By Jeff German and Francis McCabe, Las Vegas Review-Journal Defense lawyers for Harvey Whittemore filed court papers Friday seeking to suppress evidence in the high-profile federal case charging the one-time power broker in a scheme to unlawfully funnel $138,000 in campaign contributions to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. The lawyers argued the evidence – including […]
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By Dale Kasler, Sacramento Bee Raley’s and the United Food and Commercial Workers on Sunday announced they have resumed negotiations in San Francisco as the two sides seek an end to a week-old strike. UFCW Local 8 in Roseville said Raley’s initiated the talks, a move that Raley’s spokesman John Segale confirmed. “It is abundantly […]
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By Kathryn Reed One month from today the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Governing Board is expected to vote on the much-anticipated, much-overdue Regional Plan update. This voluminous document is the planning bible for the Lake Tahoe Basin. It was last updated in 1987. However, it was supposed to be updated in 2007, but got bogged […]
Read moreThe Truckee Town Council on Dec. 19 will discuss the draft environmental impact report that has been prepared for the California Highway Patrol Communication Facilities Replacement Project. The project would replace and upgrade the CHP telecommunications facilities at the Truckee area office on Highway 89. This is the communications hub that serves South Lake Tahoe, […]
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By Theresa Souers According to the National Association of Realtors, the median sales prices increased in the third quarter compared to the same period last year in 120 of 149 metropolitan areas. In fact, home prices rose in 81 percent of U.S. cities. While not quite there yet, South Lake Tahoe’s home prices are showing […]
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Thirty pounds of marijuana with an estimated street value of $75,000 was found at a Truckee residence on Friday. Truckee officers were investigating a suspicious subject in the Sierra Meadows neighborhood on Nov. 9 when they contacted an individual at his residence and discovered approximately 30 pounds of processed marijuana and an active marijuana grow. […]
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By Kathryn Reed MEYERS – With markers in hand, a room full of people started drawing and writing descriptions on maps about what Meyers should evolve into. And much like the discussions being had around the basin, recreation, connectivity and a sense of place evolved as dominant themes. Moving the boat inspection from where it […]
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By CBS-SF SANTA ROSA — A former Santa Rosa Hydroponics and Growing Supplies store employee was arrested in South Lake Tahoe on Nov. 7 on suspicion of robbing the store last month, Santa Rosa police said. Jessie Hicks, 28, of Santa Rosa was detained by the California Highway Patrol while he was driving in South […]
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By Hudson Sangree, Sacramento Bee Home prices in the Sacramento region continued rising in September at rates that outpaced national gains and mirrored statewide increases in residential real estate values, CoreLogic reported Tuesday. Across El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento and Yolo counties, home prices rose by an average of 6.9 percent in September compared with the […]
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By Heather Somerville and George Avalos, San Jose Mercury News Safeway struck a deal with union leaders early Thursday, ending more than 15 months of negotiations and easing fears that the recent bout of labor strife in local grocery stores might spread to the region’s largest supermarket. The tentative contract lays out new agreements on […]
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