Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the July 27, 2018, Sacramento Bee. As we face yet another summer of towering firestorms and overmatched first responders, it is becoming clear that we must radically improve emergency preparation in California. Summer has been a death march and July isn’t even done. On Thursday evening, the wind-driven Carr […]
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On Aug. 4 from 10:30am-3pm, Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care, which has been serving the South Lake Tahoe community for 40 years, will once again open its doors to the public with its annual open house. This is the one day of the year that people other than volunteers with the nonprofit organization are permitted on […]
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· Truckee is sponsoring a candidate filing night on July 31 at 5:30pm at council chambers. · Learn how to handle wildlife encounters, whether it be while camping, hiking or in your backyard during an Aug. 9, 7pm presentation at Spooner Lake State Park with the Nevada Department of Wildlife’s urban wildlife coordinator. This family-friendly […]
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Gretel is a very sweet shepherd who is about 16 months old. She is a happy, playful girl, and very smart. She likes other dogs though right now she seems to prefer other girls. Gretel chases birds in the shelter’s yard, so she may not be the best with cats. Gretel is spayed, microchipped, tested […]
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By Larry Weitzman When I last wrote about the Toyota RAV4, it was still trailing the Honda CRV in the very popular compact SUV/CUV category, where the CRV outsold the RAV4 by about 5,000 units in 2016. Bear in mind the CRV was a total redesign for 2016 and the RAV4 was in its third […]
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By Kathryn Reed Lakeside Inn has long been the favorite casino for locals. Now it wants to be the preferred employer. The hotel-casino a couple years ago had designs of re-creating itself so it would be a focal point when driving in from the east. Those plans have been shelved and instead the owners are […]
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By Vicki Christiansen People sometimes tell me that the U.S. Forest Service isn’t aggressive enough in fighting fires. As a wildland fire professional with more than 30 years of experience, I disagree. Historically, wildland fire shaped the American landscape. Fires were once common, revitalizing and reinvigorating forests and grasslands. American Indians used fire for purposes […]
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By Timothy Haab, The Conversation Millions of Americans head outdoors in the summer, whether for a day at a nearby lake or a monthlong road trip. For environmental economists like me, decisions by vacationers and outdoor recreators offer clues to a challenging puzzle: estimating what environmental resources are worth. In 1981 President Ronald Reagan issued […]
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By John M. Glionna, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY — Wendell Huffman recalls the first time he saw the old train passenger car he considers one of the most significant artifacts in American railroad history. Known as Coach 17, it was sitting in a storage shed at the Nevada State Railroad Museum, collecting dust […]
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By Larry Weitzman Acura’s RLX has been in production for about four years, entering the 2018 model year with a significant face lift giving it an all-new model look. A new front end, hood, sheet metal and rear end has given it a new life and certainly an improved appearance. Most of the mechanicals remain […]
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