By Joseph Serna, Los Angeles Times There’s no way of telling how many people might lay claim to a $900-million Powerball jackpot Saturday night, but lottery officials insist that California schools will be among the winners. Thanks to a California law that requires at least $1 billion of the state’s education funding to come from lottery revenues — […]
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By USSA ALTENMARKT, Austria – Lindsey Vonn (Vail) made history again, tying Annemarie Moser-Proell’s World Cup downhill victory record with win number 36 in a two-run Audi FIS World Cup sprint downhill Saturday. “I’m really happy to tie Annemarie’s record with 36 wins,” Vonn said after the two-run event. Canada’s Larisa Yurkiw was second, followed […]
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· U.S. Forest Service employees completed 553 prescribed fire projects in 2015 that treated 36,289 acres of national forests in California. · Reservations are being taken for the Placer County Sheriff Office’s Community Awareness Academy. The deadline to apply is Feb. 15. To reserve a spot, contact Kim Rivera at 530.889.6922 or krivera@placer.ca.gov. · Caltrans is installing retro-reflective […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – To the untrained eye the three images looked practically they same. They showed the El Niño pattern from 1982-83, 1997-98 and 2015-16. The first two brought crazy weather to Northern California and Northern Nevada. It’s usually the first quarter of the year where the moisture really starts to fall. “So […]
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By Kathryn Reed California’s nearly $700 million investment in Lake Tahoe is slowing down as evidenced by the governor’s proposed budget. The California Tahoe Conservancy is left out of any new funding. “Overall, the state of California has been historically — and will continue to be — committed to the restoration of Lake Tahoe, including […]
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By Sean McElwee, Al Jazeera America Barack Obama’s presidency has been marked by heated debates about the Republican Party’s racial attitudes. Many liberals have noted the dog whistles —subtle cues that play on stereotypes and may trigger taboo sentiments — employed in Republican attacks on the president. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, for instance, famously […]
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Gilbert Wetenkamp, the South Lake Tahoe man accused of killing a bear in July, is seeking to have the trial moved to the West Slope. He was in court on Jan. 8. El Dorado County Superior Court Judge Suzanne Kingsbury said she is not inclined to grant the motion, but told Wetenkamp’s public defender that he […]
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By Associated Press Nevada casinos collected almost 3 percent more revenue in fiscal 2015 than a year earlier, but logged an overall loss in income for a seventh straight year, according to state Gaming Control Board data released Thursday. The $24.6 billion that casinos statewide collected in gambling and non-gambling revenues in the 12 months […]
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By Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle For the first time, the federal government is recommending a specific limit on Americans’ sugar intake, making waves in the food industry and public health community with its 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans released Thursday. Every five years, these federal guidelines impact spending on school lunch, military, food stamp […]
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South Tahoe High School’s drama students are putting on Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “Cinderella” this month. It is the same fairytale with a few new twists. This contemporary take on the classic tale still features the classic music, plus some new songs. The show includes new characters, transformations, a pumpkin coach, and glass slippers. Directed by […]
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