Update 6:35pm: Shooting suspect Gary Wilson turned himself in to law enforcement about 3:45 this afternoon.. He faces attempted murder with use of a deadly weapon and other charges. But was expected to be set this evening at between $100,000 and $500,000. — Douglas County officials are looking for a man who they say is […]
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Prompted by resident concerns over proposed housing developments, the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors is asking the public for additional feedback. Supervisors are considering a new policy to guide evaluation of large, privately initiated developments that would require a change to the county’s General Plan. The county’s Community Development Agency presented a draft policy […]
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By Melissa Pandika, Los Angeles Times In the battle of the sexes, a new study places females in the lead — concluding that they respond better to repeated stress thanks to estrogen. “It’s kind of a popular view that males and females respond differently to stress,” said University at Buffalo neuroscientist and study co-author Zhen […]
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By Ron Winslow, Wall Street Journal Americans are living longer than they did two decades ago, but they are losing ground on key measures of health to people in other developed nations, a study shows. The findings, from the most comprehensive analysis of the health of the U.S. population in more than 15 years, show […]
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By Kathryn Reed I’m a big fan of leftovers – the whole cook once, eat multiple times thing. Usually my dinner extras become lunch. But what I really love is when dessert becomes breakfast. So it is this week with the peach-blueberry cobbler I made over the weekend. The guests left and in the fridge […]
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The Kyburz Fire was completely contained Thursday, a day sooner than originally expected. U.S. Forest Service personnel repeatedly changed the number of acres that were burned. The latest total is 572 acres. The blaze began Monday afternoon when a vehicle on Highway 50 lost a wheel and that sparked the fire. The fire took out […]
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El Dorado County sheriff’s deputies are looking for a young woman who was last seen July 6 at 7am. Elise Hays, 20, has a developmental disorder and has only physically and mentally developed to the age of 12. She left her residence in Pollock Pines last Saturday morning. She is possibly in the South Lake […]
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Updated 7:25pm: The Bison Fire is at 91 percent containment. — Firefighters working the Bison Fire in Douglas County have started mopping-up and are conducting fire-line rehab. All evacuations and road closures have been lifted. One old mining structure was consumed by the fire. Crews will continue to extinguish the hot spots on the north […]
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The SPCA of Northern Nevada presents a workshop with famed local pet psychic Terri Jay. Learn to communicate with all pets in this one day intensive workshop. Participants will receive Jay’s ebook “Intuitive Messenger Bootcamp”. Online registration is required. The event is Aug. 18 from 9am-4pm at 4950 Spectrum Blvd., Reno. Cost is $99 for […]
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By Kathryn Reed Today will be Linda Kaczmar’s last reconstructive surgery. It is one of many milestones for her in 2013. It was not a decision she thought she would have to make again. When she went through all the breast cancer treatments 10 years ago she believed she was done with oncology wards. But […]
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