billion, after reporting a profit in the same period a year earlier. The Las Vegas-based company said it had a loss of $14.25 per share. Caesars is the parent company of Harrah’s Lake Tahoe and Harveys. The casino operator posted revenue of […]
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By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal Whoever said public policy doesn’t sell hasn’t tried to scrounge up VIP tickets to the Lake Tahoe Environmental Summit. Sales of VIP tickets to the “yearly gathering of federal, state, and local leaders dedicated to the goal of restoring and sustaining Lake Tahoe,” were halted this week over concerns that […]
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By Melody Gutierrez, San Francisco Chronicle SACRAMENTO — A poll found that California voters strongly support the landmark state law adopted a decade ago to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and that voters favor expanding efforts to fight climate change. The Public Policy Institute of California survey released last week shows 62 percent of likely voters favor […]
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One night the couple was sleeping at the Ritz Carlton Lake Tahoe and the next they were in a jail cell. Jason Paul Bourquin, 24, of Washington, and Natasha Newlun, 26, of Alaska were allegedly making fake credit cards in their hotel room. Placer County sheriff’s deputies said once the hotel discovered what was going […]
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By Associated Press Californians conserved less water in June, the first month after statewide mandates were eased and control over drought restrictions returned to local water agencies, officials said Tuesday. The State Water Resources Control Board reported that Californians used 21.5 percent less water in June than they did in 2013, a drop of 6 […]
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By Diane Cardwell, New York Times LAFAYETTE — It was only two years ago that Elroy Holtmann spent about $20,000 on a home solar array to help cover the costs of charging his new electric car. With the savings on his monthly electric bills, he figured the investment would pay for itself in about a […]
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