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Deputies: Man kills mom, brother in EDC home

By Sarah Heise, KCRA-TV A man was arrested Wednesday after he shot and killed his mother and brother inside an El Dorado County home, deputies said. At about 5:15pm Nov. 11, officers went to a home in the 5400 block of Rocky Ridge Road in the Oak Hill area. According to the El Dorado County […]

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Ski industry hopeful riders return to slopes

By Kathryn Reed TRUCKEE – A sense of enthusiasm is in the air when people start talking skiing in the Sierra. At least for this season. Mother Nature is cooperating with ski executives’ desire to have plenty of white stuff available pre-Thanksgiving. Natural snow combined with freezing overnight temps that are ideal for snowmaking are […]

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Opinion: Fantasy sports raises serious questions

Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the Nov. 6, 2015, Deseret News. Federal and local prosecutors in states such as New York, Florida, Massachusetts and Nevada are busy investigating the daily fantasy-sports industry to see whether it qualifies as gambling or violates various laws. The subject even led to a somewhat memorable political debate moment […]

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Latest hotel amenity — books

By Shivani Vora, New York Times Hotels may be giving a lot of attention to upgrading in-room technology, but a handful are going the old-fashioned amenity route: creating in-room libraries. These libraries help guests make a meaningful connection with their hotel, said Bobby Zur, who owns Travel Artistry, a consultancy in Franklin Lakes, N.J. “Books […]

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K’s Kitchen: Wrapping up a quick dinner

By Kathryn Reed Quick, easy and healthy don’t always go together. They do with this recipe. What I like about it is that this could be changed in so many ways with the vegetables that are used as well as what it is wrapped in. And it would be easy to substitute chicken for the tofu. […]

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Caesars misses earnings mark

By The Street Caesars Entertainment’s third quarter earnings results missed analysts’ expectations. The Las Vegas-based holding company, which operates casinos such as Harrah’s Lake Tahoe and Harveys at Stateline, reported a loss of $5.44 per share. Revenue increased to $1.14 billion, up from $1.01 billion in the year-ago period. Read the whole story

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Scientists gain understanding of untapped reservoirs

By Amy Miller, KTVU-TV According to a widely held belief, you can’t squeeze water from a rock. But researchers from UC Berkeley who are trying to better understand where water is stored in nature are challenging that old adage. After nearly 10 years of studying a steep, 20-square-mile area near the South Fork Eel River […]

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UC proposes major enrollment expansion

By Katy Murphy, Bay Area News Group Students applying to the University of California were heartened to hear Tuesday that the university has a new plan to help meet the soaring demand of in-state applicants by increasing in-state undergraduate enrollment by 10,000 — roughly 20 percent — over the next three years. The budget state […]

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USFS to offer Christmas tree permits

The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit will begin the sale of Christmas tree permits on Nov. 16 and end Dec. 24 at noon. Permits cost $10 each (cash or check are preferred on the South Shore, cash or check only, no credit cards on the North Shore), with a limit of two […]

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South Lake Tahoe honors veterans

Nearly 100 people filled the American Legion Hall in South Lake Tahoe this morning to pay tribute to veterans near and far, those serving and those who have served, those still alive and those who have died. Legion Cmdr. Matt Panks offered a tribute, while South Lake Tahoe Mayor Hal Cole and El Dorado County Supervisor Sue […]

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