By Heather Somerville, San Jose Mercury News PLEASANTON — Safeway profits slid in the first quarter this year as the supermarket chain began to fully see the financial loss of selling hundreds of stores in Chicago and Canada. Safeway’s lackluster earnings for the first three months of the year show how dramatically the grocer has […]
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Kingsbury Grade is expected to reopen by 2:45pm Thursday after being closed for a couple hours because of an accident. Two SUVs collided head-on at an angle about halfway down the Carson Valley side. The two drivers were taken by air ambulance to Renown Medical Center in Reno with moderate injuries. Further details, including names […]
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By Rory Carroll, Reuters With California facing its worst drought in a century, state officials have fast-tracked first-in-the-nation water efficiency standards for new toilets, urinals and faucets, an action expected to save about 8.2 billion gallons of water the first year while cutting energy use and greenhouse gas emissions. The draft standards, released late last […]
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Updated April 24 2:50pm: Timothy Duran has been located and is safe. —- A 24-year-old South Lake Tahoe man has been missing since the afternoon of April 22. Timothy Duran has no history of being a danger to anyone, but is on medication for mental health purposes and can become confused without them, according to […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Tahoe High School is nothing like it was eight years ago. And that’s a good thing. While it took many people – including the voters of the school district – to help transform the school, it was the leadership of Principal Ivone Larson that led the charge. Larson has known for […]
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Money is starting to flow to candidates who are running for office in the June 3 primary. Candidates had to file their first donation/expense form on March 24. The next one is due May 24. If they receive more than $1,000 they have to fill out a separate form within 24 hours. All donations of […]
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By Paul Takahashi, Las Vegas Sun Three years after Nevada adopted the Common Core State Standards, proponents and critics faced off in a 10-hour legislative showdown over whether the new academic benchmarks will help or hurt students in the Silver State. For months, dozens of concerned citizens and parents have been protesting the Common Core […]
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By Kathryn Reed Nearly 34 years after Richard Swanson was murdered, the killer has been convicted. On April 23, the eight-woman, four-man jury found Andrew Sanford guilty on all counts. In all likelihood Sanford, 52, will be spending the rest of his life in prison. Swanson was 16 when he was murdered Aug. 14, 1980, […]
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By Kathryn Reed After much discontent from parents, Lake Tahoe Unified School District listened. It was decided Tuesday that Tahoe Valley Elementary School would house the transitional kindergarten program starting in the fall. At the March 29 school board meeting staff had proposed the program be at the defunct Al Tahoe school site. Having it […]
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Even though the Horizon is closed and it is going to be transformed into Park Tahoe, not all the permits are in hand. The owners — brothers Jon and David Park — are still seeking the necessary permits from Douglas County to do the work they desire. One permit that is in hand is a […]
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