By Kathryn Reed A veteran firefighter is now at the helm of South Lake Tahoe Fire Department. With his new employees sitting in front of him and his peers from other departments standing in the back of the room, Jeff Meston was given his badge from outgoing interim Fire Chief Bruce Martin. Meston told Lake […]
Read more
By Kathryn Reed Crime will still be fought on the South Shore, but this weekend’s Fall Fish Festival has been canceled because of the federal government shutdown that took effect today. A big unknown is how the social service programs that so many in the area rely on will be affected by the government essentially […]
Read more
By Caroline Chen, Center for Investigative Reporting Motorist Derick Neal doesn’t remember the April night when he rolled through a right turn at a red light in San Leandro. The video from the red-light camera clearly shows the violation, he admits. Nevertheless, the 40-year-old software engineer is outraged about the price of the ticket: $490, […]
Read more
Eneliko “Sean” Smith, who ran The Block hotel in South Lake Tahoe into the ground and required the court to mandate he pay the city back taxes, is now the owner of Sugar Loaf Resort in Michigan. Smith and his partners bought the 560 acres for an undisclosed sum. Their plans are to transform the […]
Read more
By Lori Montgomery and Paul Kane, Washington Post The U.S. government began to shut down for the first time in 17 years early Tuesday, after a Congress bitterly divided over President Obama’s signature health-care initiative failed to reach agreement to fund federal agencies. Hours before a midnight deadline, the Republican House passed its third proposal […]
Read more
By Scott Sonner, AP RENO — Ex-Nevada power broker Harvey Whittemore has been sentenced to two years in prison for funneling more than $130,000 in illegal campaign funds to Sen. Harry Reid’s re-election committee in 2007. U.S. District Court Judge Larry Hicks also ordered Whittemore on Monday to pay $100,000 in fines for his three […]
Read more
The Lake Valley Fire Protection District is deeply saddened to announce the unexpected death of 34-year-old firefighter paramedic Brandon “Mitch” Underhill on Sept. 29. Mitch joined the fire district as a paid professional on Sept. 27, 2005, and served the community with dedication and devotion for just over eight years until his untimely death. Mitch […]
Read more
By Kathleen Madigan, Wall Street Journal In this recovery, it’s better to be a landlord or investor than a saver. That is the message from Friday’s report on personal income. Since the recession ended in the second quarter of 2009 to the average so far in the third quarter, the gains in income have been […]
Read more
By Justin Doubleday, Chronicle of Higher Education Less than half of the students who took the SAT in 2013 are ready to succeed in postsecondary education, according to a report released on Thursday by the College Board, which owns the SAT. Only 43 percent of the test takers this year met or exceeded the benchmark […]
Read more
Updated: Sept. 30 8:45am A 61-year-old Rancho Cordova man died Friday morning when the motorcycle he was riding drove head-on into a Jeep Liberty. According to the California Highway Patrol, David White was going east on Highway 50 near Echo Summit when he crossed the double yellow line and hit the Jeep being driven by […]
Read more