By Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee A man was sentenced Aug. 9 in El Dorado County Superior Court to 138 years to life in prison for acts of sexual misconduct committed more than a decade ago. An El Dorado County jury in July convicted Patrick Senatore, 45, of 10 felony counts of sexual misconduct. In October […]
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By Peter Hecht, Sacramento Bee In the county that brought the Gold Rush, surging with newcomers and rough-hewn mining camps, prospects of another boom are unnerving the modern-day populace. Amid an improving real estate economy, developers are proposing nearly 7,000 new houses for the Western Slope of El Dorado County. The new wave of potential […]
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By Ed Komenda, Las Vegas Sun Caesars Entertainment Corp. is selling its Macau golf course to an Asian developer for $438 million. The gaming giant, which owns Harrah’s Lake Tahoe and Harveys at Stateline, announced the sale Friday in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The deal landed this week with Pearl Dynasty […]
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By AP BANNING -– California truly is the Golden State this summer — golden brown — and that has fire officials worried heading into the peak of the wildfire season. It’s still weeks before the fire-fanning Santa Ana winds usually arrive and already it’s been a brutal fire season, with nearly twice as many acres […]
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A 31-year-old Carson City man was seriously injured early this morning when a vehicle struck him as he was crossing Highway 50 in Stateline. The man, whose name has not been released, was walking near Lake Parkway by MontBleu just after 3am Aug. 10. Nevada Highway Patrol officers say it is possible he was hit […]
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South Lake Tahoe police officers are advising vacation homeowners, rental companies, and future visitors to the area of a scam over the Internet through vacation rental websites. At least three families have been victimized by this scam recently, and it is suspected there may be more. The scam involves false postings on legitimate vacation rental […]
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A $4,000 reward has been set up to help find the man who gunned down a South Lake Tahoe gas station clerk on Aug. 6. Manpreet Ghuman Singh, 27, was working behind the counter Tuesday night when he was shot at pointblank range in the upper torso. He died at the USA gas station on […]
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By Cy Ryan, Las Vegas Sun CARSON CITY — Some casinos that gained prior approval from state regulators are taking a go-slow approach in entering the online poker market. The state Gaming Control Board Wednesday recommended approval to three companies to extend their license for another six months before they offer the computer poker business […]
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By Paul Rogers, San Jose Mercury News Rising ocean waters. Bigger and more frequent forest fires. More brutally hot summer days. These aren’t the usual predictions about global warming based on computer forecasts. They’re changes already happening in California, according to a detailed new report issued Thursday by the California Environmental Protection Agency. Climate change […]
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Details of the fatal July 30 accident on Highway 50 at Cave Rock are emerging as Nevada Highway Patrol officers continue their investigation. Sixteen people were involved in the three-vehicle crash that claimed the life of 3-year-old Caroline M. Maxfield of Centennial, Colo. Sylvia Hurtado of South Lake Tahoe was driving a black 2011 Cadillac […]
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