By Rong-Gong Lin II, Los Angeles Times The strengthening El Niño in the Pacific Ocean has the potential to become one of the most powerful on record, as warming ocean waters surge toward the Americas, setting up a pattern that could bring once-in-a-generation storms this winter to drought-parched California. The National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction […]
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By Associated Press A man living in Nevada but wanted for several months in Utah on charges of fraud has been arrested. Sgt. Pat Brooks of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office said Mark Neuhaus was arrested last weekend and remained in custody in Nevada. The 60-year-old called police to report suspicious people at his home […]
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By Reno Gazette-Journal A Carson City Sheriff’s deputy was killed during a confrontation with a suspect early Saturday morning, the Carson City Sheriff’s Department announced in a news release. At 2:18am, deputies responded to a report of a domestic battery involving physical injury at the 4100 block of Montez Drive. A woman was found at […]
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By Bay City News Service California residents can now get rebates to help replace old, inefficient toilets and thirsty lawns with water-saving alternatives, the state Department of Water Resources announced Wednesday. The “turf and toilet” rebate program will use $24 million in funds from Proposition 1, a water bond approved by voters in 2014, to […]
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The California State Controller’s Office is being asked to review the draft comprehensive fiscal analysis regarding the incorporation of Olympic Valley. Placer County LAFCo commissioners voted 6-1 on Aug. 12 to ask for the state to weigh in on the matter. “We are very pleased that the commissioners agreed 6-1 with our concerns, recognizing the […]
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By Eli Segall, Las Vegas Sun Nevada homes not only were the most overvalued in the country at the peak of the housing bubble last decade, but prices are among the most inflated now, new data show. Homes statewide are 15 percent overvalued, tied for highest in the nation with North Dakota and Hawaii, according […]
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By Associated Press FRESNO — Wildlife authorities say a 67-year-old California man fought off a black bear that attacked him from behind then drove himself to a hospital. Lt. Chris Stoots of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife said such attacks are rare, but black bear encounters are on the rise due to the […]
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By Joann Eisenbrandt PLACERVILLE – “Placerville, a Unique Historical Past Forging into a Golden Future.” Placerville’s letterhead describes the historic Gold Rush city that way. But retaining a reverence for the city’s legendary past while accommodating the demands of an expressway future has proven to be an uncomfortable process, no more so than in the […]
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By KRON-TV A Contra Costa County deputy sheriff died in an apparent drowning in Lake Tahoe on Thursday, according to sheriff’s office spokesman Jimmy Lee. The sheriff’s office said it was informed of the drowning of Deputy Carlos Francies by the South Lake Tahoe Police Department Thursday afternoon. Read the whole story
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By Cy Ryan, Las Vegas Sun CARSON CITY — Conservative activists have filed a petition seeking to repeal the entire $1.1 billion tax package that Nevada lawmakers passed this spring. Anti-tax activist Chuck Muth said he filed paperwork with the Secretary of State’s Office on Monday seeking the ballot measure. The petition includes the names […]
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