By Kathryn Reed KINGS BEACH – Millions of dollars in state money has been funneled into Kings Beach to improve aesthetics, keep sediment out of Lake Tahoe and upgrade the infrastructure. Even more work is planned for the area, which in large part will be designed to upgrade the recreation opportunities. The California Tahoe Conservancy […]
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A 21-year-old transient was arrested Wednesday night on auto theft charges. South Lake Tahoe police officers on Sept. 16 stopped Tarra Sheffield driving a 1991 Honda Accord that had been reported missing last weekend. This was one of four vehicles that had been reported stolen between Sept. 11 and Sept. 12. In every case, the […]
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By Julia Prodis Sulek, San Jose Mercury News LAKE PORT — CalFire Capt. Scott Rohrs and his three crewmen were racing to the scene of the Valley fire when the foreboding news crackled over radio dispatch: four elite firefighters had been overrun by flames, suffering serious second-degree burns. The fire was barely an hour old, […]
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By Jackie Valley, Las Vegas Sun The Silver State Health Insurance Exchange will not operate brick-and-mortar enrollment stores during this year’s sign-up period for government-subsidized health insurance. “It wasn’t fiscally prudent to walk in that direction,” Bruce Gilbert, executive director of the exchange, told board members at a meeting last week. Last year, the exchange […]
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The South Lake Tahoe Police Department is starting to use a new technology — essentially DNA for property — to assist in combating property theft. The technology is called Anti-Theft Dots. Applications of this technology include a special substance that can withstand extreme elements including salt water and temperatures in excess of 2,000 degrees. Suspended inside […]
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By Mike DeBonis, Washington Post A challenge from hard-line conservatives in the House Republican caucus has Speaker John A. Boehner, R-Ohio, wondering how he might pass a bill to fund the government ahead of the Sept. 30 deadline. But one of those conservatives said Wednesday that he’s had enough of the shutdown talk and resigned […]
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Two people were found dead Sept. 16 in a Truckee hotel room. Officers are calling the deaths suspicious, but are not saying why. “There is no reason to believe anyone else is involved and there is no threat to public safety,” officers said in a statement. The two people were found about 2:45pm in a room at […]
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By Christopher Elliott, USA Today First, there was a $25 “check-in” fee when she arrived, which, though disclosed in the fine print of her contract, was unexpected. And then there was a mandatory $200 “cleaning” fee for her unit after she checked out. Neither was part of the original price.Rhonda Moret’s vacation rental in Park […]
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Two people have died in the Butte Fire burning in Calaveras County. Coroner Kevin Raggio said Mark McCloud, 66, who refused to evacuate, died outside his home. Cadaver dogs located another adult male in the burn area. His name has not been released pending notification of family. This is the third civilian fire related death […]
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By Associated Press A black bear that wandered onto a Lake Tahoe high school campus and prompted a precautionary lockdown for two hours today is the same one that was captured with her cub in Carson City three days ago and released in the mountains 30 miles away. The lockdown at Incline High School was […]
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