A South Lake Tahoe resident was cited last week for skiing out-of-bounds at Heavenly Mountain Resort. Nicholas Bridges, 28, had been reported missing Dec. 19 at 4:33pm. His friends had not seen him for two hours. It would be another four hours before he was located. Douglas County sheriff’s deputies said Bridges went under the […]
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By Tom Miller, KCRA-TV A rock slide along Highway 50 caused a massive boulder to land on the front end of a pickup truck, nearly killing the driver as he headed to Lake Tahoe. The Toyota Tacoma’s driver, who asked to be identified as Mike, didn’t see the cliff breaking apart as he drove eastbound […]
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The earth was moving and the sky was lighting up Tuesday night. A series of earthquakes rattled the Reno area, with the strongest temblor registering 4.4. The epicenter was 3½ miles north of Galena High School. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, eight quakes ranging from 2.5 to 4.4 struck Dec. 22 between 6:22pm and […]
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By Marisa Taylor, Aljazeera America High school students are more likely to smoke marijuana on a daily basis than they are to smoke cigarettes, according to an annual government survey of drug, alcohol and tobacco use released Wednesday. About 6 percent of 12th grade students reported that they smoked pot on a daily basis, about the same […]
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By Garance Burke and Jonathan Fahey, AP Security researcher Brian Wallace was on the trail of hackers who had snatched a California university’s housing files when he stumbled into a larger nightmare: Cyberattackers had opened a pathway into the networks running the United States power grid. Digital clues pointed to Iranian hackers. And Wallace found […]
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By Associated Press The price of gasoline nationwide keeps dropping. Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg said Sunday the average price of regular gas fell 4 cents in the past two weeks, to $2.06 per gallon. That’s the lowest price since April 2009. But the price-tracking website GasBuddy.com says the average has dropped to $1.99 per gallon, […]
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Garden Valley Fire Chief William Dekker resigned today, five days after his latest arrest on DUI charges. Details of the separation have not been released. The board of directors for the West Slope fire district met Dec. 22. They appointed Linda Szczepanik as interim chief. Dekker was pulled over Friday afternoon. This was not […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe is committing $100,000 of taxpayer money to fight the lawsuit filed by Councilwoman JoAnn Conner. Conner is asking the court and her attorney for a payment plan because of her income level. The City Council and City Manager Nancy Kerry – the five defendants – met in a special […]
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By Blaine Friedlander, Washington Post As Santa Claus makes his annual toy-distribution trip around the world, he will be guided Christmas Eve by Rudolph’s nose — of course — and the light of a brilliant moon. It is the first Christmas full moon since 1977, and just the ninth in the course of U.S. history. The pudgy […]
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By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal The past few years haven’t been easy for Lake Tahoe’s north shore communities. An epic drought took a toll on winter resorts and small business which depend on them. And in addition to the natural challenge the communities faced a political challenge in the form of an incorporation battle over […]
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