Someone is missing more than 1 pound of marijuana. An employee at the Camp Richardson Marina on the night of June 8 found a cardboard box at the end of the pier. Inside of it was the pot. The employee then called law enforcement. “The employee opened the box and found a large quantity of […]
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By Conor Shine, Las Vegas Sun It’s been two years since the Legislature approved a new law establishing a system of dispensaries and growing facilities to make medical marijuana more accessible to patients, but so far not a single bud has been sold. That could change in the coming weeks with the planned opening of […]
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A South Lake Tahoe woman in her 20s is recovering from an early morning physical and sexual assault from a man she did not know. The victim was with a group of friends about 2am June 11 outside of a motel on Cedar Avenue when she stepped aside to use her phone. “While she was […]
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A cyclist from Yuma, Ariz., is fighting for his life after being struck by a vehicle on Pioneer Trail. The 70-year-old man was riding north on Pioneer Trail between Susquehanna and Jicarilla when a Jeep Grand Cherokee driven by a 35-year-old man from Southern California clipped his handlebar with the side mirror after drifting into the […]
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By Josephy Serna, Los Angeles Times The nests of hundreds of thousands of birds and the food for millions more could be imperiled this year because of fewer rice crops in California – the latest symptom of the state’s historic drought. Only about 375,000 acres of rice are expected to be planted this year, a […]
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By Cy Ryan, Las Vegas Sun CARSON CITY — The state Board of Examiners on June 9 approved contracts to draw more international visitors to Nevada. The state Commission on Tourism plans to spend $1.4 million to employ firms in a number of foreign countries to promote Nevada. It is entering into new contracts or […]
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By Daniel Montes, Bay City News Police announced Tuesday the arrest of a man wanted in connection with a home invasion robbery in Dublin on Friday. At approximately 7:15am June 9, police, along with the help of the El Dorado County sheriff’s office, located Matthew Muller, 38, at a home in South Lake Tahoe, according […]
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By Chris Megerian, Los Angeles Times Even as California’s leaders prepare a new state budget that is flush with cash, Gov. Jerry Brown has increasingly raised the specter of another recession that could undo years of hard-won financial progress. When he released his latest spending proposal last month, he said a downturn was “around the […]
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By Ashley A. Smith, Inside Higher Education One of the largest barriers to completing a bachelor’s degree is losing credits when transferring from a community college. Even with articulation agreements between two-year and four-year institutions, a significant number of credits may end up lost in the shuffle. These missing credits are driving colleges from one […]
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A Fairfield man had to be airlifted from the Cascade Falls area on Monday after injuring his leg in a fall. Authorities said the 32-year-old was hopping between boulders above Cascade Falls when he slipped and fell into the water on June 8. A California Highway Patrol helicopter took him to Lake Tahoe Airport. From […]
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