By George Warren, KXTV A Sacramento man taken into custody last week on drug charges faces a second arrest stemming from the same raid on a motel he owns in the Nevada desert. Raghvendra “Raj” Singh, 52, posted $50,000 bail early Thursday, 12 hours after being picked up at his midtown Sacramento fourplex on a […]
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By Michael Tarm, AP CHICAGO — Editors and reporters meeting in Chicago raised concerns Wednesday about what they described as a lack of access and transparency undermining journalists’ work, several blaming the current White House for setting standards for secrecy that are spreading nationwide. Criticism of President Obama’s administration on the issue of openness in government […]
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Updated Sept. 17 7:05pm: The King Fire burning northeast of Pollock Pines is at 27,930 acres and remains at 5 percent containment as of Wednesday night. It is burning in steep, rugged terrain at a rapid rate north. Highway 50 in the American River Canyon was opened Wednesday afternoon. However, it is one lane traffic from […]
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By Melanie Mason, Los Angeles Times Gov. Jerry Brown signed a trio of bills Tuesday establishing a framework for statewide regulation of California’s underground water sources, marking the first time in the state’s history that groundwater will be managed on a large scale. “This is a big deal,” Brown said at a signing ceremony in the […]
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The Alta Mira building on Highway 50 in South Lake Tahoe came down Sept. 15 in less than two hours. The California Tahoe Conservancy bought the 0.55-acre property. This area is the end point for what started as the 56-acre project. Beautification from this parcel to El Dorado Beach would complete the Lakeview Commons project. […]
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By Kathryn Reed Inhale deeply in many South Lake Tahoe neighborhoods and the stench of skunk permeates the nostrils. But it isn’t wildlife; it’s marijuana being grown indoors. Need some weed? South Lake Tahoe is your answer – especially for people with medical marijuana cards. Tahoe Wellness Cooperative, the only medicinal marijuana shop in the […]
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Updated Sept. 16 11:45pm: Several new evacuation orders were issued Sept. 16 for people in the path of the King Fire. Evacuations are now in effect for the Crystal Basin: Highway 50 east of Fresh Pond to Ice House, north on Icehouse to Wentworth Springs, west to just above Quintette to include all campgrounds and businesses. […]
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By Rudy Ruitenberg, Bloomberg World hunger fell in the past four years, with about 805 million people estimated to be chronically underfed in the 2012-14 period from 841 million in 2008-10, the UN’s Food & Agriculture Organization said. About one-in-nine people still go hungry, with insufficient food for a healthy and active life, from one-in-eight […]
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Lake Valley Fire Protection District has earned a better rating from the Insurance Services Office. As of this month the district has an ISO Public Protection Classification of 2 in areas with fire hydrants and 2Y for rural portions of the fire district without fire hydrants. “Basically, the district demonstrated to an ISO representative that […]
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The South Lake Tahoe City Council on Tuesday continued the review of City Manager Nancy Kerry to the Oct. 1 special meeting. At that meeting the 2014-15 budget will be voted on, as will contracts with multiple employee groups. “She wants employees to come first,” Mayor Hal Cole told Lake Tahoe News after the Sept. […]
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