By Loretta Kalb, Sacramento Bee The Robbers Fire, which consumed one home and four outbuildings in Placer County, grew to 2,400 acres Sunday and is now 30 percent contained, the state Department of Forestry and Fire Protection reported. More than 2,100 firefighters from San Diego to Siskiyou County battled the blaze, which is burning in […]
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The bicyclist who was killed near Donner Lake on July 13 has been identified as Larry Sage. The 53-year-old Truckee man was wearing a helmet, but still suffered massive head injuries. The cause of death is pending autopsy results. He was on a group bicycle ride when the crash occurred on Old Highway 40 near […]
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By Anne Knowles In the end, it may come down to the difference between wish lists and must haves. The Fields Advisory Committee of the South Lake Tahoe Recreation Facilities Joint Powers Authority meets today for the final time before making its recommendation on how to allocate money to fix up South Lake Tahoe fields […]
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By Ricardo Lopez, Los Angeles Times California already licenses furniture upholsterers, private investigators and recreation guides. Now it wants to regulate pet groomers. In a state that leads the country in the number of professions requiring a license, a bill moving through the Legislature has struck a nerve among those who clip Fido and Fluffy. […]
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By Rob Hotakainen, McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON — After buying a new chunk of land 50 miles north of San Francisco, the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria just broke ground on a new, Las Vegas-style casino. It will be the largest in the Bay Area, with 3,000 slot machines, 200 hotel rooms, a spa, bars, restaurants […]
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By Peter Hecht, Sacramento Bee University of California medical researchers slipped an ingredient in chili peppers beneath the skin of marijuana smokers to see if pot could relieve acute pain. It could – at certain doses. They monitored patients with AIDS and HIV as they toked on joints or placebos to determine whether marijuana could […]
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By Jim Sanders, Sacramento Bee California’s election turnout last month set a record low for a presidential primary in the state, with more than two of every three registered voters opting not to cast ballots. Oddly, in light of the dismal turnout, more Californians than ever before voted by mail – with 65 percent of […]
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By Sam Stanton, Sacramento Bee The Robbers Fire in Placer County continued to grow Saturday and was blamed for destroying its first structures – one home and three outbuildings – but firefighters were making progress at getting a handle on it. The fire had burned 1,950 acres by Saturday night and still was threatening 170 […]
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By Chris Dolce, Weather Channel The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has released its state of the climate report along with a separate article explaining some of the extreme events of 2011 from a climate perspective. “2011 will be remembered as a year of extreme events, both in the United States and around the world,” […]
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By Sean Whaley, Nevada News Bureau CARSON CITY – About $87 million in state taxes that could be parlayed into 10 times as much to pay for critical road improvements are ready to flow to the state Department of Transportation next year, but there are concerns the money could be diverted to other needs. The […]
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