Harvey’s had 24 hours to act. “Any deviation from these conditions will leave your casino ... the bomb. After listening to the IED and not hearing anything, they set up their X-ray equipment ...

MORE | ‘It was, holy cow’: Former LiveCopter 3 pilot looks back on KCRA coverage of the 80s bombing at Harvey’s Casino You said bomb? What kind of bomb? This was no ordinary bomb.

It began when four men wheeled the bomb into Harvey’s Casino at Lake Tahoe. The bomb that was planted inside Harvey’s Casino looked like a copy machine but was packed with nearly 1000 pounds ...

Harvey's had 24 hours to act. "Any deviation from these conditions will leave your casino ... the bomb. After listening to the IED and not hearing anything, they set up their X-ray equipment ...

File Sacramento Bee Staff Photo Q: This happened decades ago, but in 1980 a bomb was placed in Harvey’s Casino Lake Tahoe for ransom by two or three people, possibly a father and son.

Investigators say there were eight ways that the bomb could go off. The bomber himself owed money to the casino, likely blaming Harvey's for his losses. He recruited his two sons to help ...

What followed was 36 hours where the South Lake Tahoe corridor was evacuated and FBI and bomb squad members descended on Harvey's Casino for a multimillion-dollar extortion plot. "Bringing Down ...