By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe police Officer Johnny Poland is behind bars on five federal charges. Poland, who has been in and out of trouble with the department, has been under investigation locally and by the FBI for more than a year. That investigation culminated Jan. 23 when he was arrested without incident outside […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe’s proposed plastic bag ban is in the garbage – for now. The council on a 3-0 vote (Councilwoman Angela Swanson was absent) decided to not adopt an ordinance that would have banned plastic bags at stores throughout the city. They were not convinced of the environmental need in Tahoe […]
Read moreBy Bill Lindelof, Sacramento Bee The El Dorado County sheriff has fired off an anti-gun control letter to Vice President Joe Biden. “It is well known and proven with facts, not emotional inference, that gun control of any kind, has no effect on the reduction of crime, anywhere,” wrote Sheriff John D’Agostini. The letter, also […]
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By Kathryn Reed While one owner of Push Fitness is headed for federal prison, the other intends to operate the South Lake Tahoe gym. “I’ll be running it,” Irene DiMatteo told Lake Tahoe News. Her husband, Gino, has pleaded guilty to drug charges. The plea deal has him likely to receive a five-year-sentence on April […]
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By Matt Weiser, Sacramento Bee Six months after the public learned that California state parks officials had concealed $20 million even as they were crying poor and closing parks, one crucial issue remains foggy as ever: Were any crimes committed, and if so, will anyone be held to answer? The state attorney general’s investigation into […]
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By Ron Sylvester, Las Vegas Sun Most American companies screen and court MBA graduates the same way: They dispatch teams to elite business schools to schmooze and talk up their companies. They host mixers with free food and drinks. Members of the companies’ development departments screen students, often with problem-solving tests, then invite a chosen […]
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By Blake Ellis, CNN.Money Hundreds of new ATMs capable of dispensing as little as $1 are popping up across the country. Chase and PNC have been launching ATMs that churn out exact change to the dollar, allowing customers to withdraw denominations as low as $1 and $5. Chase has rolled out between 350 and 400 […]
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By Torey Van Oot and Jim Sanders, Sacramento Bee State legislators billed taxpayers more than $450,000 for on-the-job driving in the last legislative year, but officials won’t say where the lawmakers went. The Senate and the Assembly this week denied records requests from the Bee to review mileage logbooks legislators submitted when seeking 53-cents-a-mile reimbursements […]
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By Eli Saslow, Washington Post FREMONT, Ohio — On the same day, in the same county of northern Ohio, two new grandparents prepared to drive to the same factory for work. They had started their careers at Arm & Hammer the same year, and for more than two decades, they had stood together on a […]
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By AP CONWAY, Ark. — A jury in Faulkner County has found a doctor guilty of killing two men at a Conway home in 2002. The panel deliberated about an hour on Friday before convicting Richard Conte, 63, of two counts of capital murder. Conte was accused in the shooting deaths of 49-year-old Carter Elliott […]
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