The El Dorado County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to join the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association class-action lawsuit seeking to overturn the state fire fee. “Hundreds of residents have contacted the county to voice their frustration about the fire tax,” Supervisor John Knight said in a press release. “The Board of Supervisors can’t sit idly […]
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By Adam Nagourney, New York Times LAS VEGAS — Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. sat onstage before a crowd of culinary workers here the other morning, listening intently to a man who is not on the ballot but might hold the key to a victory for President Obama in economically ravaged Nevada. “Mr. Vice […]
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By Melissa Pinion-Whitt, San Bernardino County Sun Dozens of out-of-state firefighters have come to the Inland Empire to help protect the San Bernardino National Forest from potential wildfires during expected high winds and dry weather. Five Lake Tahoe-based engine crews and two hot shot crews from the U.S. Forest Service – totaling about 70 extra […]
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Three stores in Truckee were caught selling tobacco products to people younger than 18. The Truckee Police Department in conjunction with the Nevada County Tobacco Use Prevention Project conducted an under-age tobacco purchase operation in Truckee on 17 locations. Citations were issued to the responsible clerks in each of the three stores that sold tobacco […]
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By Kathryn Reed While the Tahoe Keys subdivision will remain as is, the sensitive wetlands surrounding it could expand, sand dunes may return, the sailing lagoon that abuts the Cove East walking trail may be filled in and that trail rerouted, and the mouth of the Upper Truckee altered. These are some of the proposals […]
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By David Wood, Huffington Post WASHINGTON — Veterans and military families are no longer the dependable core of support for Republicans that they were for generations. Seared by a decade of war and service in a military force that is more ethnically and racially diverse — and includes openly gay troops — more than two […]
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By Carrie Johnson, NPR The number of boys locked up for crimes has dropped over the past decade, but the number of young women detained in jails and residential centers has moved in the other direction. Experts say girls make up the fastest-growing segment of the juvenile justice system, with more than 300,000 arrests and […]
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By Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times A 27-year-old male teacher suspected of sexually assaulting two fifth-grade boys in an El Segundo classroom has been arrested, and authorities are looking for other possible victims. Jeffrey Simonek, who had been placed on administrative leave from his job at Center Street School in the El Segundo Unified School […]
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By Kathryn Reed KINGS BEACH – On a blustery day where Lake Tahoe seemed to have the energy of the ocean, it set the stage for what could have been a combative, boisterous day. Instead, those who came out to discuss the final environmental documents of the TRPA Regional Plan update remained civil. Oct. 24 […]
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The trustee sale scheduled for Oct. 24 of Embassy Suites South Lake Tahoe did not take place. For the time being, the hotel will stay open and continue to be owned by Ken Corp. in Japan. However, the details of what has transpired are unknown. “I won’t make any comment. I would rather not continue […]
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