By Neela Banerjee, Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON — Last year was one of the 10 hottest since global average temperatures have been recorded, according to an assessment of worldwide climate trends by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. “The State of the Climate in 2012,” released Tuesday, paints a sobering portrait of vast swaths of […]
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By Andrew Doughman, Las Vegas Sun The legislative Interim Finance Committee approved $2.1 million in emergency mental health funding on Tuesday after spending hours criticizing Nevada’s inadequate treatment of mentally ill residents and visitors. Legislators said the state of Nevada’s mental health system appears to have reached crisis levels. Failures in the system, they said, […]
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By Bill Potts Hoarding! We’ve all seen it, and shows like “Extreme Hoarders” have brought us up close and personal with some of the people and places afflicted with pathological collecting disorder. I encounter residences affected by hoarding while investigating complaints of substandard housing or during required inspections under the Multi-Family Dwelling Inspection Program. Typically, […]
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By Dale Kasler, Sacramento Bee The central figure in the CalPERS bribery scandal says he is in “failing health,” nearly died two years ago and needs a quick resolution to the pile of litigation he faces. The disclosure by Alfred Villalobos is part of an effort by the Stateline businessman to thwart a new legal […]
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Fire caused substantial damage to a South Lake Tahoe house on Wednesday. Firefighters are still trying to determine the origin and cause of the fire that was reported at 12:31pm Aug. 7 at 3732 Paradise Ave. No one was at the residence when the fire started. — Lake Tahoe News staff report
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By Kathryn Reed While Lake Tahoe’s clarity improved for the second straight year, no one is ready to throw a victory party. “The data shown reveal a unique record of trends and patterns – the result of natural forces and human actions that operate at time scales ranging from minutes to decades. These patterns make […]
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By Caitlin Dewey, Washington Post A new Vietnamese law will make it illegal for citizens to post news or “general information” online, a restriction that sounds absurdly unenforceable but turns out to be more doable – and less of an outlier – than you might expect. According to analysis from the watchdog group Freedom House, […]
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Updated 1:50pm A 27-year-old clerk working at a gas station in South Lake Tahoe was shot to death Tuesday night. Video of the suspect shows that he walked into the USA gas station on the corner of Highway 50 and Lodi Avenue at 10:40pm Aug. 6. Ten minutes later a patron walked in, saw the […]
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By Kathryn Reed SnowGlobe, the three-day outdoor music festival in South Lake Tahoe, is coming back. The City Council on Tuesday approved the agreement for the event to return Dec. 29-31. But this third year is most likely the last time it will be at the ball fields next to Lake Tahoe Community College. While […]
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A South Lake Tahoe woman in her mid-30s was found unresponsive and covered with bruises when two people arrived about 5pm Tuesday to issue her an eviction notice. Instead, they called 911. When paramedics arrived at the South Shore Avenue house they thought the injuries were suspicious so they called police. Officers as of 8:30pm […]
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