Stacee Etcheber, who was a part-time resident of Incline Village, died in the gun rampage in Las Vegas. She was 50. In honor of her memory, the annual United Blood Services and Incline Village Recreation Center blood drive on Oct. 13 is being dedicated in her memory. The community remembers Stacee as a loving wife, […]
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By Michael R. Blood, AP California’s emerging marijuana industry is being rattled by an array of unknowns, as the state races to issue its first licenses to grow and sell legal recreational pot on Jan. 1. “We all have anxiety,” top state pot regulator Lori Ajax told an industry group Thursday. “It’s not going to […]
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By Thomas Moore, Las Vegas Sun Caesars Entertainment has completed the bankruptcy process, the company announced Friday, ending two-plus years of legal and financial uncertainty. As part of the post-bankruptcy restructuring, Caesars Entertainment has finished its merger with Caesars Acquisition Company and has announced a new board of directors. Caesars is the parent company of […]
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By Kathryn Reed Cody Bass, the owner of Tahoe Wellness Cooperative, is accused of felony tax fraud. A criminal complaint filed in El Dorado County Superior Court alleges Bass filed false income tax returns with the California Franchise Tax Board for calendar years 2012 and 2013, and that he failed to file a personal state […]
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By Renee Duff, AccuWeather A continued dry spell and strengthening winds will set the stage for an enhanced risk of wildfire ignition across California into the middle of October. Little to no rain is expected across the state through at least the second week of October. Low humidity combined with the lack of rainfall into […]
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By Kathryn Reed Better flow and access to the Stateline area for vehicles, pedestrians and bicyclists are major components of the proposed loop road. But with any endeavor there are consequences. “We walk and bike a lot. The (new) highway would separate where we go,” Caroline Fallu told Lake Tahoe News. She and her husband, […]
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By Adam Ashton, Sacramento Bee California governments likely will make do with fewer teachers, parks employees and other public workers while they struggle to absorb fast-rising pension costs in the next few years, a former state lawmaker argues in a study released this week through Stanford University. Former Democratic Assemblyman Joe Nation projects that many […]
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South Lake Tahoe police are looking for two men who allegedly fired a semi-automatic handgun in the parking lot of 7-Eleven on Pioneer Trail late Tuesday night. Casings from the bullets were found, but police are not saying how many. No one was reported injured. Property damage has not been disclosed. The gunfire was reported […]
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By Jason Hidalgo and Sam Gross, Reno Gazette-Journal The gunman at the center of the deadliest shooting in U.S. history did not leave much of an impression with his Reno neighbors. Amid the bright lights and bustling din of the casinos he visited in the Biggest Little City, however, Stephen Paddock was instantly recognizable. Before […]
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By Michael McGough, Sacramento Bee After an El Dorado County man’s wife had criticized him for purchasing lottery tickets, he started hiding in his own house to scratch them. Hermenegildo Beltran-Meza was in the bathroom when he discovered that one of his $10 California Black Premium Scratchers was a $1 million winner, the California Lottery […]
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