A quick thinking Good Samaritan helped ensure a chimney fire in South Lake Tahoe didn’t turn into a full-blown structure fire Thursday. Keith Cooney was driving down Highway 50 at about 4:45pm Dec. 5 when he saw smoke that he knew could not be a controlled burn. He turned on to Barton Avenue and saw […]
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By Peter Hecht, Sacramento Bee Seven of the region’s highest-paid elected officials stand to see significant reductions in their six-figure paychecks after El Dorado County supervisors moved to eliminate perks that inflated their salaries. Beginning with their next term in 2015, El Dorado officials – including the sheriff, auditor-controller, treasurer-tax collector and four other elected […]
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By Mary Williams Walsh, New York Times The ruling by Judge Steven W. Rhodes, who is presiding in Detroit’s bankruptcy case, that public pensions are not protected from cuts could alter the course of bankrupt cities like Stockton and San Bernardino, that had been operating under the assumption that pensions were untouchable. Stockton’s bankruptcy case, […]
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By Kathryn Reed Twenty-five minutes to get from the South Shore to the North Shore? Yes, by ferry. That is the goal of the Tahoe Transportation District, the lead agency trying to bring ferry service to Lake Tahoe. By summer 2016 two 120-passenger ferries could be traveling year-round between South Lake Tahoe and Tahoe City. […]
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Lake Valley firefighter Brandon Underhill died from an “accidental multiple drug overdose,” according to El Dorado County sheriff’s Lt. Pete Van Arnum. The exact drugs are not being released, but Van Arnum said, “It was all basically prescription drugs.” Underhill had been on leave from the department at the time of his Sept. 29 death […]
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By Frank Knutson, Wall Street Journal Amid all the privacy concerns about cellphone tracking, one important group is arguing that location data isn’t precise enough: emergency responders. Police and others say 911 dispatchers are having trouble sending help to callers who use cellphones. The reason: unlike a landline, cellphones provide just a rough estimate — […]
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By Andy Furillo, Sacramento Bee After a honeymoon hike at Heavenly Mountain Resort, Mark and Rebecca Dickson were riding the chairlift down the hill, laughing and talking about their lunch plans, when the newlyweds saw a blue rope flutter ahead of them in the stiff afternoon. “And then I heard my husband say, ‘This is […]
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Updated Dec. 4, 4:15pm: City Attorney Tom Watson has given the title and summary to Steve Kubby. By Kathryn Reed While hundreds of hours, including multiple public meetings, were spent devising South Lake Tahoe’s medical marijuana ordinance, there is an effort under way to tweak the law that is on the books. Steve Kubby, a […]
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By Motoko Rich, New York Times Fifteen-year-olds in the United States score in the middle of the developed world in reading and science while lagging in math, according to international standardized test results being released on Tuesday. While the performance of American students who took the exams last year differed little from the performance of […]
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A Douglas County school bus was involved in an accident late Tuesday afternoon in Stateline. “I was told the driver was allowed to continue on and take the children home,” Douglas County School District Superintendent Lisa Noonan told Lake Tahoe News. “I have had no word of injuries or damage to the bus requiring children […]
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