By Associated Press The attorney of a man wanted in a child abuse and domestic violence investigation in Incline Village said authorities did not have enough evidence to issue an arrest warrant. On Friday, the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office announced deputies were searching for 39-year-old Nicholas Lightfoot, of Incline Village, for his alleged involvement in […]
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By Kathryn Reed At the May 15 South Lake Tahoe City Council meeting the electeds will be asked to spend $11,500 in taxpayer money on a contract that even the interim city attorney said she has questions with. The council earlier this month discussed the bill from MRG. Consensus could not be reached on what […]
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By Peter Fimrite, San Francisco Chronicle Bigger, more intense forest fires, longer droughts, warmer ocean temperatures and an ever shrinking snowpack in the Sierra Nevada are “unequivocal” evidence of the ruinous domino-effects that climate change is having on California, a new California Environmental Protection Agency report states. The 350-page report released Wednesday tracks 36 indicators […]
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By Lake Tahoe News El Dorado and Placer counties have joined a lawsuit against opioid manufacturers and distributors because of the opioid epidemic. Thirty California counties are part of the legal matter in federal court. The lawsuit calls for drug companies to end practices that have led to the epidemic and seeks legal damages for […]
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While California’s electric grid operator this week said supplies could be in short supply this summer, that likely won’t be the case for Liberty Utilities customers. “Liberty Utilities is a winter-peaking utility, with our peak demand typically occurring between Christmas and New Year’s. With milder temperatures during the day and cooler temperatures at night, Liberty Utilities’ […]
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By Kevin McCallu, Santa Rosa Press Democrat Fire officials gathered in Santa Rosa’s devastated Fountaingrove neighborhood Wednesday to implore residents of the entire state to prepare for what they fear will be another long, dangerous wildfire season. Some 950 wildfires have burned more than 5,800 acres of California so far this year, and residents need […]
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A Truckee man is going to prison for six years for raping a woman last fall. James Russell Ferrigno, 32, pleaded guilty earlier this year to using an intoxicating substance before raping his roommate. The victim was renting a room from Ferrigno on a platonic basis. She told police she suspected Ferrigno of putting a […]
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By Associated Press Gov. Jerry Brown signed an executive order on Thursday that aims to reduce the dangers of wildfires following some of the deadliest and most destructive blazes in state history. The order calls for accelerating forest management procedures such as cutting back dense stands of trees and setting controlled fires to burn […]
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By Kathryn Reed Dirk Brazil is expected to be the interim city manager of South Lake Tahoe. According to the staff report for the May 15 City Council meeting, the rate of pay will be $103.85/hour, which equates to more than $16,000 a month. This is higher than what the electeds last month said they […]
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By Kathryn Reed It is estimated that at least 4,700 gallons of a toxic chemical reached the West Fork of the Carson River after a tractor trailer crashed May 9 near Woodfords. “The thinking is a lot of it went into the water. They just don’t have any specific number,” Scott Ferguson with Lahontan Regional […]
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