By Paul Payne and Mary Callahan, Press Democrat STATELINE — Law enforcement officials in Nevada and South Lake Tahoe expanded their search Thursday for a missing Petaluma woman, combing the snowy region by air and land, conducting a room-to-room sweep of her hotel and poring over her cellphone activity. But so far, there has been […]
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By Kathryn Reed With the holidays officially over, it’s time to restore the house to pre-holiday décor. This means out goes the tree. South Tahoe Refuse has been recycling Christmas trees since 1992. In 2007, it hit the 100,000 mark for the number of trees that had been repurposed. Even though people have cut back […]
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By Ron Lieber, New York Times It is tempting for people who earn less than $400,000 to think that they got off easy this week under the tax deal to end the fiscal impasse, given that only those with incomes above that level will be in a higher income tax bracket in 2013. But the […]
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By Allison Aubrey, NPR Being a little overweight may tip the odds in favor of living a long life, according to a new analysis. Researchers say there may be some benefit to having a little extra body fat. This isn’t the first time researchers have raised questions about the link between body weight and how […]
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By Kathryn Reed A Washoe County sheriff’s helicopter on Thursday has been flying over the shallow areas of Lake Tahoe, the meadows near Stateline and the area around the SnowGlobe venue in hopes of finding Alyssa Byrne. As of 4pm Jan. 3 her whereabouts remain unknown. The 19-year-old Petaluma woman has not been seen since […]
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Troopers from the Nevada Highway Patrol in 2012 issued nearly 12,000 traffic citations to motorists observed talking, texting or reading non-voice communication while driving. And for some, this was not their first offense. Last year was the first year Nevada banned the use of cell phones while driving. The total fine for a first-time offense […]
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Santa Rosa Press Democrat and Lake Tahoe News A Petaluma teen who vanished more than two days ago while in South Lake Tahoe for a three-day music festival remained missing Thursday afternoon amid mounting concerns for her safety and a sense that something wasn’t quite right. Friends who saw Alyssa Byrne, 19, shortly before she […]
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Updated Jan. 3 4pm with investigation time line information. Updated: Jan. 2 at 5:25pm By Kathryn Reed A 19-year-old Petaluma woman has not been seen since the last night of SnowGlobe. “Our best hope is she is with somebody and she is safe. It is not like her not to respond or to try to […]
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By Kathryn Reed PHILLIPS STATION – While the state is faring well when it comes to water content from the snowpack, the measurement closest to South Lake Tahoe is just average this time of year. In the field paralleling the road to Sierra-at-Tahoe, Frank Gehrke with the state Department of Water Resources on Jan. 2 […]
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Updated: Jan. 2 8:05pm South Lake Tahoe police at about 8pm Jan. 2 said Chantel Good of Reno had been located. She was not injured and she had not been abducted. —- South Lake Tahoe police officers are looking for a missing Reno woman. Chantel Good, 21, was reported missing on Jan. 1. According to […]
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