By Kathryn Reed McCLOUD – The Hearst Castle of the north is a little more difficult to get to than the one in San Simeon that is now part of the State Park system. But it’s worth the paddle. Going up the McCloud River the Wyntoon spread that is owned by the Hearst Corporation is […]
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By Scott Neuman, NPR The largest full moon of the year will grace the night sky Sunday as our nearest neighbor in space makes its closest approach. The moon will reach its closest perigee of 2013, dominating the sky. For about a half-hour of the event, the moon will also turn full — a confluence […]
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Not as many people in the U.S. are expected to travel during the upcoming Fourth of July holiday compared to 2012. AAA is projecting 40.8 million Americans will venture at least 50 miles from home during the holiday, a 0.8 percent decrease from the 41.1 million people who traveled in 2012. Much of this has […]
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By Kathryn Reed The significance of a stretch of bike trail cannot be measured in its length. Such is the case with the initial phase of the South Tahoe Greenway Trail that is slated to be built next summer. It will be less than a half-mile and comes with a construction price tag of about […]
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A wildland fire in Tahoe – it’s not a matter of if, but when. Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District is even more prepared than before. “This new engine provides our residents with two Type 3 Wildland engines for wild fires. Type 3 engines are a shorter wheelbase and typically four-wheel drive for operating off road […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Governing Board next month will tackle the initial area plan under the 6-month-old Regional Plan. In what some thought would be a big deal has been a rather easy process to date. On Thursday, the Douglas County commissioners approved all of the items associated with […]
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With a dry winter, wildflower season is bound to arrive early in the greater Lake Tahoe area. Reports from the Carson Pass are that the flowers are not out yet. However, at lake level, lupine, mules’ ear and Indian paintbrush are creating a purple-yellow-red mosaic on the landscape. With summer now here, temps are supposed […]
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By Melissa Healy and Anna Gorman, Los Angeles Times The American Medical Association voted Tuesday to declare obesity a disease, a move that effectively defines 78 million American adults and 12 million children as having a medical condition requiring treatment. The nation’s leading physicians organization took the vote after debating whether the action would do […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – Aviation on the South Shore is nearly 100 years old, with the first recording of planes landing in the 1920s on the water. It was a bi-wing floatplane near Camp Richardson. Swaths of land have served as air strips, plans were drawn up that never came to fruition, and some […]
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By Annalise Mantz and Jeffrey Dastin, Sacramento Bee A budget bill awaiting Gov. Jerry Brown’s signature would make it optional for local governments to comply with several key provisions of the California Public Records Act. The change is intended to save the state money because it typically reimburses local agencies for providing services it mandates. […]
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