By Joseph Serna, Los Angeles Times California is bracing for what officials fear could be an unprecedented winter fire season fueled by record dry conditions that show no signs of letting up. January is typically a time when forest fire camps and air bases are closed and seasonal firefighters go home. But not this year. […]
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Placer County Board of Supervisors on Jan. 21 voted 5-0 to deny an interim urgency ordinance. County staff had recommended approval of the ordinance to stop the Tahoe Expedition Academy in Kings Beach from going forward. It is proposed to go on the lakefront property where Ferrari Crown Motel, Falcon Lodge and Goldcrest Resort properties […]
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By Kathryn Reed The bribery investigation involving South Lake Tahoe City Councilwoman Angela Swanson is over. No charges will be filed. “At this time we don’t believe Mrs. Swanson intended on a criminal act,” Dave Stevenson, investigator with the El Dorado County District Attorney’s Office, told Lake Tahoe News. Swanson has been under suspicion since […]
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A San Jose man was arrested in South Lake Tahoe after allegedly stealing a rental car after first reportedly tampering with an aviation fuel truck. Anthony Dixon, 22, was booked the afternoon of Jan. 19 on charges of vehicle theft, vandalism, and felony trespass on an airport. Federal charges are possible because of infractions at […]
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By Katia Savchuk, Center for Investigative Reporting Tiny particles of silver could appear soon in children’s toys and clothing, embedded inside plastics and fabrics to fight stains and odors. No one knows how the germ-killing particles, part of a new pesticide called Nanosilva, affect human health or the environment in the long run. But regulators […]
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Publisher’s note: This is one of a series of blurbs about how the lack of winter is impacting businesses in the Lake Tahoe Basin. If you have an idea, please email it to info@LakeTahoeNews.net. One of the businesses that benefits from a bad snow year is a hospital in a ski town. That is because […]
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By Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Sun The era of pilotless commercial aircraft has begun in Nevada and the first drone test flights are expected by May, a team from the state’s program management office told the board of the Governor’s Office of Economic Development last week. Details of the plan to grow what is […]
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By Alan Zarembo, Los Angeles Times People who suffer traumatic brain injuries face an elevated risk of death from suicide or accidents for years to come, according to a study based on four decades of data on hundreds of thousand of patients in Sweden. Those who survived the immediate aftermath of moderate and severe traumatic […]
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By Craig Trudell, Bloomberg Drivers’ privacy needs to be protected by law, said Alan Mulally, chief executive officer of Ford Motor Co., as more vehicles use data for services such as location tracking amid the booming in-car technology market. The company is “supportive and participating” in talks with regulators who are considering such legislation, Mulally […]
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By Jacob Gershman, Wall Street Journal Prompted by growing concerns by law-enforcement authorities over undetectable 3D-printed guns, California is considering a new law that would make it a crime to assemble a weapon without permission from the state. A Democratic state lawmaker from Los Angeles pushing a bill that would require anybody who constructs a […]
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