By Jeremy B. White, Sacramento Bee The first time Maria Alexander’s drug addiction caught up to her, the reckoning came in the form of a small chunk of crack cocaine that sent her to jail for six months. The next time, after a small amount of heroin – “scrapings on a spoon,” Alexander recalled – […]
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By Adam Nagourney, New York Times LOS ANGELES — When Jerry Brown became governor of California again, three years ago, this state was on a steep decline, crushed by budget deficits, deep spending cuts, governmental paralysis, high unemployment and a collapsing housing market. California, a place that once symbolized promise and opportunity, seemed caught in […]
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A fire near Yosemite is bringing a substantial amount of smoke into the South Shore today. There is also the American Fire filtering smoke into the North Shore and when winds change smoke comes to the South Shore. Lightning strikes gave caused some area fires, but are not the cause of the smoke. The U. S. […]
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The 16,812-acre American Fire is burning in an old-growth timber stand with no recorded fire history. The terrain is steep, hazardous, dry and full of fuels. The U.S. Forest Service has implemented a second emergency closure order for the Tahoe National Forest. The first closure had been rescinded. The new closure area is larger than […]
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By Kathryn Reed It was a bit like a memorial service at the South Lake Tahoe City Council meeting this week. Somber faces, regret, apologies. And all because children died before their parents. People who spearheaded and funded the replacement of the children’s memorial log made some mistakes. Mistakes that amount to thousands of dollars. […]
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A 200-pound black bear wandered into an Incline Village home on Aug. 20 after it pushed through a screen door. Family members locked themselves in rooms and called for help. Washoe County sheriff’s deputies shot rubber bullets at the animal, which scared it away. The bear was last seen running into the woods. No one […]
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The U.S. Forest Service responded to four fires today caused by lightning strikes. One was at Heavenly, another in Christmas Valley and two above the golf course in Meyers. ” We had air reconnaissance this morning and three smokejumpers. The four fires together total about an acre,” Cheva Heck, USFS spokeswoman, told Lake Tahoe News. […]
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By Cy Ryan, Las Vegas Sun CARSON CITY — Harrah’s in Reno is in bad shape and it won a reduction in its taxable value from the state Board of Equalization this week. But it’s far short of what the hotel-casino sought. The Washoe County’s Assessor’s Office set the value at $20.5 million, and the […]
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El Dorado Savings and Loan in South Lake Tahoe was robbed today at 9:30am. The suspect walked into the bank and presented the teller with a demand note. The suspect claimed to be armed but did not display a weapon. Police are not saying how much money the robber got away with. A potential suspect […]
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By Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee A Placerville couple has been indicted in a tax fraud case that resulted in charges earlier this year against the owner and employees of a Placerville tax preparation business. Charles and Victoria Tingler were arrested Aug. 20 on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud the United States and filing multimillion-dollar liens […]
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