A former CalFire firefighter from Placerville with a penchant to set fires is going to prison for five years. Benjamin Cunha, 33, was sentenced Feb. 23 after admitting to setting at least 30 wildland fires in El Dorado and Amador counties during the summers of 2006 and 2007. Two of these fires burned onto federal […]
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By Sena Christian, High Country News On a hot summer afternoon, California farmer Chris Hurd barrels down a country road through the Central Valley city of Firebaugh, his dog Frank riding in the truck bed. He lurches to a stop in front of Oro Loma Elementary School, which was built in the 1950s to accommodate […]
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By Phil Willon, Los Angeles Times Devout cannabis advocates and social justice reformers believe this may finally be the year that California voters legalize all marijuana, and that optimism has led to a mashup of proposed statewide ballot measures — more than 20 filed so far. They vary from a one-sentence constitutional amendment that simply […]
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More bare skin than usual has been seen around the Lake Tahoe Basin lately as temps feel more like spring than winter. The National Weather Service in Reno is predicting Friday to be the warmest day of the week. It could hit 60 in South Lake Tahoe, 59 in Truckee and 56 in Tahoe City. […]
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By Jodi Hernandez, NBC Bay Area A Marin County Sheriff’s Office search-and-rescue crew is credited with saving the life of a 10-year-old girl. Officials said the girl on Feb. 21 fell into a 10-foot hole after a snow bridge she was on gave way in the Sierra. The search-and-rescue team just happened to be hiking […]
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By Mike Higdon, Reno Gazette-Journal The owner of Lake Tahoe Brewing Co. was arrested on charges of felony theft Monday morning after Carson City sheriff’s deputies found people taking property out of the brewery in downtown Carson City and putting it into a moving van. Felony theft means stealing property valued at more than $3,500 and is punishable […]
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By Seth A. Richardson, Reno Gazette-Journal With the Democratic caucus in the rearview mirror, Nevada now turns its attention to Tuesday’s Republican caucus. By most accounts, real estate mogul Donald Trump is leading the pack followed by Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio in a race for second, mirroring the last two […]
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By Associated Press WASHINGTON — The number of traffic deaths in the United States rose 8 percent from 2014 to 2015, the largest year-to-year percentage increase in a half-century, according to estimates by the National Safety Council. About 38,300 people were killed on U.S. roads, and 4.4 million people were seriously injured, the council said. […]
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By Vivian Ho, San Francisco Chronicle Records detailing police misconduct and serious use of force, long kept confidential, could become public in California if legislation announced Friday is passed into law. State Sen. Mark Leno, seeking to tighten accountability amid a national conversation over police shootings and a push for law enforcement reform in San […]
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By Lake Tahoe News Aramark faces a nearly $5,000 fine for having spilled hydraulic fluid from the Tahoe Queen into Lake Tahoe last year. Aramark, the parent company of the paddle-wheeler based out of the Ski Run Marina in South Lake Tahoe, has until March 10 to respond. If the company disputes the fine, there […]
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