By NPR Fires are on the decline nationwide, but that doesn’t make a firefighters job any easier. In fact, it may be harder now. Not only are fires more complicated these days, but the scope of firefighting has changed drastically and now includes fire prevention, public education, safety inspections and more than anything, emergency medical […]
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By Jim Dwyer, New York Times For one instant on the morning of Sept. 11, an airliner that had vanished from all the tracking tools of modern aviation suddenly became visible in its final seconds to the people who had been trying to find it. It was just after 9am, 16 minutes after a plane […]
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By Martha Bellisle, Reno Gazette-Journal Eduardo Sencion was on medications for some sort of mental illness. He came from a close-knit family who lived in three houses in the Carson City area, and he went to high school in South Lake Tahoe. But despite hours of interviews with Sencion’s family and searches of their homes, […]
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By Anne Knowles, Nevada News Bureau School just started and every Republican state lawmaker has already received a failing grade from Nevada’s teachers’ union. The Nevada State Education Association has released its 2011 Legislative Report Card card and the 16 Assembly and 11 Senate Republicans all earned an F. “Taking away educators’ rights is not […]
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By Kathryn Reed The bankruptcy judge in the failed South Lake Tahoe convention center debacle has given would-be developer Randy Lane another month to come up with a plan. Lane, who with partner John Serpa, was to develop the 11-acre site near Stateline under their business name Lake Tahoe Development Company, still wants to be […]
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By Peter Hecht, Sacramento Bee Just north of Highway 180 in Fresno County, a wildfire in mid-June ate through thick grass, burning into oak woodlands and roaring up steep hills. For firefighters, it appeared to be a routine event. Six engine teams, including five from Cal Fire and one from Fresno County, attacked from two […]
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By Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee CalFire announced that it is increasing staffing in anticipation of dry lightning and strong winds throughout the northeastern part of the state. Beginning this evening, an upper-level low will approach the California Coast, drawing in monsoonal moisture, which is predicted to trigger dry lightning throughout northeastern California, including Lassen, Modoc, […]
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By Kevin Yamamura and Dan Smith, Sacramento Bee In a deal with state lawmakers and brick-and-mortar stores, Amazon tentatively agreed Wednesday to stop fighting a requirement that Internet retailers collect sales tax on California purchases. Under the handshake deal, Amazon won a delay until at least September 2012 but will eventually collect state sales taxes. […]
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By Reno Gazette-Journal As Nevada’s capital city tries to come to grips with a deadly shooting attack, investigators Thursday turned their attention to the gunman described as quiet and friendly but who had a troubled past with mental health issues that required medication. “We are concentrating on the details of his life, which will include […]
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Access El Dorado, or ACCEL, a countywide community collaborative, received the Model eHealth Communities’ award from UC Davis Health System and the California Telehealth Network. The $350,000 award is part of more than $5 million in funds supporting 15 community groups across California and is designed to assist communities in becoming best-practice examples in the […]
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