An ex-felon has been arrested in connection with the Oct. 3 murder at the Hard Rock Lake Tahoe in Stateline. Jose DeJesus Rodiguez-Quezada was contacted by UNR police officers on Nov. 22 when they found him sleeping on a sidewalk near the UNR Agricultural Ranch area on East McCarran Boulevard. They determined Rodriguez-Quezada, a previously […]
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By Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Review-Journal The state Gaming Policy Committee is going to pot this week as top gaming policymakers, including Gov. Brian Sandoval, will discuss whether there’s a possible point of entry for recreational marijuana among Nevada’s tourism assets. It’s going to be a tough sell, given Nevada regulators’ stance on marijuana […]
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By Kathryn Reed OLYMPIC VALLEY – Eighty years after Wayne Paulson envisioned linking Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows ski resorts, his dream may become a reality. The founder of Squaw thought he could realize it in his lifetime. Not so. But those falling in his footsteps are now the closest to bringing this to fruition. […]
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By Adam Ashton, Sacramento Bee Gov. Jerry Brown got most of what he wanted when he carried a proposal to shore up the state’s underfunded public employee pension plans by trimming benefits for new workers. Five years later, he’s in court making an expansive case that government agencies should be able to adjust pension benefits […]
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By KPIX-TV The search is on for a gang of grinches who robbed and ransacked a family-run Christmas tree farm in El Dorado County. “They clearly busted in the door, they broke off the steal bar, and huge padlock that was on here,” says Gary Schoennauer. Gary and Erik Schoennauer are father and son, stunned […]
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By Ryan Sabalow, Sacramento Bee Bill Steacy was driving west on Highway 50 near Shingle Springs Saturday evening with his wife and two young children. Suddenly, up ahead it looked like fireworks erupted over the freeway. Power lines were blocking the path of the Monterey family’s Toyota Tacoma pickup. “These things were bouncing up and […]
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By Lake Tahoe News As soon as it really starts to snow and the tourists come to the South Shore for winter fun, they are going to realize driving on residential streets is no longer a great option. This is because El Dorado County Board of Supervisors adopted what’s called a Traction Ordinance. It all […]
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By Laurel Rosenhall, CalMatters With a declaration that “public servants best serve the citizenry when they can be candid and honest without reservation in conducting the people’s business,” lawmakers passed the California Whistleblower Protection Act in 1999. The idea was to protect workers who report misconduct, so that they can blow the whistle on bad […]
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By David R. Baker, San Francisco Chronicle For 10 days in October 2007, wildfires riding hot Santa Ana winds swept across Southern California, forcing nearly 1 million people to flee and killing 10. When the ashes cooled, investigators found that many of the blazes had been caused by electrical lines swaying or falling in the […]
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A former Lakeside casino employee is likely headed to prison after admitting he stole from his employer. Brandon J. Probert of Stateline at his arraignment this week in Minden pleaded guilty to embezzling. When he is sentenced in January he could get a maximum of five years in prison. Probert was using a player tracking […]
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