By Melody Gutierrez, San Francisco Chronicle SACRAMENTO — California would levy a new 15 percent tax on medical marijuana sales to enforce new regulations and pay for state programs, rehabilitation and parks under a bill introduced last week. The Marijuana Value Tax Act could bring the state more than $100 million in new revenue. The […]
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Alpine Meadows ski resort was closed Thursday because of avalanches and the potential danger for more. Avalanches struck two occupied vehicles on Alpine Meadows Road on the morning of Feb. 18. No one was injured. Ron Carson with North Tahoe Fire Department said the avalanche pushed the employee bus about 30 feet into a resident’s […]
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A Zephyr Cove woman has been missing since Monday. Carolyn Batchelor, 69, was last seen by her roommate about 5:10pm Feb. 15. Batchelor is 5-foot-7, 180 pounds, with shoulder length blonde hair and blue eyes. She was last wearing a long black coat. She was driving a silver Honda Pilot SUV with Nevada plates HP2295. […]
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By Jim Carlton, Wall Street Journal TAHOE CITY — At this time last year, so little snow had fallen around Lake Tahoe that a nearby golf course opened months earlier than usual, and ski resorts had to make their own powder on runs flanked by bare ground. But this year, Lake Tahoe is once again a winter wonderland: resorts […]
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By Siobhan McAndrew, Reno Gazette-Journal Nevada lawyer and lobbyist Harvey Whittemore has left the Federal Prison Camp in Lompoc and is now living in a halfway house in San Francisco, according to son Chase Whittemore. Whittemore was released earlier this month to the Sacramento branch of the Reentry Rehabilitation Management Program through the Federal Bureau […]
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More than two dozen law enforcement agencies in Nevada will be joining forces Feb. 19-March 7 to crack down on drivers exceeding speed limits or driving too fast for road conditions. Speeding is a contributing factor in approximately one-third of fatal crashes on the nation’s roadways. Exceeding the speed limit is considered aggressive driving just as […]
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With at least a foot of snow falling on the South Shore overnight, the lake schools in Douglas County School District are closed today. The Sierra Avalanche Center has said the danger level is “considerable” for Feb. 18. Ski resorts are reporting about 2 feet of new white stuff on the slopes. A winter storm […]
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By Kathryn Reed Roof lines, construction material, lighting, landscaping – even how the building is situated on the property – are all aspects of design guidelines being created for future development in South Lake Tahoe. The goal is to establish a mountain feel, while still being contemporary. Plenty of negative comments surfaced after BevMo and […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe City Councilwoman JoAnn Conner’s challenge to have a judge dismissed from the case she has filed against the city has been denied. “His statements were all prefaced with ‘I don’t know’ or ‘I don’t have the record in front of me’ and lastly ‘I’m not sure.’ The statements do not […]
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Two people have been arrested in connection with the murder of an Amador County man that occurred Jan. 30 in the parking lot of the Beverly Lodge in South Lake Tahoe. Tristan Batten, 18, was arrested Feb. 16 in Vallejo and Harvest Davidson, 20, was apprehended Feb. 17 in Sacramento. Both face one count […]
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