The Kyburz Fire burning in the American River canyon is 98 percent contained. Full containment is expected within days. The fire, which started last Thursday reportedly from a car axle causing a spark on the pavement, has burned 75 acres. It is located in the canyon of the South Fork of the American River, west of […]
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By Katie Rogers, New York Times Officials at Yellowstone National Park are warning visitors not to fraternize with wildlife after a woman was injured while trying to take a selfie near a bison — but that hasn’t stopped some visitors from posting their close encounters on social media. A notice released by the National Park […]
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By Tom Philpott, Mother Jones In normal years, California residents get about 30 percent of their drinking water from underground aquifers. And in droughts like the current one — with sources like snowmelt from the Sierra Nevada mountains virtually non-existent — groundwatersupplies two-thirds of our most populous state’s water needs. So it’s sobering news that […]
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By Associated Press The Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles and its vendor are at odds over whether a feature that allowed customers to get in a DMV line from home via smartphone attributed to longer wait times. The agency last week cut off customers’ ability to check-in remotely at the busiest DMV offices in Las […]
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South Lake Tahoe police’s dispatch has been busy the last two Saturdays with calls of gunshots. What sounded like two gunshots were fired, then a pause before two more rounds went off just before 10pm July 25 in the Y area. Not much later and two more suspected gunshots went off. “Someone said it was […]
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With the use of infrared mapping, the size of the Kyburz Fire has been recalculated to be 98 acres. It is 80 percent contained. There are no road closures. The fire has charred both sides of Highway 50. The south side of the fire is still in progress as there are hotspots and tree torching in […]
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A Bay Area man who last seen on the West Slope of El Dorado County has been missing since July 17. Edward Cavanaugh, 46, was riding his blue Yamaha YZ 250 in the Rock Creek trail system. He was riding with someone else at the time. Cavanaugh was reportedly going to use the trail system to […]
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Two bears trapped in Lake Tahoe on Friday have since been released. A 3-year-old, 175-pound bear was caught in Stateline. He was released in the Kingsbury Grade area on July 25. The 8-year-old Incline Village bear weighing 300 pounds was relocated to the Sweetwater Mountains southeast of Gardnerville. Nevada Division of Wildlife is expecting a […]
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Updated 8:37pm: Highway 50 is expected to reopen Saturday night at 9:30 to unrestricted traffic. The Kyburz Fire is 75 percent contained and remains at 200 acres. PG&E re-energized the power lines this evening. Boating may resume at Ice House Reservoir. Two small fires at Blue Lakes and at Cody Lake are being handled by […]
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By Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times If it seems like mass shootings are becoming more common, researchers say there’s a good reason: They are. Between a 2011 shooting at an IHOP restaurant in Carson City that left four people dead and the 2013 attack on the Washington Navy Yard where 12 people were killed, a […]
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