South Lake Tahoe, CA (October 19, 2013) – On October 26th from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the South Lake Tahoe Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will give the public its seventh opportunity in three years to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and […]
South Lake Tahoe, CA…As part of an ongoing joint agency criminal investigation, Investigators of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, working in conjunction with Detectives from the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office and the South Lake Tahoe Police Department, identified and disrupted a residential burglary in progress occurring in Douglas County; resulting in the arrest of […]
SACRAMENTO – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced that he has signed the following bills. There are also links to comments on vetoed bills…. • AB 48 by Assemblymember Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley) – Firearms: large-capacity magazines. • AB 170 by Assemblymember Steven Bradford (D-Gardena) – Assault weapons and .50 BMG rifles. • AB 231 by […]
Reno, NV…(Update..Found Safe) The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office is currently searching for a missing 13-year-old boy last seen in the Lemmon Valley area on Tuesday, October 8. The missing juvenile is considered to be endangered due to an immediate need for life-sustaining medication. The missing juvenile is identified as Nathan Ward (photo attached). He was […]
Sacramento, CA…Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today applauded Governor Jerry Brown’s signature of legislation she sponsored to upgrade and expand California’s prescription drug monitoring program. The Department of Justice’s Controlled Substance Utilization Review and Evaluation System (CURES) program and Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) allow authorized prescribers and pharmacists to quickly review controlled substance information […]
Soda Springs, CA…This morning at 6:55am the driver of the 24 year old Placerville man lost his life on I-80. He was driving his Ford F-250 eastbound on I-80 east of the Donner Pass Road overcrossing. For reasons unknown, he allowed the Ford to travel to the right and off the road. The Ford traveled […]
Sacramento, CA…Governor Jerry Brown signed into law Monday a measure aimed at protecting cyclists on California’s public roads by creating a three foot buffer between bicycles and vehicles. AB 1371, by Assembly Member Steven Bradford (D-Gardena), amends the vehicle code to explicitly define a safe passing distance as a minimum of three feet. “I sincerely […]
SACRAMENTO – Michael R. Morrow, 70, who escaped from a California state prison in 1977, was apprehended on September 23 in Garland County, Arkansas, said the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR). CDCR’s Special Service Unit, assisted by the department’s Criminal Intelligence and Analysis Unit, developed new leads in the 36-year-old case. Morrow had […]
South Lake Tahoe, CA (September 24, 2013) – The City of South Lake Tahoe and the South Lake Tahoe Police Canine Association (SLTPCA) worked in partnership to install several pieces of custom dog agility equipment at Bijou Park. A Ribbon Cutting ceremony was held on Sunday, September 22nd to celebrate the opening of the Bijou […]
Sacramento, CA…California has taken a major step today to protect our children with the Governor’s signing of SB 568, a measure that increases privacy protections for minors on the internet. Senate President pro Tempore Darrell Steinberg’s measure will allow children and adolescents under the age of 18 to remove their postings on internet and social […]
