Registered sex offender Gustavo Ramirez, 20, of Truckee was arrested on charges related to not telling police officers where he was actually living. Officers said when Ramirez first registered he gave a false address. The reality, officers said, is Ramirez was living closer to a day care facility than he was legally allowed. He was […]
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By Evan Halper, Los Angeles Times SACRAMENTO — For the last couple of years, some of the state’s most influential business titans and elder statesmen have taken time off to grapple with the mess in Sacramento. Former Secretaries of State George Shultz and Condoleezza Rice, Google Inc. Chairman Eric Schmidt, Los Angeles philanthropist Eli Broad […]
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By Kathryn Reed The nearly two-year grind of construction on Highway 50 just below Spooner Summit on the Tahoe side is about to come to an end. “That project has a grading season exception based on the concern a serious hazard could occur if the project were not allowed to be completed,” Kristi Boosman, Tahoe […]
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By Steven Church, Bloomberg Mammoth Lakes won dismissal of its bankruptcy case after settling the $43 million development lawsuit that forced the city to seek court protection from its creditors. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Thomas Holman in Sacramento this month signed an order ending the case about four months after the town became the second of […]
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Gino DiMatteo pleaded not guilty to all charges Nov. 26 during his arraignment in federal court in Sacramento. The South Lake Tahoe resident was indicted on three drug charges on Nov. 21. The bail review scheduled for Monday was postponed because DiMatteo may be having a change in lawyers. In the meantime, DiMatteo remains behind […]
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By KCRA-TV A driver died in a wreck on Highway 89 near Tahoe City on Monday morning, the California Highway Patrol said. The crash was reported about 7:45am Nov. 26. A vehicle went off the road and into several trees, according to the Truckee CHP. Part of Highway 89 was closed so a tow truck […]
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Updated Nov. 28 2:30pm: The oversight committee has been changed to Dec. 7 at 2pm at Lake Tahoe Airport. —— By Kathryn Reed The agency left dealing with South Lake Tahoe’s redevelopment issues is fighting the state Department of Finance regarding nearly a half million dollars. The DOF on Nov. 9 wrote a letter to […]
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By Loretta Kalb and Kim Minugh, Sacramento Bee Officials released the names Sunday of four people, including two children, who were killed in a two-car collision on Highway 50 just east of Placerville. The crash happened about 6pm Saturday, when a 2004 Toyota Prius headed west in the Apple Hill area veered across four lanes […]
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By David Koeppel, Fortune In the aftermath of the Great Recession, thousands of students have learned the bitter lesson that the college degrees they paid for do not guarantee a steady job. In response, many have opted for grad school to give their status, pay, and job security a bump. Then there are those who […]
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By Barbara Barte Osborn, Sacramento Bee TRUCKEE — A Los Gatos man died Saturday after his bicycle and a vehicle collided at the west end of downtown Truckee. Robert Koechlin Jr., 45, was pronounced dead at Tahoe Forest Hospital in Truckee, where he was transported by firefighters who had taken over life-saving efforts from citizens […]
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