By Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle Many of the most powerful images coming out of the Wine Country fires last week depicted the wine industry as charred, its future threatened. A generations-old winery engulfed in flames and reduced to rubble. Symmetrical rows of grapevines, backlit by a bright line of approaching fire. Uncertainty and anxiety […]
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By Stuart Leavenworth, Sacramento Bee As portrayed in novels, the California of the future is barely habitable. Brutal storms alternate with crushing droughts. Mudslides and wildfires create waves of climate change refugees. Fiction, right? Perhaps less so after the last week. The wildfires in Northern California created scenes from a sci-fi horror movie: Obliterated neighborhoods; […]
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By Susan Wood PARK CITY, Utah – When the kids go back to school, Park City goes to the dogs – or hikers, cyclists, foodies and thrill seekers searching for solace from the crowds. At 7,000 feet, the Utah ski town is best known for its monumental winters. It’s home to Ski magazine’s No. 1 […]
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By Stefan Becket, CBS News The deadly wildfires ravaging Northern California have destroyed more than 3,500 homes and businesses, leveling entire neighborhoods and forcing thousands of residents to flee the flames. At least 40 people have died in the blazes, which have burned 265 square miles of land and rank among the most destructive in […]
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By Melissa Siig, Moonshine Ink About a year ago, Tahoe City resident Kevin Plumb received a letter from The Hartford that it would not be renewing his homeowner’s insurance because his fire protection classification had jumped to a six. (The rating is from 1 to 10, with 1 being the least risky.) Plumb, a contractor […]
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By Kathryn Reed Not every bear has always been able to be released into the wild, but until this year none had mysteriously died at Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care. Two have in a three-week period. The diagnosis is adenovirus. “It is rare,” Peter Tria with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife said of the […]
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By Eli Segall, Las Vegas Review-Journal When a “Do not disturb” sign hangs outside a hotel room for a while, staff will usually call or knock at some point to make sure everything’s OK. But in the wake of the Las Vegas massacre, hotel operators may be asking themselves: How long should we wait before […]
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By David Downs, San Francisco Chronicle California’s $21 billion cannabis economy is reeling from likely more than a billion dollars in crop losses related to a series of deadly wildfires that swept through the cultivation heartlands of Mendocino, Sonoma, Napa and Solano counties this week. Up to one-third of the annual outdoor cannabis crop […]
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By Kathryn Reed An alleged whack of a first-grader’s knuckles that left a mark sparked an investigation into the behavior of a teacher at Zephyr Cove Elementary School. “I’m not interested in speaking to you about this. The matter has been handled,” teacher Brenda Capshaw told Lake Tahoe News before abruptly hanging up. Amber Prevost, […]
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By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal There’s enough wildfire activity in California and Nevada to blanket much of both states with a layer of smoke in the coming days. In California alone more than 140,000 acres are burning in large, wildland fires throughout the state. A fire in rough terrain near Reno is also contributing to smoke in […]
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