A South Lake Tahoe man serving time for burglary now faces murder charges in the death of his 3-week-old son. When David Paul DeMartile Jr. died on Nov. 14, 2008, there was something suspicious that led officers to request an autopsy. It was determined the infant had been abused. However, there was not enough evidence […]
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By KTVN-TV The Placer County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help to identify two suspects involved in a series of burglaries from March. Secret Witness is offering a cash reward of $750 to find two people who were involved in vehicle burglaries on Mt. Rose Highway, residential burglaries at North Lake Tahoe and fraudulent […]
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By Kellen Browning, Sacramento Bee As gas prices continue to rise nationwide – with California leading the way, at $3.71 per gallon – Americans are planning fewer and shorter road trips this summer, a recent survey found. Currently $2.93 per gallon on average in the U.S., gas prices are expected to rise to $2.95 by […]
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Updated May 23, 9pm: By Kathryn Reed “It is 100 percent about commercials.” That is the reason Charter-Spectrum is telling customers Sacramento station KCRA is being removed from the lineup in the South Lake Tahoe area. Instead, people will have to get their programming from the NBC affiliate KRNV out of Reno. “Even though you […]
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A Steller’s jay in South Lake Tahoe has tested positive for West Nile virus. This is the first bird this year to test positive in El Dorado County. The animal was found on May 7. San Mateo and Santa Clara counties have also had reported cases of West Nile. Confirmation of the West Nile virus […]
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By Kate Irby and Emily Cadei, Sacramento Bee California Republican Rep. Tom McClintock doesn’t believe his party’s controversial plan to stiffen work requirements for food stamp recipients goes far enough. But his proposal to require even more people to work for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits was too strict even for most of his […]
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By Sam Gross, Reno Gazette-Journal It’s been a week since Aaron Salazar was found battered and unconscious near railroad tracks in Truckee, California, and his family is no closer to understanding what happened to the 22-year-old student who was traveling by rail from Colorado to Oregon. Was he attacked? Was he thrown from the train? Was this […]
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By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal Authorities in Douglas County say one man is dead and a sheriff’s deputy injured following a domestic violence call to a Minden-area home. The incident happened Saturday on Shadow Lane in northern Douglas County, according to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office. The report states that deputies responded to a call […]
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By Kenzie Bales, KRNV-TV Multiple mudslides have shut down both directions of Highway 395 from Highway 208 (Holbrook Junction) to the Nevada/California state line near the Topaz Lodge, according to the Nevada Department of Transportation. Trooper Matt McLaughlin with the Nevada Highway Patrol says all northbound traffic is stopped at the California state line and […]
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By Chris McGinnis, San Francisco Chronicle Memorial Day marks the start of the busy peak travel season, and it looks like this summer will be one of the busiest ever at airports, on the road and at hotels. The Transportation Security Administration, which processed more than 239 million airline passengers and crew from Memorial Day […]
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