By Francis Xavier, Unofficial Networks The “masterminds” behind the great ticket voucher heist of Heavenly have been granted probation for involvement in selling the fraudulent ski passes last year in court in Minden on Aug. 21. The thefts took place between October 2015 and March 2016. After an audit, Heavenly showed a total of 1,100 lift ticket vouchers […]
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By KCRA-TV Two South Lake Tahoe sisters who were reported missing Wednesday after their parents had not heard from the girls for several days have been found safe, according to the girls’ father. Melissa Lea, 18, and Kalila Lea, 7, were found when people at a grocery store in Prineville, Oregon recognized the sisters, the […]
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By Cynthia Hubert, Sacramento Bee Volunteers counted 146 more people living homeless in Placer County this year compared to a similar census in 2015. That translates to a 28 percent increase in the county’s homeless population during the past two years. But officials said the numbers may be misleading. The number of homeless people documented […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE — It was a lively conversation about a deadly situation at Wednesday’s Tahoe Region Planning Agency Governing Board meeting. Trees took up the morning session; specifically dead trees and what is being done about them. One good winter didn’t cure what ails Lake Tahoe’s forests – or those throughout the Sierra. […]
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By Jennifer McGraw, CBS13 An Austrian hiker was struck by lightning Tuesday near Donner Summit and survived. He is now recovering at UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento. Paramedic Matt Calcutt with CHP said he has never seen anything like it, the boulder looked like it had exploded into small desks across the ridge. Calcutt […]
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By KCRA-TV Two South Lake Tahoe sisters were reported missing Wednesday after their parents had not heard from the girls for several days. Melissa, 18, and 7-year-old Kalila Lea were known to be at the Symbiosis Event in Big Summit Prairie, Ore., for the eclipse, the Crook County Sheriff’s Office said. Their parents last heard […]
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Life imitated art in a dangerous way on Tuesday when two youngsters started a fire by the apartments on Lake Tahoe Boulevard just below South Tahoe High School. “The 8- and 10-year-old girls are fans of ‘Naked and Afraid’ and wanted to start a survival fire,” Police Chief Brian Uhler told Lake Tahoe News. (This […]
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By Sean Whaley, Las Vegas Review-Journal Federal financial assistance is starting to flow into Nevada to help defray an estimated $30 million in damage from two flooding events in much of the state in January and February. The state Division of Emergency Management already has $4 million in authority from the federal government for the […]
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By Angela Hart, Sacramento Bee California’s high housing costs are driving poor and middle income people out of their housing like never before. While some are fleeing coastal areas for cheaper living inland, others are leaving the state altogether. Homelessness is on the rise. California is home to 12 percent of the U.S. population, but […]
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A nearly 15 acre fire burning two miles south of Spooner Summit is 5 percent contained. It started about 2pm Aug. 22 from lightning. The Genoa Peak Fire is creeping and smoldering in timber and brush, according to the U.S. Forest Service. No structures are threatened at this time. Two helicopters are working the fire […]
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