A Dodge Ram 1500 tried to do some urban four-wheeling, but instead ended up being towed Tuesday night. South Lake Tahoe police Sgt. Jeff Regan said alcohol was not a factor in the 8:22pm March 26 accident. The driver and passenger refused medical treatment. Regan told Lake Tahoe News the driver had been drifting on […]
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By Andrea Domanick, Las Vegas Sun “Loosen his bow tie and snuggle up, you two,” says Las Vegas photographer Linda Quackenboss, directing a camera-shy couple sitting for portraits in her studio. Reaching out, Phil Pineda does as he’s told and loosens Mel Cole’s bow tie. “There’s my GQ smile!” the 53-year-old tells the couple, who […]
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By Katy Murphy, San Jose Mercury News California’s community colleges – the nation’s largest public higher education system – have lost so many teachers and classes that students are being driven away. With the number of course sections down systemwide by as much as 20 percent since 2008, enrollment rates have hit their lowest point […]
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By Chuck Raasch, USA Today Dry conditions have persisted in many of the areas ravaged by fires last year and bark beetles have invaded millions of acres in western forests, creating a tinderbox of dead wood. Persistent drought and an infestation of tree-killing insects have left broad swaths of the United States vulnerable to unusually […]
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Two South Lake Tahoe residents were arrested Monday on drug charges. Police Officer Travis Cabral allegedly saw Ryan Marino, 29, buy drugs in a parking lot at the Y on March 25. Marino, who is a member of the local Brotherhood Motorcycle Club and an ex-felon, was stopped by Cabral outside a residence in the […]
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By Maura Dolan and Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times SAN FRANCISCO — For Ohio Sen. Rob Portman, knowing that his son was gay helped change his mind. For President Obama, talking with gay White House staffers and learning that his daughters’ friends had same-sex parents proved influential. Today, Jean Podrasky, a 48-year-old accountant from San […]
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By Kathryn Reed Liberty Utilities’ plans to upgrade the power supply to the North Shore are not moving forward as quickly as the company had hoped. The U.S. Forest Service wants more detail than what the company had originally provided. Much of the land that would be affected belongs to the USFS. Originally the power […]
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By Torey Van Oot, Sacramento Bee The concept of banning California lawmakers from fundraising while they’re at work has a new cheerleader: a former head of the state’s political watchdog agency. Dan Schnur, a former Republican political consultant who served as chair of the California Fair Political Practices Commission, is launching a new effort to […]
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By Noel Stack, Village Life El Dorado County Supervisor Ray Nutting is being investigated for how he used state grant money, according to, El Dorado County District Attorney Vern Pierson. Through the years Nutting has received more than $74,000 in state Proposition 40 grants to complete fuel reduction projects on his Happy Valley property, according […]
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By KTVN-TV Officials with the Reno-Tahoe International Airport say things are getting back to normal Monday morning after a security breach caused the airport terminals to temporarily shut down. Brian Kulpin says two people unintentionally went the wrong way through the security check-point causing officials to re-screen everyone who had already made it through security. […]
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