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In picking Lew, Obama turns a page at Treasury
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 01/10/2013 - 9:32amWASHINGTON - Jack Lew, President Barack Obama's nominee for treasury secretary, is a premier federal budget expert who would take the helm of the government's main agency for economic and fiscal po...
Flushing Nemo: Report warns home aquarium species a potential threat to California waters
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 01/09/2013 - 3:23pm
Well-intentioned children and aquarium hobbyists seeking to “free” their pet fish down a toilet bowl or into a local waterway may inadvertently be contributing to the threat of invasive species downstream, according to a new report from the University of California, Davis.
BLM assessing wild horse sanctuary plan in Nevada
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 01/09/2013 - 11:14amRENO, Nev. (AP) - Federal land managers have identified a wide range of issues that must be addressed to move forward with a proposal to establish a wild horse ecosanctuary over 820 square miles in...
Former South Lake Tahoe pot club owner pleads guilty to federal trafficking charges
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 01/09/2013 - 11:07amGennaro "Gino" DiMatteo, 43, of South Lake Tahoe, pled guilty Wednesday to count two of the indictment, possession with the intent to distribute marijuana, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. DiMatteo is scheduled to be sentenced in April.
This case is the product of an investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Department, and the El Dorado County District Attorney’s Office. Assistant United States Attorney Jason Hitt is prosecuting the case.
LTUSD copes with rising special education costs, less revenue
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 01/09/2013 - 5:00amCalifornia programs for students with learning disabilities have kept drawing money from shrinking general education funds even as federal funding has remained the same, according to a Legislative ...
Federal judge halts major Lake Tahoe ski resort expansion
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 01/08/2013 - 10:17amHOMEWOOD, Calif. - Regional conservation groups are celebrating a federal judge's ruling to send a proposed Sierra ski resort expansion back to the drawing board, a decision viewed by local gove...
Federal judge halts major Lake Tahoe ski resort expansion
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 01/08/2013 - 10:17amHOMEWOOD, Calif. - Regional conservation groups are celebrating a federal judge's ruling to send a proposed Sierra ski resort expansion back to the drawing board, a decision viewed by local gove...
Federal judge halts major Lake Tahoe ski resort expansion
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 01/07/2013 - 9:52amHOMEWOOD, Calif. - Nearly one year to the day since a lawsuit was filed, a federal judge has sent a proposed Lake Tahoe ski resort expansion back to the drawing board.The public interest law firm E...
Federal judge halts major Lake Tahoe ski resort expansion
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 01/07/2013 - 9:52amHOMEWOOD, Calif. - Nearly one year to the day since a lawsuit was filed, a federal judge has sent a proposed Lake Tahoe ski resort expansion back to the drawing board.
California receives approval for health exchange
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 01/03/2013 - 3:14pmSACRAMENTO, Calif. - The federal government on Thursday approved California's plan to run its own health insurance market, a milestone in the state's effort to meet requirements of the national hea...
Feds say delay made Montana oil spill worse
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 01/02/2013 - 1:32pmBILLINGS, Mont. - Delays in Exxon Mobil Corp.'s response to a major pipeline break beneath Montana's Yellowstone River made an oil spill far worse than it otherwise would have been, federal regulat...
NHP issues nearly 12,000 cell phone-related distracted driving traffic citations
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 01/02/2013 - 7:44amTroopers from the Nevada Highway Patrol issued nearly 12,000 traffic citations to motorists observed talking, texting or reading non-voice communication while operating a motor vehicle on Nevada’s highways in 2012. Thirty of the offenders last year received their second citation for the same offense with 25 of those witnessed on their phone for a third time and cited once more.
Management plan for 10 Nevada wilderness areas OK'd
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 01/01/2013 - 5:00amRENO, Nev. - Federal land managers have completed a management plan for 10 wilderness areas around northwestern Nevada's sprawling Black Rock Desert.Kristine Struck, a wilderness specialist for the...
Lake Tahoe Federal Advisory Committee to meet Jan. 10 at South Shore
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 12/20/2012 - 1:55pmEvent Date:
January 10, 2013 - 9:00am
The recently approved Tahoe Regional Plan Update and a Forest Plan Revision status update are among a host issues related to federal activities to be discussed at the Jan. 10 meeting of the Lake Tahoe Federal Advisory Committee. The meeting will be held from 9 a.m. until noon at the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, 35 College Drive, South Lake Tahoe, Calif.
Agencies partner to launch Lake Tahoe environmental newspaper
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 12/20/2012 - 12:37pmThe Tahoe Regional Planning Agency has partnered with federal, state and local agencies to launch "Tahoe in Depth" a new Lake Tahoe Basin environmental newspaper.
Mailed to every Lake Tahoe Basin property owner this week, the free publication is designed to keep Lake Tahoe homeowners, residents and visitors abreast of the wide variety of activities taking place to protect and restore the Lake Tahoe Basin.
Lake Tahoe 2035 transportation plan targets emission reduction strategies
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 12/19/2012 - 11:41amAlong with the Lake Tahoe Regional Plan Update, Mobility 2035, which is the Lake Tahoe Regional Transportation Plan and Sustainable Communities Strategy, was also approved by regional boards last week at Harveys Resort convention center in Stateline.
Passage of the Sustainable Communities Strategy makes Tahoe the fourth region in the state of California to approve a plan that complies with new greenhouse gas emissions legislation, according to the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) and Tahoe Metropolitan Planning Organization (TMPO).
FCC Chairman cites Barton Health's program as a catalyst for nationwide broadband expansion
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 12/19/2012 - 11:29am
Barton Health's Telemedicine program, which was launched as part of a Rural Healthcare Pilot Program, received accolades this month from the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission who noted the South Lake Tahoe program aided in recent decisions made by the Commission to expand a broadband Telemedicine program nationally.
Supervisors Offer Support for Naming Lake Tahoe Peak for Fallen Warriors
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 12/13/2012 - 9:58amThe Placer County Supervisors this week gave their support to efforts to name an unnamed peak in Eastern Placer County in honor of three Tahoe-area servicemen who were killed in action in the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. The peak, located in the Lake Tahoe Basin on United States Forest Service land in Placer County, will be called Gold Star Peak.
The three fallen men include two soldiers and one Marine:
PFC Phillip Brandon Williams, USMC, 21, died October 9, 2006 in Iraq;
Sergeant Timothy M. Smith, USA, 25, died April 7, 2008 in Iraq; and
Lake Tahoe Regional Plan Update approved
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 12/12/2012 - 5:34pm
For the first time since 1987, Lake Tahoe has a new regional plan for development and land use.
Twelve of the 14 voting members of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency's governing board voted in favor of the new plan, with one member voting against it and another abstaining, according to TRPA spokesman Jeff Cowan.
Business interests say the plan is an overdue overhaul of regulations that will jump-start Tahoe's tourism economy while also protecting its environment.
Former South Lake Tahoe woman sentenced for filing false tax return
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 12/11/2012 - 5:35pmA U.S. District Judge sentenced former South Lake Tahoe resident Gwen Noel Luckett, 59, to two years in prison Monday and for filing a fraudulent tax return, according to a statement from federal p...
Prescribed fire set for Tuesday on south and east shores of Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Editor on Mon, 12/10/2012 - 4:43pmExpect smokey skies Tuesday ahead of a storm system as the U.S. Forest Service fuels management crews will hold prescribed fire operations in the High Meadow area near South Lake Tahoe and above State Route 28 near Skunk Harbor Tuesday, Dec. 11. Crews expect to burn two acres at each location, weather permitting. Operations will continue as weather and conditions allow.
Study: Federal agencies ignore public’s right to information
Submitted by admin on Mon, 12/10/2012 - 2:00pmFormer South Lake Tahoe resident sentenced for claiming excessive federal tax refund
Submitted by Editor on Mon, 12/10/2012 - 11:07amFRESNO, Calif. — U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill on Monday sentenced Gwen Noel Luckett, 59, formerly of South Lake Tahoe, to two years in prison and ordered her to pay $605,692 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Attorney Benjamin Wagner announced.
December message from South Lake Tahoe mayor
Submitted by Editor on Sat, 12/08/2012 - 12:27pm
As I end my role as Mayor, I am jazzed. While the tendency is to focus on what's wrong with the City, the truth is the City has had a very successful year. In April, Council set five strategic goals:
Prescribed fire resumes Monday on West Shore Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Editor on Fri, 12/07/2012 - 11:39amPrescribed fire operations on Lake Tahoe's west shore near Tahoma and in Ward Canyon will resume Monday, Dec, 10. U.S. Forest Service crews expect to burn 50 acres in both locations, weather permitting. Operations are expected to continue through the week.
DiMatteo requests new attorney
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 12/06/2012 - 5:02pmFormer South Lake Tahoe medical marijuana dispensary owner Gino DiMatteo has requested a new attorney to defend him against federal drug charges.DiMatteo requested Sacramento attorney Donald Heller...
Feds pledge to improve protection of sacred sites
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 12/06/2012 - 4:25pmWASHINGTON - Protection of sites held sacred by American Indians and Alaska Natives will be bolstered under a memorandum of understanding signed Thursday by four federal agencies and the Advisory C...
South Lake Tahoe man faces federal fraud charges; allegedly skied and collected workers compensation
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 12/06/2012 - 2:06pmSACRAMENTO, Calif. — A federal grand jury returned an 11-count indictment today against Mark E. Leung, 58, of South Lake Tahoe, charging him with wire fraud, mail fraud, and making a false statement to obtain federal workers’ compensation, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
Lake Tahoe man indicted on federal fraud charges
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 12/06/2012 - 12:54pmA South Lake Tahoe man has been indicted on 11 counts of federal workers' compensation fraud, according to federal prosecutors.U.S. Attorney Benjamin Wagner announced the federal grand jury indictm...
Prescribed fire operations begin Wednesday on Lake Tahoe's West Shore
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 12/05/2012 - 9:17amFuels management crews with the U.S. Forest Service will conduct prescribed fire operations Wednesday near Grand Avenue on Lake Tahoe's west shore near Tahoe Pines. Crews expect to burn one acre, weather permitting. Operations will continue as weather and conditions allow.
Sharron Angle violated campaign laws in 2010, FEC says
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 12/04/2012 - 10:07amSharron Angle's campaign didn't properly report hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions or $2.3 million in debts during her failed 2010 U.S. Senate bid in Nevada, the Federal Ele...
Tahoe Fund Presents $12,850 Check for Key Segment of Lake Tahoe Bikeway
Submitted by Editor on Mon, 12/03/2012 - 3:43pm
The environmental non-profit Tahoe Fund presented a $12,850 check today to the Tahoe Transportation District for the Rabe Meadow Bike Path, a key segment of the proposed new bike and pedestrian route around Lake Tahoe called the Lake Tahoe Bikeway. The Bikeway will link communities around the lake, improve air quality, and provide a breathtaking recreational amenity for Tahoe residents and visitors.
Federal dollars help El Dorado County become more energy efficient
Submitted by admin on Thu, 11/29/2012 - 4:00pmFemale military members sue to serve in combat
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 11/28/2012 - 5:00amSAN FRANCISCO - Four female military service members have filed a lawsuit challenging the Pentagon's ban on women serving in combat.The lawsuit was filed in federal court in San Francisco Tuesday a...
BLM approves major mine in central Nevada
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 11/27/2012 - 9:36amEUREKA - Federal land managers have approved a major mine project in central Nevada, saying it will provide an average of 400 long-term jobs. U.S. Bureau of Land Management officials announced Frid...
Guest column: Arrested decay or real restoration?
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 11/23/2012 - 5:00amTahoe Regional Planning Agency will vote on adoption of a new 2012 Regional Plan on Dec. 12. The outcome will send a powerful signal to community, local, state and federal partners and private capi...
DiMatteo indicted on federal charges; S. Tahoe never did background check on pot club owner
Submitted by admin on Wed, 11/21/2012 - 4:50pmDiMatteo indicted, city didn't complete background check
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 11/21/2012 - 4:48pmA federal grand jury indicted former South Lake Tahoe medical marijuana dispensary owner Gino DiMatteo on three counts Wednesday.The indictment charges DiMatteo with conspiracy to manufacture at le...
DiMatteo bail hearing scheduled
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 11/16/2012 - 5:19pmA federal court judge is scheduled to hear arguments regarding the release of former South Lake Tahoe medical marijuana dispensary owner Gino DiMatteo next week.A bail review hearing for DiMatteo i...
Upper Kingsbury Grade prescribed burning set for Thursday
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 11/14/2012 - 3:27pmA prescribed fire is planned for upper Kingsbury Grade near North Benjamin Drive at Lake Tahoe South Shore Thursday, Nov. 15.
U.S. Forest Service fuels management crews will burn around a quarter acre, conditions permitting. Across the lake, prescribed burning is also slated for the Bunker Road area near Tahoe City. Both operations are scheduled to last through the day.
Former El Dorado Hills man arraigned for mail fraud, money laundering charges
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 11/14/2012 - 12:14pmGregory J. Chmielewski, 43, formerly of El Dorado Hills, is scheduled to be arraigned today for 24-counts of mail fraud and money laundering, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. The indictment, from February 17, 2011, was sealed until Chmielewski’s arrest in Arizona on October 24, 2012.
Gay marriage, marijuana backed in historic votes
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 11/07/2012 - 9:44amAltering the course of U.S social policy, Maine and Maryland became the first states to approve same-sex marriage by popular vote, while Washington state and Colorado set up a showdown with federal...
Saunders: Another drug war nightmare
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 11/07/2012 - 5:00amThe government has the power to seize your assets for a crime you did not commit. That's essentially the argument being made in a Boston federal court this week as the U.S. Department of Justice an...
Recommendations Regarding 'Economic Revitalization' for South Shore Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 11/06/2012 - 4:26pm
After attending the State of the South Shore Economy Public Forum held on October 23rd, 2012 I was inspired to draft a response to the questions about economic revitalization that were asked at the meeting. I feel like our group had many salient ideas that were not properly represented. Also, I have noticed that people are quick to offer ideas like “reduce unemployment”, “beautify the city”, and “improve recreation”, but they are typically unable to offer suggestions on how to make those ideas a reality.
Bribery not included in DiMatteo charges
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 11/06/2012 - 3:51pmFederal prosecutors have formally charged former South Lake Tahoe medical marijuana dispensary owner Gennaro "Gino" DiMatteo with two weed-related crimes.In a criminal complaint unsealed Monday, Di...
KRNV: Feds not pursuing South Lake Tahoe bribery charges
Submitted by Editor on Mon, 11/05/2012 - 12:53pmThe El Dorado County District Attorney's Office will drop all charges against Gino DiMatteo and let federal authorities take over because there are higher criminal penalties in that legal system, MyNews4.com is reporting. KRNV has received the first copy of the unsealed criminal complaint by the federal government and in that complaint a bribery charge is not mentioned. DiMatteo was originally charged with attempting to bribe South Lake Tahoe City Councilwoman Angela Swanson.
Workshop on Wednesday for proposed South Shore Lake Tahoe Highway 50 revitalization project
Submitted by Editor on Sun, 11/04/2012 - 4:33pmEvent Date:
November 7, 2012 - 1:00pm
The Tahoe Transportation District will host its second public workshop to discuss the US 50, Lake Tahoe South Shore Community Revitalization project, Wednesday, November 7, at Embassy Suites from 1-3 p.m.
The Lake Tahoe workshop will provide background on the project, outline goals and solicit input from individuals throughout the community. The open house format allows for members of the community to participant in the workshop anytime between workshop hours.
DiMatteo faces federal drug charges; bribery investigation involving Swanson still alive
Submitted by admin on Fri, 11/02/2012 - 6:21pm