By Nic Abelow If you are like many of your peers, the road into your business was more clearly laid out than your exit route from involvement. However, a well-drawn roadmap for the endgame can be the difference between achieving success and missing the target on important life goals. As a result, preparing an effective […]
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By Joann Eisenbrandt It took a year for Placerville Historic Preservation League to be told it lost the challenge to stop the El Dorado County courthouse project in Placerville from proceeding. San Francisco County Superior Court Judge Garrett L. Wong on July 1 denied the writ that was submitted by the group in July 2015 […]
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By Lisa Margonelli When I first arrived in San Francisco in 1988 I often took a bus called the 22 Fillmore, which ran from Potrero Hill, around a hairpin corner above the Castro, out to the tony Marina. On one end dwelled ancient socialites in little hats, on the other old longshoremen, with so much […]
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By Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle Californians are saving an extraordinary amount of water, records show, even after winter rains prompted state regulators to begin easing drought-driven restrictions on cities and towns. The State Water Resources Control Board reported July 6 that urban water use dropped 28.2 percent in May compared with the same period in […]
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By Joan Lowy, AP WASHINGTON — Traffic deaths surged last year as drivers racked up more miles behind the wheel than ever before, a result of an improved economy and lower gas prices, according to preliminary government data released last week. Fatalities rose 7.7 percent to 35,200 in 2015, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration […]
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By Chris Constantine, California Diver At 6,300 feet in elevation, Fallen Leaf Lake was carved out of granite by two massive glaciers that traveled northward down the Glen Alpine Valley, leaving behind a lake that is now 3 miles long, just under a mile wide, and 410 feet deep at its deepest point. Protected from […]
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By Sandra Chereb, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY — Allowing terminally ill patients to end their lives, lowering Nevada’s gambling age and authorizing public marijuana venues are among the 108 early bill draft requests submitted by legislators for possible consideration by the 2017 Nevada Legislature. The list released Friday offers a snapshot of some of […]
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By Cy Ryan, Las Vegas Sun CARSON CITY — Faced with the threat of a federal lawsuit, the Nevada prison system will no longer apply segregation policies that deny inmates with HIV access to work programs where other prisoners earn credits to reduce the length of their sentences. The state Department of Corrections “will not […]
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Thinning of trees for fuels reduction and forest health will resume July 7, on approximately 178 acres of National Forest System lands on the northeast side of Highway 267, north of Lake Vista Road above Kings Beach and Tahoe Vista. Mechanical whole tree removal will take place off Forest Road 16N52 for the next several months. […]
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Update July 11, 2016, 4:20pm: By Kathryn Reed An infusion of cash from new owners of the Hard Rock Lake Tahoe has made the lawsuits go away that involved contractors who renovated the public areas of the Stateline property. The Nevada Gaming Control Board has approved brothers Jon and David Park’s request to sell half […]
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