Douglas County Sheriff's deputies are recommending a disturbing-the-peace charge for a Stateline man who admitted placing feces in a mail box at the Safeway store in Round Hill, according to a deputy's report.
Alan Yokoya

Douglas County Sheriff's deputies arrested a 31-year-old South Lake Tahoe woman on suspicion of drunken driving after she allegedly drove a Honda CR-V off a ledge in front of MontBleu Resort Casino & Spa early Sunday morning.
The cra

RENO, Nev. - Organizers of the national air racing championships secured $100 million in necessary insurance and announced plans Tuesday to change the September race course for the fastest planes to keep them farther from specta

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson announced Monday that 2.6 million California children attend schools in districts that are in financial jeopardy - the highest number of financially troubled districts in

Lake Tahoe is home to many world-class athletes, from skiers and snowboarders to swimmers and runners. Then, there's Turner Thorne, whose unassuming hobby, kendama, has landed him on the national stage.
A kendama is piece of wood wit

Expected or unexpected, kittens are welcomed into many homes this time of year. As with all youngsters, there is a critical time to help a baby kitten develop into a social, well-adjusted member of the family. Contrary to popular ster

A group of students, scientists and a conservation coordinator planted more than 300 nursery-grown Tahoe yellow cress stems as part of a stewardship program Saturday at Edgewood Tahoe.
The Tahoe yellow cress is only found natively on

I met a woman, Julie, her nephew, Jasper, and niece, Lilly on Tuesday on the Cascade Falls Trail. I was hiking with my two golden retrievers, Abby, 14, and Nutmeg, 7. It was probably too much of a walk for my older girl, but she hung

Group Four of the Leadership Lake Tahoe Program - David Landry of Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, Peter Lavallee of South Tahoe Public Utility District, Nick Exline of Midkiff and Associates, Shelly Stalter of Barton Health and

Cracking your knuckles causes arthritis - you probably know that's an old wives' tale. Though it could injure ligaments around the joints and lead to weaker grips, there's no proof every pop puts you one step c

A fast-moving wildland fire, whipped up by 40-mph winds, tore through 1,600 acres and destroyed seven structures Tuesday at Topaz Ranch Estates.
Gov. Brian Sandoval toured the area after Douglas County commissioners met in a special

A South Lake Tahoe man was killed Tuesday morning during a skydiving accident between Pope Beach and Camp Richardson.
Searchers located the body of Robert Ranieri, 28, in about 15 feet of water about 10:45 a.m., according to the El D

Tahoe businesses and local artists are teaming up to decorate 50 fiberglass salmon to collect money for the 'Run Salmon Run,' a community art project that will benefit the Tahoe Tallac Association.
The project is coordin

Bob is a miniature poodle with flair and style all his own. Along with a full head of hair, he sports a distinguished goatee. Bob is less than a year old. He's good on leash, good-natured, and compatible with cats and dogs. One

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - State lawmakers are anticipating the day when self-driving vehicles navigate California's roads guided by radar and GPS systems instead of human hands on the steering wheel.

The state Senate approved

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - South Shore law enforcement agencies will hold a sobriety checkpoint and DUI saturation patrols during the Memorial Day Weekend.
The Avoid the 6 DUI Campaign will hold the checkpoint in South Lake Tah

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - South Lake Tahoe firefighters were able to revive a man who was found unconscious following an altercation at Mo's Place this weekend.
About 12:30 a.m. Sunday, police responded to the bar for a

YUBA CITY, Calif. - A crop dusting plane has crashed in a rice field outside Yuba City, killing the pilot.
Sutter County Sheriff's officials say the crash occurred about 20 miles south of city near Highway 70 around 6:30 a.m. M

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - From a park near Albuquerque, to the top of Japan's Mount Fuji, to the California coast the effect was dramatic: The moon nearly blotting out the sun creating a blazing "ring of fire" eclipse.
Millions of p

BALTIMORE (AP) - Every racehorse that captures the public's imagination with a Triple Crown try has something more going for him than speed.

I'll Have Another doesn't have Big Brown's size, or his "look-at-me" swagger. He doe