By Shelby Grad, Los Angeles Times Drought-stricken California might have a hidden water bonanza. A Stanford University study released Monday said the state has three times more groundwater located in deep aquifers than earlier estimated. According to a Stanford news release, the water is 1,000 to 3,000 feet underground. Until recently it was considered difficult to retrieve water from that […]
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More than 1,882 pounds of illegal fireworks were confiscated from the bug station in Truckee this month. CalFire had a special investigation going on there and in San Bernardino to try to catch as many people as possible before the contraband could be used this holiday weekend. At the sting in Truckee seven people were […]
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The Trailhead Fire burning in El Dorado and Placer counties has charred 1,264 acres and is 12 percent contained. As of 9am Thursday, there was a voluntary evacuation for the community of Volcanoville. There are 2,600 structures that are threatened. On June 29, crews on the north side of the Middle Fork of the American River worked […]
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May was not a good month for Stateline casinos, which saw revenues drop 15.12 percent to $13.7 million compared to 2015. The Gaming Control Board today said Nevada casinos won more than $958 million in May. This is 4.53 percent drop from a year ago. Most of the state saw numbers decline. — Lake Tahoe […]
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A Truckee man was arrested this week on felony domestic violence and felony false imprisonment charges. Officers said they found a woman crying and bleeding from her mouth on June 27 at 7:30pm outside a residence on Trout Creek Road. She told officers her live-in boyfriend, Greg Rowland, 51, had beaten her and held her […]
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By Jason Hidalgo, Reno Gazette-Journal In a move that a Renown Health executive described as a “game changer” for the community, the Reno-based healthcare network announced a partnership with several Stanford University health entities on Tuesday. The deal with Stanford Health Care, Stanford Children’s Health and Stanford Medicine expands the specialty services available to Renown […]
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Six mosquito samples and one dead bird have tested positive for West Nile virus this week in Placer County. The mosquito samples were collected from sites along the county’s western border, from as far south as the north Elverta area, and as far north as Lincoln. The dead bird was collected from Rocklin. Mosquito numbers […]
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By Associated Press It’s going to be a busy holiday weekend on the nation’s highways. A record 43 million Americans are expected to travel this Independence Day weekend, with the overwhelming majority driving, according to AAA, a car lobbying group and one of the nation’s largest travel agencies. This tops the joint record set last […]
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US Bank on Kingsbury Grade in Stateline was robbed this afternoon at gunpoint. The amount of money taken has not been disclosed. The suspect reportedly had a gun and passed a note to a teller at 3:19pm June 29. The suspect is described as a white man in his mid-20s, 6-feet-tall, blond hair, wearing a black fleece […]
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By Kathryn Reed Voters on the California side of the South Shore have yet another decision to make in November – an initiative regarding the loop road. The measure brought forward by a group of locals has the requisite number of signatures to place on the ballot. At the July 19 South Lake Tahoe City […]
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