By Adam Liptak, New York Times WASHINGTON — When the Supreme Court hears a pair of cases on same-sex marriage on Tuesday and Wednesday, the justices will be working in the shadow of a 40-year-old decision on another subject entirely: Roe v. Wade, the 1973 ruling that established a constitutional right to abortion. Judges, lawyers […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – Buses are in better shape, they run on time more often, the yard is cleaned up, and the whole system is operating in the black. Those are the changes to BlueGo since the Tahoe Transportation District took over in November 2010. And today, not a dime of the budget is […]
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Mark Shinderman with Milbank Tweed, Hadley & MCloy LLP in Los Angeles has been selected to be the mediator in the MV Transporation-STATA case. In January, U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Gregg Zive sent the case to mediation. Fairfield-based MV Transportation used to run the South Shore bus system known as BlueGo. STATA – South Tahoe […]
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By Tony Bijzak, Sacramento Bee Californians don’t drive much, a new report suggests. What, that’s not what you’ve heard? You’ve heard California is a car-loving society where Joe Average spends more time behind the wheel each day – sipping coffee, talking on his cell, listening to CDs – than he does in his own family […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – How to move people around the East and North shores in a more pleasant and manageable manner dominated Friday’s discussion of the Tahoe Transportation District board. Stephanie Grigsby with Design Workshop presented a video of Highway 28 showing how it could be possible to make parking less treacherous while at […]
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By Nancy Shute, NPR Cash-strapped states are coming up with an appealingly simple fix for soaring Medicaid costs: Don’t pay for emergency room visits for people who aren’t sick enough to be there. There’s a problem, though. It’s almost impossible to figure out who’s sick enough and who isn’t at the moment they walk in […]
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A 34-year-old South Lake Tahoe man is accused of breaking into South Shore Bikes and stealing one bike. Officers found Lee Sparks at Barton Memorial Hospital about 1am March 18. “He had several fresh cuts on his arms and when interviewed admitted to the burglary at South Shore Bikes,” South Lake Tahoe police Lt. David […]
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A South Lake Tahoe man has been arrested and charged in the March 27 robbery at El Dorado Savings Bank. Police got wind that the suspect was in Reno. They met Paul Cortez, 29, there and subsequently obtained an arrest warrant. Cortez was arrested by Reno officers on March 21 and is waiting to be […]
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Updated: March 22, 12:30pm A car chase that hit speeds of 100 mph in South Lake Tahoe on Friday morning ended in the Carson Valley. The California Highway Patrol at first chased a small black Chevy Malibu on Highway 50 starting in Meyers. The chase then went over Kingsbury Grade. There the driver sped through […]
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By Shan Li, Los Angeles Times Even before dawn breaks, workers at the lumberyard in Lynwood were bustling around, getting a move on the day. Men in yellow safety vests drove flatbed trucks stacked to the brim with planks of wood. Others were buzzing around in forklifts, ferrying more boards. It’s a scene that had […]
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