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Early jail releases surge in Calif. after prison realignment

By Paige St. John, Los Angeles Times Jesus Ysasaga had been arrested multiple times and ordered by the court to keep away from his ex-girlfriend. Two parole boards sentenced him to nearly a year in jail for stalking, drunkenness and battery. But the Fresno County jail would not keep him. Four times in the summer […]

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Mass casualty drill

Lake Tahoe Airport on Aug. 25, 2014, was the scene of a mass casualty training incident. The scenario was a C130 with 47 people on board crashed while landing at the South Lake Tahoe airport.

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Man floating at Sand Harbor identified

Washoe County sheriff’s investigators have identified the man who was found floating in the water at Sand Harbor as Carl Strickland, 40, of Incline Village. Students in a paddleboarding class discovered the body Aug. 22 about 10:50am near the boat docks. Detectives said the instructor the body was tangled in some ropes affixed to a […]

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Power temporarily cut to 2 LTUSD schools

A truck carrying trusses for the roof of a house clipped the power lines across from Safeway on Johnson Boulevard between Highway 50 and Fairway Avenue on Monday morning. The accident knocked out power for most of the Liberty Utilities customers in the area for more than hour. This included putting students in the dark […]

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Fireworks show to be part fundraiser

Gar Woods Grill & Pier and the Monte Foundation will be hosting the 2nd annual Fireworks Spectacular on Aug. 31 at 8:15pm in Carnelian Bay. The lakefront fireworks show will benefit many North Tahoe sports programs. Last year this event raised more than $14,000. In addition to the money that Gar Woods and the Monte […]

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Organic food — high prices, uncertain benefits

By Leslie Patton, Bloomberg Organic food sales have gone through the roof. It’s no wonder. It’s widely believed that organic foods are more nutritious and safer than non-organic — they’re even said to fight cancer — even though the evidence is far from clear. Consumers have been paying a lot to eat organic; food certified […]

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Community Pub Run on North Shore

Tahoe City’s inaugural Community Pub Run is Sept. 2 at 5:30pm. Alpenglow Sports has partnered with Hoka One One and Zia Lina to provide a community-oriented evening for North Lake Tahoe. Participants will have the opportunity to test the hottest trail shoe in the industry for free, make new friends, and enjoy a scenic 4 […]

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Zephyr Cove sewer district faces lawsuit

By Terri Hendry, KRNV-TV Your right to know is at the center of a lawsuit filed against a small sewer district at Lake Tahoe. The conservative group Nevada Policy Research Institute has filed suit in the Ninth Judicial Court in Minden, asking the court to order the Tahoe-Douglas Sewer District to disclose its employee compensation […]

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Tahoe Tails — Adoptable Pets in South Lake Tahoe

Bandit is a beautiful purebred St. Bernard. She is so youthful in appearance and behavior that it is hard to believe she is 8 years old. She is tall, and seems to be at her ideal weight. Bandit has a beautiful coat and is very well behaved. She jumps tall fences and she will chase […]

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Tahoe Tom’s at center of MTBE issue — again

By Kathryn Reed Years after MTBE was used in South Lake Tahoe it continues to turn up in well water. The latest incident involves Tahoe Tom’s gas station near the state line. The former owners – Mohammad Ahmad and the Thomas E. Erickson Trust – have never fully cleaned up the contaminated groundwater even though […]

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