By Kathryn Reed An ember should be able to hit a house, drop and not start a spot fire. That’s called defensible space. John Pickett, forester with Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District, talked recently about all things fire and what homeowners can do to make their home less combustible. Five feet from the structure is the […]
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By Bernice Yeung, Reveal It started out innocently enough when, in the spring of 2014, a Hilton Hotel housekeeper in Southern California was cleaning a set of rooms on the sixth floor. A guest from the next room asked her for extra towels. She told him to take as many as he needed and he […]
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A Sacramento man was detained during the weekend celebrity golf tournament in Stateline for inappropriately touching singer Justin Timberlake’s face, according to Douglas County sheriff’s deputies. Deputies said Timberlake declined to press charges after the July 23 incident at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course. However, Keith Michael Weglin, 29, allegedly became argumentative when Timberlake told him […]
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A multi-vehicle accident is blocking both lanes of Highway 50 in Meyers. Caltrans said the road should be open just after 5pm July 26. “There were minor injuries and they are waiting for tow trucks and ambulances,” Caltrans spokesman Steve Nelson told Lake Tahoe News. The accident occurred just before near the gun mount at […]
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Updated 1:15pm: A West Slope bank robbery suspect didn’t get far before being apprehended on Monday. David Jarrell, 22, of El Dorado Hills reportedly robbed the US Bank on White Rock Road in El Dorado Hill s on July 25 at 2:35pm. Not long after that he was found by sheriff’s deputies in a creek. Investigators […]
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Jacks Valley Road in the Carson Valley remains closed from Montaña to the second entrance of Genoa Lakes Golf Course because of a sink hole caused by a water line break. Douglas County crews installed a valve Monday night allowing water to be transferred from Genoa Lake to Montaña. The water tank level in the […]
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By Jill Tucker, San Francisco Chronicle State officials this month added the evolution of gay rights and the contributions of lesbian and gay figures in history to the list of topics that public-school students will be taught in California, a landmark move that puts the ongoing LGBT civil rights fight into the mainstream of public education. […]
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Two Carson City residents died Sunday in a motorcycle accident on Monitor Pass. They were both on the motorcycle that was going south on Highway 89 on July 24. Their names have not been released pending notification of next of kin. According to Alpine County sheriff’s deputies, the motorcycle crossed into oncoming traffic for unknown […]
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By Patrick Clark, Bloomberg Home prices have hit record highs in some major U.S. metropolitan areas, and house-flippers are behaving like it’s 2005: It’s no wonder people are chattering about another housing bubble. But residential real estate isn’t in a speculative bubble, industry observers contend. Instead, a low inventory of available homes is driving prices […]
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By Megan Messerly, Las Vegas Sun PHILADELPHIA — Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison, a longtime Bernie Sanders supporter who has endorsed Hillary Clinton, attempted to preach a message of unity at the Nevada delegation breakfast this morning. Ellison said it was OK to “duke it out” in the primary, but it’s time to come together. “We […]
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