A South Lake Tahoe woman this week pleaded no contest to gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and DUI causing injury. Olga Nayeli Pena-Arce, 21, was driving her 2000 Saturn sedan west on Pioneer Trail on Nov. 24, 2014, at a high rate of speed, lost control of the vehicle, and slammed into a retaining wall. […]
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By Kathryn Reed Money was the dominant subject at Tuesday’s South Lake Tahoe City Council meeting. After multiple attempts by the Tahoe Prosperity Center to get $10,000 from the city, the council said yes on a 4-1 vote on Sept. 15. Councilwoman JoAnn Conner was the dissenting member. Conner is against giving any nonprofit taxpayer […]
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Blue skies have returned to the Lake Tahoe Basin as firefighters continue to make inroads on two major burns in Northern California. Fire spread was minimal overnight for the Butte and Valley fires. Cooler temps and some moisture are aiding suppression efforts. The Butte Fire, which has brought smoke to Tahoe-Truckee-Carson-Reno for several days, is […]
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Churches in Tahoe City and Kings Beach were vandalized between Sept. 13 and Sept. 14. One religious statue and exterior walls were spray painted with offensive statements. This comes on the heels of a rash of church vandalism in Incline Village. Detectives in Placer and Washoe counties are collaborating. Anyone with information regarding these crimes is […]
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By Kathryn Reed and Joann Eisenbrandt Jeremy Meyers, superintendent of the El Dorado County Office of Education, was not at Tuesday’s special board meeting where he was the only agenda item. He did write a letter to the board and had spoken to each member before the meeting. “As you know, as elected county superintendent, […]
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By Victoria Stilwell, Bloomberg Business We already know that poverty disproportionately affects children, with about 20 percent of those younger than 18 impoverished versus about 13 percent of adults. New research from the Urban Institute in Washington shows child poverty is actually more common than those headline statistics suggest, and that has consequences for success in adulthood. Some 39 percent of children […]
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By Cathleen Decker, Los Angeles Times Disdain and disgust have been common sentiments when it comes to Americans’ views of the national political environment. But local government was supposed to be the safe haven, where things got done in a more neighborly way, with a lot less frustration than, say, dealing with the groaning bureaucracies […]
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By Jason Hildago, Reno Gazette-Journal NV Energy is seeking approval from the state for a new community solar program that will allow customers to access renewable energy through a subscription. The Subscription Solar Pilot Program will allow customers to receive a production credit on their bill even without rooftop solar on their homes by subscribing […]
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Emergency paving operations on westbound Interstate 80 started today and will last through Sept. 17. Work on deteriorating pavement in the right lanes of westbound I-80 between the agricultural inspection station and Donner Park will require alternating closures of right lanes 2 and 3 as well as ramp closures at five Truckee exits. Expect traffic […]
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By Paul Rogers, San Jose Mercury News Summer officially ends next week, but California’s devastating wildfire season will almost certainly rage on. As of Monday, three enormous blazes — the Valley Fire in Lake, Napa and Sonoma counties; the Rough Fire in the Sierra National Forest in Fresno County; and the Butte Fire, burning in […]
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