By Adam Jensen SOUTH LAKE TAHOE — Police arrested a man on suspicion of murder Thursday afternoon for allegedly hitting and killing a pedestrian while driving under the influence of alcohol and cocaine in September. Larry Lee Halverson, 60, was arrested between 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. on the 3300 block of Sandy Way in connection with [...]
Kelly Thomas is living and enjoying a Kings-size entertainment life. The 2000 Ponderosa High School graduate and former Bruin cheerleader works for That’s Entertainment International, an entertainment booking agency in Folsom. The agency, owned by her father, Scott, books popular musical and talent acts throughout California and Nevada. “I’ve always been involved in it,” Thomas [...]
In 1957 the Federal Power Commission, now the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), granted the Sacramento Municipal Utility District a 50-year license to operate a hydroelectric system called the Upper American River Project (UARP). It is located on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, mostly on federal lands in the Eldorado National [...]
The Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians has filed a second lawsuit in the matter of improper misappropriation of the tribe’s name. The second lawsuit targets multiple individuals after a federal judge ordered Cesar Caballero, who claims to be the chief of the “true” Shingle Springs Miwok tribe, to stop misappropriating the name, a press [...]
EDITOR: I am the chairman of the federally-recognized Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, and I write in response to the article written by Cole Mayer about litigation involving my Tribe, Cesar Caballero and several individuals who claim tribal affiliation with him (entitled “Chief jailed over tribal name dispute,” published March 30, 2012). The article could [...]
It had been a difficult five years. The rent they received was $500 shy of the mortgage payment. Then the letter came from the lender saying their initial low adjustable rate was expiring and their payments would be recalculated. They decided they could no longer hold on to a bad investment. If the lender would [...]
On Feb. 23, El Dorado County Auditor-Controller Joe Harn sent an e-mail to the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors claiming that the Garden Valley Fire Protection District breached its contract with the county. The end result would be Harn and his office not paying out over $131,000 in funding to the fire district. The [...]
