By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe City Council members on Feb. 20 will again discuss the future of City Manager Nancy Kerry. The closed session item is listed as: public employee discipline/dismissal/release. This was the same wording used for the Feb. 12 special meeting. At that time there was no reportable action. Sources have told […]
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By Associated Press The flu vaccine is doing a poor job protecting older Americans and others against the bug that’s causing most illnesses. Preliminary figures released Thursday by the CDC suggest the vaccine is 36 percent effective overall in preventing flu illness severe enough to send a patient to the doctor’s office. There’s only been […]
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Wicked wind on Sunday brought down a tree into a South Lake Tahoe residence. No one in the duplex was injured. Even the cat was safely rescued by firefighters. The two units on Tahoe Vista Drive, though, are uninhabitable. Vehicles were also severely damaged. The National Weather Service in Reno recorded a gust on Feb. […]
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By Melody Gutierrez, San Francisco Chroncile SACRAMENTO — When the state Senate investigated sexual harassment allegations against a high-ranking legislative staffer three years ago, the house’s handling appeared to be done quickly and decidedly. The staffer, Steve Davey, was placed on paid leave and ultimately resigned as chief of staff at the request of his […]
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By Nicole Raz, Las Vegas Review-Journal Nevada is beginning to deliver on a promise to boost its workforce training programs. The Governor’s Office of Workforce Innovation — created by executive order in 2016 to manage and bolster training programs — said last July that it aims to boost the number of apprenticeship programs in the […]
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By Wayne Parry, AP One of the world’s largest casino companies will check its guests’ hotel rooms every 24 hours, even if they have a “Do Not Disturb” sign hanging on the doorknob. Caesars Entertainment told the Associated Press it also is considering giving panic buttons to its employees to enable them to quickly summon […]
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By Associated Press Jurors found a Utah woman guilty of murder Thursday for aiding her husband as he killed two Northern California sheriff’s deputies in 2014. The Sacramento County jury convicted Janelle Monroy of 10 charges including murder, attempted murder and carjacking, attempted carjacking and possessing an assault rifle. They rejected her argument that she […]
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By Amy Graff, San Francisco Chronicle Amid a winter marked by more sun than storms, California is desperate for rain and snow. An end-of-winter burst of wet potent California storms, aka a Miracle March, is the only hope to bolster the Sierra Nevada snowpack and boost the rainfall totals, but meteorologists say the odds of […]
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The man who was killed last month in Incline Village has been identified as the father-in-law of the suspect. David Rivas-Rodriguez, 70, died from multiple stab wounds, according to Washoe County sheriff’s detectives. Deputies were called to a residence in the 700 block of Southwood Boulevard at 10am Jan. 23. Rivas-Rodriguez was dead when they […]
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By Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times Scientists have some sobering news about the future of our planet: Even if humans manage to meet the temperature target set forth in the Paris climate change agreement, record-breaking weather events will become increasingly common around the world. And that’s the good part. The Paris plan seeks to keep […]
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