A basic life support CPR/AED class is being offered Oct. 11 from 5:30–9pm. Cost is $50 for this one evening class. Fee includes manual. This course is geared for the general public and covers 30:2 CPR for adults, children and infants AED use resuscitation masks. How to help someone choking. Upon successful completion, receive a […]
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By Brian VanderBeek, Sacramento Bee The lack of any major fire activity during the first half of the summer has firefighters knocking on wood. And there’s a lot of wood on which to knock. The higher-than-normal rainfall in a longer-than-normal rainy season has produced grasses nearly everywhere, and the bumper crop of herbaceous fuel has […]
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By Kathryn Reed Power has been flickering off for brief moments for the past two mornings on the South Shore. NV Energy took the main line serving the Meyers substation out of service on July 19. “When that occurred, the electric load was shifted to another line on Kingsbury Grade with a wire that had […]
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By Jacqueline Baylon, Sacramento Bee Hiking all 211 miles of the John Muir Trail from Yosemite to the summit of Mount Whitney is a challenge for any hiker. For Annette De Bow, the difficulty is multiplied. De Bow, 44, has a rare, chronic blood disease called polycythemia vera, which means her bone marrow makes too […]
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The National Weather Service in Reno has issued a red flag warning for the Lake Tahoe-Reno-Carson areas from 3-8pm today. A red flag warning means critical fire weather conditions are either occurring or are imminent. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity and warm temperatures will create extreme fire growth potential. Winds will be […]
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Expect delays through Thursday on Interstate 80 while Caltrans removes rocks to make the slope more stable. Traffic controls will be from 5am-4pm these three days starting at Hirschdale for eastbound traffic and in Verdi for westbound travelers. This is part of the $71 million Truckee River Canyon project that should be finished this fall.
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• Markleeville is about to have a pizza parlor and Intero Real Estate office – both are under construction. Both are expected to open later this year. • Award-winning Tahoe mystery writer Todd Borg will be at the Twin Cabins on the Tahoe Tallac Site on the South Shore through July 22 from 10am to […]
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By Siobhan McAndrew, Reno Gazette-Journal It won’t matter if there are record-high temperatures on Aug. 21 and 22. Ken Harmon will be cold. The 50-year-old will try to swim a dual length of Lake Tahoe, 44 miles, in a nonstop swim for charity. The experienced long-distance swimmer will swim without a wet suit, in water […]
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By Bob Kirkwood and Jim Branham, San Jose Mercury News As we head into the heat of summer, the politics of water will once again warm up as well. Last year a water bond was passed by the Legislature and signed by the governor, placing it on this November’s ballot. However, due to current economic […]
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By Kathryn Reed Money, or the lack of it, could derail the Lake Tahoe Basin-wide effort to create defensible space throughout the region. In the last five years, $10.4 million has come to the Nevada Fire Safe Council via the Southern Nevada Public Lands Management Act. That resource is drying up because the sale of […]
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