Two Douglas County residents lost money in a gift card scam. According to Douglas County sheriff’s investigators, a resident received a phone call from someone claiming to be from Apple who said the victim’s computer had been compromised. The caller ID also said Apple Inc. so the resident didn’t question the call. The caller claimed […]
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A Vallejo man was arrested in Truckee on Wednesday after officers found counterfeit currency manufacturing devices in his vehicle. Officers conducted a routine traffic stop on March 14 on eastbound Interstate 80 near Overland Trail. The driver, David Honsinger, 33, had several outstanding felony warrants for assault with a deadly weapon, felon in possession of […]
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By Rong-Gong Lin II, Los Angeles Times A Los Angeles lawmaker says California needs new statewide laws that boost earthquake safety, and wants to toughen rules on how strong new buildings should be and require cities to identify buildings at risk of collapse. Assemblyman Adrin Nazarian, D-North Hollywood, said the bills are important for […]
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By Benjy Egel And Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee A man detained for questioning has been released and two other men arrested in Tuesday’s stabbing death of a 35-year-old Pollock Pines man. The El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office identified the victim as Jeremy Fortuin. Deputies found him with multiple injuries when they responded just after 4pm […]
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By Dale Kasler, Sacramento Bee Just how bad was California’s last drought? For most of Southern California, it was either the worst or second worst since the century Columbus landed in the New World, the Ottoman empire was started and Joan of Arc was burned at the stake. In other words, it was one of […]
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By Mary Esch, AP Son of Sam, Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer and the Columbine High School shooters are among the infamous criminals who had a history of hurting animals before they went on to target humans, a tendency that’s part of what’s behind a movement to create public online registries of known animal abusers. New […]
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By Sammy Roth, Desert Sun Less than 2 percent of U.S. electricity comes from the sun. But last week, on a cool Sunday afternoon when there was plenty of sunlight and no need for air conditioning, the bulk of California briefly got 50 percent of its electricity from solar power. It was a record for the Golden State, […]
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A roommate dispute in South Lake Tahoe ended with shots being fired and one person arrested. Robert Choate Jr., 34, was arrested on March 14 on charges of assault with a deadly weapon. He was being held on $100,000 bail. The incident started March 12 about 10pm when people called 911 about shots being fired […]
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By Kathryn Reed Douglas County high schools experienced very different outcomes to the nationwide student protests on March 14. At Whittell High School more than 15 students left class at 10am and walked around the campus in silence for 17 minutes. Seventeen is significant – it pays homage to the 17 people who were shot […]
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By Kathryn Reed We march because … · Things need to change. · Too many lives have been lost. · I march for those who are afraid to. · Mental health matters. · We march because this is happening to us. We are the ones who have to go to school and be scared. That’s […]
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