TAHOE CITY — A one-year transportation pilot program in the Truckee region is benefitting seniors. “It’s not just for folks without a vehicle or the disabled,” explained Tara Styer, mobility manager with Tahoe Transportation District. While the curb-to-curb service is designed for those 60 and older, anyone is allowed to use the system. But preference […]
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By Abbie VanSickle, Center for Investigative Reporting In his remarks at the funeral of slain New York police Officer Wenjian Liu, FBI Director James Comey told those gathered that 2014 had been an unusually deadly year for law enforcement officers. “We had 115 officers killed in the line of duty last year, a shocking increase […]
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By Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee A former Placer County sheriff’s deputy has been sentenced to 150 days in jail and three years probation for having sex with a minor in a case involving a 17-year-old sheriff’s department volunteer. Kenneth Skogen was sentenced Wednesday in Placer County Superior Court Judge Jeff Penney, who also ordered Skogen […]
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By Steve Raabe, Denver Post Denver-based United Cannabis Corp. is proposing to team with Native American tribes in California to grow and manufacture medical marijuana products. United Cannabis has signed a consulting and licensing deal with a company that will build up to three cultivation and processing facilities on tribal lands. FoxBarry Cos. LLC, a firm […]
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By J.D. Morris, Las Vegas Sun Caesars Entertainment has cleared a critical threshold of creditor support for a bankruptcy restructuring plan in its operating subsidiary, the casino company announced today. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Caesars said that more than 60 percent of first-lien bondholders have signed on to a plan […]
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Trent Getty, 23, of the Carson Valley has been arrested in the death of his 2-month-old child. The cause of death is pending an autopsy. The child was taken off life support Jan. 10 at 12:48pm. Getty had been wanted on a $1 million warrant. He was located at the Greyhound depot in Sacramento on Saturday. […]
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By Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times Electronic cigarettes should be subject to the same taxes, marketing restrictions and limitations on public use as traditional tobacco products, according to new guidance from cancer experts. In a joint policy statement issued Thursday, the American Association for Cancer Research and the American Society for Clinical Oncology acknowledged that […]
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After nearly 10 months of work, Caltrans has finished construction of a bridge on Highway 50 over Sly Park Road. Work on the $15.1 million bridge replacement project, which began in April, included demolishing the old bridge in two phases and replacing it with a single span and precast and prestressed concrete girders. Traffic on […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – Government won’t solve climate change. And people won’t do anything to change the course of events without a monetary incentive. It is a global crisis. And the solution needs to be implemented worldwide. Those are the thoughts and concerns of James Hansen, former director of the NASA Goddard Institute for […]
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A Douglas County man accused of abusing his 2-month-old child is wanted by sheriff’s deputies. Deputies were summoned to Carson Valley Medical Center the afternoon of Jan. 7 because the father, 23-year-old Trent Getty, brought his unresponsive infant there. “Investigators developed information that the infant had suffered substantial injuries which appear to be the result […]
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