Lights on the Lake, the largest Fourth of July fireworks display in the west, will fill South Shore’s night sky for 25 minutes. Now in its 34th year, the holiday tradition is synchronized to a soundtrack of familiar songs by pop legends and from music acts that will be at Harveys this summer. It is simulcast on […]
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By Jocelyn Wiener, CHCF Center for Health Reporting California’s state auditor has launched an investigation of school districts and other local educational agencies to determine whether they are delivering enough treatment to children with serious mental illnesses. In 2011, a change in law shifted responsibility for decisions about the mental health care of students with […]
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By Susie Kocher Lake Tahoe’s forests are beloved by many for their beauty. Yet they are vulnerable. Tahoe forests, like those throughout the Sierra Nevada, have lost much of their resilience due to overcrowding caused by a century of fire suppression. The number of large trees in the Sierra Nevada has decreased by half while […]
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By Jonathan Thompson, High Country News There have been 12.8 billion cubic feet natural gas released since 2010 in nearly 700 “incidents” reported to the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration. This occurred in the nation’s natural gas gathering and transmission systems. Another 36 million cubic feet of natural gas escaped during incidents from the […]
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If you recognize Fallen Leaf Lake and distant Lake Tahoe in the above photo, then you recognize Angora Ridge before road construction started in 1924. Longtime local Jim Hildinger writes in his booklet “Angora Lakes Resort (1917 to 2014)” that his father’s “construction of the road began in 1924 and was finally completed in 1929. It was […]
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By Anne Knowles CARSON CITY — Nevada could pay a price for not making any substantive changes to its water laws during the 2015 legislative session. The possibility of a special session for the Legislature was discussed at the first meeting of the Nevada Drought Forum, a panel created in April by executive order of […]
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By Larry Weitzman On June 2 the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors did the right thing and saved the county from a mini debacle that would have cost hundreds of thousands of dollars annually starting in about two weeks. Since the Board of Supervisors’ agenda is prepared by the CAO’s office at the direction […]
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With temperatures now more like mid-summer, El Dorado County health officials are offering tips on how to stay cool, hydrated and healthy. Heat waves can be dangerous and cause serious medical problems, particularly for older people, the very young and those with chronic medical conditions. The following are tips to stay cool and healthy during hot […]
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By Associated Press Pssst. Ready to water that beautiful lush lawn of yours? The one that’s the envy of the entire neighborhood. You’d better wait until after midnight. Preferably on a cloudy, new-moon night during a power outage when it’s so dark even night-vision goggles won’t give away your position. Otherwise, you could wind up […]
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By Shelby Slade, Deseret News Does packaging an item in pink turn it into a luxury item? Some think so. As if women weren’t already making less money, 78 cents for every dollar a man earns because of the wage gap, the “pink tax” may be overcharging women at the store too. Studies show that women are […]
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