By Dennis Thompson, HealthDay Prescription drugs are playing an increasingly larger role in U.S. life, with nearly half of all Americans taking one or more medications. Among adults, the most common prescription drugs are for cardiovascular disease and high cholesterol. Those are two of several key findings in the federal government’s annual comprehensive report on […]
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By Katharine Mieszkowski, Center for Investigative Journalism The last time California endured a drought, legislators set their sights on the state’s heaviest water users: farmers. The state designed laws to push agricultural water districts to closely track their water flow and make the largest districts charge farmers based on how much they use. The economic […]
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By Kathryn Reed Lake Tahoe Airport is not going to have commercial air service any time soon, if ever. Lake Tahoe Airport is not going to stop being an airport. Lake Tahoe Airport could be more than it is. Those were the major points delivered Thursday night at a meeting about the master plan for […]
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By Kathryn Reed Several Lake Tahoe gas station owners are being sued by the state of California for allegedly mishandling underground storage tanks. The State Water Resources Control Board has been after many of these defendants for years, with fines being levied in the past. Besides tanks in El Dorado and Placer counties, the defendants […]
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By Jon Ralston, Politico Dick Cheney calls him “courageous” and says electing him “is of the highest priority.” John Bolton traveled across the country to headline a fundraiser for him. Newt Gingrich, Frank Fahrenkopf, Tom Ridge and Ed Meese (remember him?) all appeared at the same D.C. event to celebrate his candidacy. Donald Rumsfeld gave […]
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By Susan Wood GARDNERVILLE – When California Chrome co-owner Steve Coburn told his wife, Carolyn, he was going to Sharkey’s Casino to bet on their winning thoroughbred to launch his march with destiny, she stood by her man – and her horse. “I gave him the money to do it,” she told Lake Tahoe News […]
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By Brittany Patterson, Atlantic The day that everything changed was a broiling Thursday in July—95 degrees, the kind of dry heat that Sacramento Valley residents are used to. If you have to work outside, you do it before noon, swathed in long sleeves and pants to keep the sun at bay and the mosquitoes from […]
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By Ramit Plushnick-Masti, Washington Post HOUSTON — It seems like a simple proposition: American lakes, rivers and offshore waters are filling up with destructive fish and crustaceans originally from other parts of the world, and many of them are potential sources of food. So why not control these invasive populations by getting people to eat […]
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By Kathryn Reed Whether the South Shore has fireworks after this summer remains to be seen. But what is known is the public beaches will be cleaned. After a lawsuit was filed last year by a Marla Bay couple in regards to the debris that washed ashore following the July 4 and Labor Day shows […]
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By Julie Brown, Powder I am the product of a Squaw Valley romance. In 1974, my dad moved there to join the ski patrol, a job he had been dreaming of since he was a high school misfit growing up in Sacramento. Six years later, he met my mom, a Chico State college student who […]
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