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Missing retired fire battalion chief reunited with family
Submitted by paula on Thu, 06/11/2020 - 5:18pm
11:25 p.m. Update: Merlin Turner was found Thursday and has been reunited with his family. According to Fox40 in Sacramento, a family friend said between the stress brought on by COVID-19 and his battle with post-traumatic stress disorder, Turner needed some respite.
Social media was instrumental in finding Turner. Someone reported seeing him in Knights Landing and another person saw him eating a burger at their diner. The family friend says Turner didn’t even realize how many days had gone by or that he was on the news being reported as missing.
Ex-husband of woman missing in SLT says he doesn't expect to see her again
Submitted by paula on Fri, 04/07/2017 - 4:43pm
The ex-husband of a 62-year-old Sacramento woman who went missing in South Lake Tahoe Monday afternoon told FOX40 News he did not expect to see her again.
He was the last person who reported seeing her before her disappearance.
"I am trying to do what I can for what she would have wanted me to do under the circumstances," Henry Suwinsky said.
Former FOX40 producer sentenced to prison for attack on media sites
Submitted by paula on Wed, 04/13/2016 - 6:06pm
Matthew Keys, 29, former web producer and network site administrator for KTXL FOX40, a Sacramento television station, was sentenced today to two years in prison for inciting, assisting, and conducting a weeks-long campaign of online attacks against FOX40 and The Los Angeles Times, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and FBI Special Agent in Charge Monica M. Miller announced.
DA's office in South Lake Tahoe to film story on vacation home fraud
Submitted by paula on Fri, 01/29/2016 - 4:30pm
While vacation rental scams are nothing new in South Lake Tahoe, law enforcement has seen an increase in their numbers.
South Lake Tahoe's Beth Tschantre tries out for American Idol
Submitted by paula on Thu, 01/07/2016 - 7:26pm
It's not every day a local girl tries out for the musical talent show, American Idol, but Beth Tschantre has done just that.
The 25-year-old from South Lake Tahoe will make her American Idol debut on Thursday night's show when the San Francisco auditions are highlighted. The show is on FOX from 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Tschantre can't say much about what happens as she's bound by a confidentiality agreement, but she can say her segment starts tonight and goes into next week.
Two hurt in small El Dorado County plane crash
Submitted by paula on Thu, 10/08/2015 - 9:59pm
Two men suffered moderate injuries Wednesday after a small plane went down at the Georgetown Airport, the El Dorado County Sheriff's Office said.
Emergency personnel from several agencies, including Cal Fire, Georgetown Fire and El Dorado County Fire responded, finding the single engine Luscombe plane down an embankment near the runway.
The impact of the crash bent the nose up almost 90 degrees.
People familiar with the aircraft's two occupants told FOX40 both are longtime Georgetown residents, and one is the owner of the plane and a flight instructor.
El Dorado County Sheriff Deputies and Officers to star in own reality show
Submitted by paula on Thu, 09/04/2014 - 10:02pm
Sheriffs....El Dorado County is a new television show staring the men and women of the Sheriff's Department. Fox40 and Foothill 7 Television have filmed 26 episodes so far, the first of which airs on Saturday, September 20 on Fox and Fox 40.
Viewers will follow the real officers and deputies of the department as they are involved in drug busts, Meth lab raids and pulling over drivers under the influence. You never know who you might see on an episode, perhaps a neighbor or two?
Cash Mob takes on Overland Meat and Seafood Co.
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 02/12/2013 - 12:50pm
At twelve o’clock on Monday afternoon, 25 community members lined up to “Join the Mob” at Overland Meat & Seafood Co. Owner, Brian Cohen agreed to play host for first retail Ca$H Mob in South Lake Tahoe. Brain offered up all five of his weekday specials for the event and was able to bring in an additional $500 in revenue from mobbers.
