By KCRA-TV A federal judge has ruled that the U.S. Forest Service failed in its management of forest trails used by off-road vehicles in the Stanislaus National Forest. U.S. District Court Judge Kimberly Mueller ruled on Friday that the Forest Service didn’t minimize damage to the environment caused by the vehicles. In issuing the ruling, […]
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Updated: Jan. 9 10:55am Gino DiMatteo, 43, of South Lake Tahoe pleaded guilty today to possession with the intent to distribute marijuana. A bail review hearing is scheduled for this afternoon at 2. Sentencing is set for April 17 before U.S. District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller. While the maximum penalty is 30 years in federal […]
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By Kathryn Reed The definitive cause and time of death for Alyssa Byrne could not be determined based on results from the Jan. 8 autopsy. Byrne’s body was found in a snowbank Jan. 4 off Pioneer Trail in El Dorado County near South Lake Tahoe. She had not been seen since New Year’s Eve where […]
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The name of the man who killed himself on a South Lake Tahoe street has been released. South Lake Tahoe resident Perry Russell Coe, 50, died Jan. 5 from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. No one else was injured that night. Police have not released any more details. — Lake Tahoe News staff report
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By Kathryn Reed Big changes are in the works for how members are elected to the Lake Tahoe Community College and Lake Tahoe Unified School District boards. To meet the 2002 California Voting Rights Act regulations, the two South Lake Tahoe districts may stop having at-large elections and instead have trustee elections. This means the […]
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By Charisse Jones, USA Today U.S. companies are expected to spend more on business trips this year, a sign that they may be feeling more optimistic about the economy, a new business travel forecast being released today finds. A pent-up need to sit face to face with clients, coupled with increased spending on international trips […]
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By Dan Freedman, Hearst Newspapers WASHINGTON — The head of the NRA’s controversial bid to place armed guards in schools nationwide said the effort is serious and not simply window dressing in the wake of the Newtown school shootings. Responding to criticism that the National Rifle Association was “tone deaf” in proposing deployment of qualified […]
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By Juliet Eilperin, Washington Post Last year was the hottest on record for the contiguous United States, shattering the previous mark set in 1998 by a wide margin, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Tuesday. The average temperature was 55.3 degrees, 1 degree above the previous record and 3.2 degrees more than the 20th-century […]
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El Dorado County Superintendent of Schools Vicki Barber plans to retire effective June 30. Barber, who was first elected county superintendent of schools in 1994, was re-elected for four additional terms. She started with the El Dorado County Office of Education in July 1983 as the director of Special Education, was promoted to assistant superintendent […]
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By Kathryn Reed In a bit of gamesmanship, South Lake Tahoe Mayor Tom Davis bumped colleague Angela Swanson from the California Tahoe Conservancy board and got himself appointed to it. Davis filled out the council assignments for the various boards and then the council voted on his recommendations. While this process has been done in […]
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