New York, NY…Swartz dedicated his life to sharing data and information online, developing standards for the free and open sharing of information. The He was 26. Editor’s Note: He was scheduled to be tried for hacking MIT. According to his family he may have been overwhelmed by prospect of prison from charges. The case against […]
Sacramento, CA…Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today proposed a balanced state budget that boosts investment in education, implements health care reform and keeps California on a long-term path to fiscal stability. This budget builds on the work of the last two years to eliminate the ongoing deficit. “The budget cuts made in the last two […]
WASHINGTON, DC—In this week’s address, President Obama talked about the bipartisan agreement that Congress reached this week which prevented a middle-class tax hike, congratulated the newly sworn-in Members of Congress, and looked forward to working with the new Congress in the new year to continue to grow our economy and shrink our deficits in a […]
Sacramento, CA…Snow surveyors today reported that water content in California’s mountain snowpack is well above average for the date. Manual and electronic readings today record the snowpack’s statewide water content at 134 percent of average for this time of year. That is 49 percent of the average April 1 measurement, when the snowpack is normally […]
Stateline, NV…January 3, 2013…The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office is continuing to actively search for a missing 19 year old female, Alyssa Byrne. The sheriff’s office in conjunction with the South Lake Tahoe Police Department, Eldorado County Sheriff’s Department, FBI, Douglas County Search and Rescue and air support from the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office are working […]
Stateline, NV…The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office reports that the 2012/2013 New Years Eve celebration in the casino core area of Stateline, Nevada went as planned. The celebratory crowd seemed no larger than in past years. U.S. Highway 50 was closed to vehicle traffic at about 11:00 p.m. for public safety reasons. The celebrants were allowed […]
Dec. 31, 2012 (South Lake Tahoe, Calif. / Nev.) – Chris Field, a 2007 Nobel Prize team winner and lead author of the study on the effects of global climate change will be the keynote speaker at Tahoe South’s Operation Sierra Storm Meteorologist Conference, Jan 10. (http://www.osstahoe.com/) Field, was the Co-Chair for Working Group II […]
South Lake Tahoe, CA… At the Special City Council meeting held yesterday on December 27th, the City of South Lake Tahoe City Council voted unanimously to accept applications for an appointment to the City Council to fill an unexpired term ending in December 2014. Applications are available at the City’s Administrative Offices located at […]
Washoe Valley, NV…The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office Special Operations and Investigations Division are investigating a suspicious death involving an undisclosed deceased male that was located inside a residence in the 3900 block of Pershing Lane in Washoe Valley. At approximately 12:35 am, Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to a report of trouble unknown at a residence […]
Washington, DC…Hello Everybody. For the past couple months, I’ve been working with people in both parties – with the help of business leaders and ordinary Americans – to come together around a plan to grow the economy and shrink our deficits. It’s a balanced plan – one that would protect the middle class, cut spending […]
