By Kathryn Reed Houses have holes in them that owners don’t always think about, but which fire seems to know exist. That is one of the conundrums when it comes to fire prevention. Building codes continually change to help suppress fire. Vegetation through defensible space has been a help for years. Windows and vents are […]
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By Scott Neuman and Colin Dwyer, NPR Nearly all of the seats on the U.S. National Park Service advisory board are vacant following a mass resignation Monday night, with ex-members citing Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s unwillingness to meet with them. Former Alaska Gov. Tony Knowles said that he and eight other members of the panel […]
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By Kathryn Reed A South Tahoe High School sophomore posted pictures of himself with guns and threatening song lyrics that prompted police officers to search his home in Meyers. The threats showed up on Snapchat on Jan. 15. And while they disappear quickly, it is possible to take screenshots of messages. Students when they received […]
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By Tony Bizjak, Sacramento Bee In the tiny town of Plymouth, gateway to Amador County’s growing wine tourism area, road crews recently ripped out the four-way stop on a busy section of Highway 49 to replace it with a traffic approach that literally will have drivers going in circles. Plopped in the middle of the […]
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Former El Dorado Hills resident Julia A. Wilbert, 53, pleaded guilty Jan. 17 to theft of government benefits. According to court documents, from June 2007 through March 2015, Wilbert stole approximately $112,275 in federal government benefit payments intended for her aunt, who died in June 2007. Wilbert’s aunt was an eligible recipient of Dependency and […]
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By Kathryn Reed Policy is now being made by the part-time city attorney instead of the South Lake Tahoe City Council. A letter was sent Jan. 11 to owners of shared rentals from the city’s revenue division at the direction of Nira Doherty. Doherty is an attorney with Burke, Williams & Sorensen out of Oakland. […]
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By Jessica Calefati, CalMatters Gov. Jerry Brown’s landmark school funding formula would not only win more money under the state budget blueprint he released last week, but also be subjected to the sort of transparency and accountability lawmakers and advocates for needy kids have been seeking since its adoption almost five years ago. The formula […]
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By Chris Kudialis, Las Vegas Sun Just over six months after sales of recreational marijuana began in Nevada, the state’s Tax Commission on Tuesday approved permanent regulations to govern the industry. The eight-member commission voted 8-0 in favor of adopting 258 pages of pot regulations, which replace temporary “early start” regulations put in place to […]
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North Tahoe Public Utility District’s board of directors is trying to figure out how to keep the North Tahoe Event Center in Kings Beach solvent since the deal with Laulima fell through last month. A task group consisting of members of the Recreation and Park Commission, district residents and up to two directors will be […]
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By KRNV The motive for an attack that led a deputy to shoot and injure a 47-year-old man early Sunday in North Lake Tahoe is still not clear, according to the Placer County Sheriff’s Office. In a statement released Tuesday, the sheriff’s office said deputies responded just after 4am Jan. 14, to a rental home […]
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