By Tom Miller, KCRA-TV El Dorado County’s largest irrigation district is telling its customers the effects of the drought have subsided so much that they can stop conserving water. The El Dorado Irrigation District, which has approximately 40,000 customers, voted to rescind all water restrictions Monday. “Now that the drought stage has been rescinded, currently […]
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By Scott Sonner, AP The Bureau of Land Management has pulled the plug on a public-private partnership in Nevada aimed at shrinking the size of a wild horse herd southeast of Carson City through the use of contraceptives. Unlike most mustang conflicts pitting protection groups against ranchers, the dispute in Nevada’s Pine Nut mountains is […]
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By Seth Borenstein, AP Alberta’s unusually early and large fire is just the latest of many gargantuan fires on an Earth that’s grown hotter with more extreme weather. Earlier this year, large wildfires hit spots on opposite ends of the world — Tasmania and Oklahoma-Kansas. Last year, Alaska and California pushed the U.S. to a […]
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By Kathryn Reed OLYMPIC VALLEY – Planners and landowners must balance recreation, economic development and protection of natural resources as they consider whether to allow the proposed gondola that would link Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows ski resorts. Eight members of the public voiced their concerns Monday at the initial scoping meeting for the environmental […]
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By Jad Mouawad, New York Times Security lines at airports are getting longer — much longer — and wait times could reach epidemic levels when air travel peaks this summer, according to airlines, airports and federal officials. A combination of fewer Transportation Security Administration screeners, tighter budgets, new checkpoint procedures and growing numbers of passengers […]
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“Frivolous” is how El Dorado County Auditor Joe Harn described a lawsuit filed by a political consultant. A Sacramento County judge essentially agreed when he ordered Dan Dellinger to pay Harn’s attorney fees ($14,392.42) as well as the county’s ($30,681.53). Dellinger had filed the lawsuit in May 2015. Harn and Dellinger have been squabbling for […]
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By Ben Guarino, Washington Post Plants pervade almost every part of human life — not only do we eat them and wear them, we use plants for fuel, medicine, building materials, poisons and intoxicants. To limit the world’s plants to those that meet a human need, however, would be doing the leafy kingdom a disservice. In fact, according to […]
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By Matt Stevens and Bettina Boxall, Los Angeles Times Gov. Jerry Brown issued a sweeping executive order Monday that permanently prohibits certain forms of water waste and makes monthly water-use reporting an ongoing requirement. The order comes as some urban water suppliers have suggested the drought is over and called for the state’s drought rules […]
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By Andrew Becker, Reveal To prevent terrorist attacks against planes, railways and travelers, the Transportation Security Administration needs to focus on intelligence to identify and address threats – and leave screening to private contractors, a lawmaker said. Rep. John Mica, R-Fla., described the agency as an unmanageable bureaucracy that can barely staff itself. The agency’s […]
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An Arizona man died Sunday night in a two-vehicle accident in Truckee. Patrick Wayne Smiley, 36, of Chandler, Ariz., was going east on Glenshire Drive near Old Highway 40 when his Suzuki drifted across the centerline and struck a 26-foot truck, according to Truckee officers. “Based on the initial information gathered, excessive speed appears to […]
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