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 […]
Read moreLake 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.
Read moreWashoe 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 […]
Read moreA 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 […]
Read moreGar 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 […]
Read moreBy 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 […]
Read moreTahoe 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 […]
Read moreBy 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 […]
Read moreBandit 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 […]
Read moreBy 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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