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Ruling clears way for CalPERS fraud suit
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 01/01/2012 - 5:00amThe judge on Friday approved a petition from Villalobos and three companies he controls to pay about $17 million to dozens of creditors, including lawyers, accountants, banks, the Internal Revenue Ser...
Carson Judge Rules Against Personhood Petition Seeking To Define Life As Starting At Conception
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 12/22/2011 - 12:34amBy Sean Whaley / Nevada News Bureau
CARSON CITY — A Carson City district judge today ruled an initiative petition to amend the state constitution to define human life as beginning at conception was too vague and so could not be circulated to qualify for the November 2012 ballot.
Nevada judge says anti-abortion ballot item legal
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 3:05pmLAS VEGAS (AP) - A Nevada judge has ruled that a conservative group may collect signatures to place an initiative on the November ballot aimed at banning abortions.District Judge James Wilson ruled...
S. Tahoe optimistic League's case will be dismissed
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 12/09/2011 - 12:25pmIt took about 45 minutes for both sides in the League to Save Lake Tahoe-South Lake Tahoe General Plan case to try to convince U.S. District Court Judge Garland Burrell of their opinions. The city is ...
S. Tahoe optimistic League's case will be dismissed
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 12/09/2011 - 11:45amIt took about 45 minutes for both sides in the League to Save Lake Tahoe-South Lake Tahoe General Plan case to try to convince U.S. District Court Judge ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../s-tahoe-optimistic...
OBITUARY: JUDGE J. HILARY COOK
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 12/09/2011 - 11:18amJudge J. Hilary Cook, 82, of Markleeville CA passed away on November 21, 2011 at Woodfords CA. Born to William Coburn and Ruth Elizabeth Hedman Cook on July 14, 1929 in Turlock CA. Hilary Cook g...
Justice of the Peace Tom Perkins Announces Candidacy
Submitted by Editor on Mon, 12/05/2011 - 3:54pm
Justice of the Peace Tom Perkins announced today he will seek election to a full term as Justice of the Peace for East Fork Township. Judge Perkins was appointed in 2010.
Judge taking a month to rule on Kindertown's future
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 11/23/2011 - 4:23amKindertown Day Care will remain closed as El Dorado County Superior Court Judge Warren Stracener reviews charge brought against the South Lake Tahoe ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../judge-taking-a-month-t...
State finally prevails — Kindertown day care closed
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 11:16amOfficials from the California Department of Social Services showed up at the South Lake Tahoe center Friday about lunchtime with an order from a judge stating ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../state-finall...
Convention center site may move out of bankruptcy court
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/03/2011 - 3:44pmMore time. That’s what Randy Lane has been given by a bankruptcy court judge in Sacramento. January is the next scheduled court date for the convention center debtor and creditors.
Judge approves Nevada's new political boundaries
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 10/27/2011 - 4:58pmCarson City District Judge James Todd Russell approved a set of maps outlining Nevada's new political boundaries today, making only modest changes to the lines drawn by a panel of three court-appoi...
Nevada GOP opposes high court redistricting position
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 5:29amBy Sean Whaley / Nevada News Bureau
CARSON CITY – Attorneys for the Nevada Republican Party filed a brief on Monday with the Nevada Supreme Court opposing Secretary of State Ross Miller’s emergency petition seeking to intervene on the question of the authority of the courts to decide the state’s political boundaries instead of the Legislature.
Nominations are in for the 2011 Blue Ribbon Awards
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 4:55am
By TahoeChamber.org
TahoeChamber.org would like to thank all those who took the time to nominate a business or individual for the 4th Annual Blue Ribbon Awards. Over the four years that the awards program has been in existence, community participation and support has increased annually by leaps and bounds. This year brought in a record amount of nominations, which resulted in over 100 businesses and individuals being nominated for the eight different award catagories.
Judge: LA's ordinance to limit pot shops upheld
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 10/15/2011 - 12:01pmLOS ANGELES (AP) - A judge has upheld a Los Angeles medical marijuana ordinance that allows the city to limit the number of dispensaries and set other limits.The Los Angeles Times (http://lat.ms/qI...
Kindertown granted reprieve until November hearing
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 10/06/2011 - 8:54pmEl Dorado County Superior Court Judge Warren Stracener has ruled there is no harm to the public to keep Kindertown day care center open until next month's final hearing. The South Lake Tahoe facil...
League appeals Sierra Colina decision
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 09/29/2011 - 12:59amBack to court – that is where the Sierra Colina project is going because the League to Save Lake Tahoe is appealing last month's ruling. U.S. District Judge Robert Jones in Reno had ruled in the d...
NV redistricting fight goes before judge Wednesday
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 09/19/2011 - 9:34amRENO (AP) - Nevada Democrats and Republicans going before a state judge this week in a legal battle over redistricting are accusing each other of trying to manipulate the boundaries of new congress...
Judge gives developer more time to deal with bankrupt S. Tahoe ...
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 09/09/2011 - 11:15amThe bankruptcy judge in the failed South Lake Tahoe convention center debacle has given would-be developer Randy Lane another month to come up with a plan. Lane, who with partner John Serpa, was to de...
Judge dismisses League to Save Lake Tahoe suit against TRPA
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 08/30/2011 - 5:11pmBy Kristi Boosman
LAKE TAHOE — A federal judge has dismissed a suit against the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency and the Sierra Colina project that was brought on by the League to Save Lake Tahoe.
Lawsuit against TRPA and Sierra Colina dismissed
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 08/30/2011 - 4:02pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - A federal judge dismissed the League to Save Lake Tahoe's lawsuit against the Sierra Colina project Tuesday.Sierra Colina is an 18-acre residential development project...
Injunction denied in Angora burn area restoration
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 08/25/2011 - 6:27pm
An injunction to halt fuel reduction work in the Angora Fire area was denied last month after a lawsuit was filed by two environmental organizations.
A three-person panel of the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that an emergency injunction was not needed after a U.S. District Court judge in Sacramento, Garland Burrell, upheld the agency's environmental
analysis. The suit was brought on by Earth Island Institute and Center for Biological Diversity over the protection of a rare black-backed woodpecker.
Marin judge nixes delay in 'double-initial' deaths
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 08/23/2011 - 12:27pmSAN RAFAEL, Calif. (AP) - A judge has denied a request to postpone the preliminary hearing of a man charged with killing four Northern California women who had matching first and last initials.Mari...
Juveniles attend hearing in Ray May fire
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 08/19/2011 - 12:00pmMINDEN, Nev. - Two 15-year-old boys held for allegedly starting the Ray May fire were ordered held in detention until a hearing could be set to determine their culpability.District Judge David Gamb...
GUEST COLUMN: The fox in charge of the hen House
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 07/30/2011 - 6:00amEl Dorado County Superior Court Judge Steven Bailey may have thought he was doing the right thing, according to the law, when he ruled on June 30 that The Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Bo...
Agencies erred in change after Angora fire, judge finds
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 10:59amLake Tahoe Basin water quality regulators failed to consider significant environmental impacts of a simplified permitting process following the 2007 Angora fire, according to a judge's decision lat...
Judge orders Amtrak crash evidence protected
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 10:38amRENO, Nev. - A judge handling the first lawsuit in a deadly Amtrak crash in Nevada issued a protective order Wednesday prohibiting the destruction or disposal of any evidence tied to last week's fi...
Woman gets five years probation in Incline stabbing
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 05/20/2011 - 5:14pmINCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. - Washoe County District Court Judge Robert Perry has sentenced a woman to probation in connection to the grisly slaying of her husband more than a year ago at Lake Tahoe, cou...
