A domestic violence call ended with a known gang member being arrested April 7 on felony battery and drug charges. Jesus Rodriguez, 20, of South Lake Tahoe is an admitted member of the Norteno criminal street gang and has been involved with prior violent gang related encounters in South Lake Tahoe, according to officers. Police […]
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By U.S. News and World Report The Associated Press decreed last week that the term “illegal immigrant” is no longer appropriate to describe people who reside in the United States without legal permission. An update to the AP’s influential stylebook was blasted out in an email to subscribers of the guide’s online version, saying in […]
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By Kathryn Reed From a 1-star to a 4½-star property. That is what Jim Demetriades is trying to do with a prime piece of real estate in South Lake Tahoe. He is turning the old Royal Valhalla motel into the Landing Resort & Spa. “What South Lake Tahoe was lacking was a 4-, 5-star establishment […]
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By Brian Nordli, Las Vegas Sun Three suspects were arrested in Las Vegas on Saturday after a body believed to be that of Nevada’s chief insurance examiner was found in a river in Carson City. Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong said that although a positive identification and cause of death haven’t been established, investigators believe […]
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By Norimitsu Onishi, New York Times SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge on Friday rejected California’s motion to regain control of mental health care in its prisons, ruling that the quality of care failed to meet standards required by the Constitution. The move dealt a blow to Gov. Jerry Brown’s broader efforts to bring the […]
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By Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee An investigation into marijuana sales in El Dorado County has resulted in six arrests, as well as seizure of approximately 60 pounds of processed marijuana and $80,000 in currency. A three-month investigation by El Dorado County sheriff’s detectives regarding a conspiracy to sell marijuana culminated Thursday with the service of […]
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By Bettina Boxall, Los Angeles Times Rainfall or snowfall dumped by the most intense storms could grow significantly heavier in most of the United States by the final decades of the century, according to a climate change study. The paper, written by a research team led by scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, […]
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By Andrew Doughman, Las Vegas Sun CARSON CITY — NV Energy rolled out a major policy initiative Wednesday, announcing that it will shutter its coal-fired plants, increase investment in renewable energy and create thousands of construction jobs over the next 12 years. Under the plan, Nevada’s coal plants would begin closing by the end of […]
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By Kathryn Reed Joe Stewart with SMC Contracting put in the concrete and rebar at the convention center project in South Lake Tahoe. His crew is ready to resume work. Pete Joseph was ready six years ago to move his McP’s Pub into a much larger building that would sit near the corner of Highway […]
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By Richard Sharp, KCRA-TV A Livermore family traveling through the Sierra on Friday is lucky to be alive after their SUV veered off the road, hit a concrete mile marker, a large tree, a boulder and landed in the middle of the South Fork of the American River. “It was fortuitous that they didn’t actually […]
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