What caused the fire that resulted in millions of dollars of damage to the Deerfield Lodge in South Lake Tahoe last month may always be a mystery. “I’m not sure if we will ever know what it was,” Fire Chief Jeff Meston told Lake Tahoe News. “We know it started by the stairwell in the […]
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By Cliff Weathers, AlterNet Congress is heading home for summer vacation, failing to act on emergency funding to combat the wildfires that are raging in the West. President Obama had requested $615 million in emergency funding to help the U.S. Forest Service and Interior Department pay for firefighting efforts, and the Democratic-controlled Senate proposed a […]
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Barton Health will be getting its full Medicare reimbursement from the Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction program. There had been some doubt earlier this summer if that was going to happen Barton Memorial Hospital will actually receive an additional 0.5 percent in Medicare reimbursement for its high performance scores in patient care. The higher reimbursement will be […]
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By Anne Knowles MINDEN – Douglas County has narrowed its search for a county manager to seven candidates who spent Aug. 4 in a marathon of panel interviews, culminating in an evening reception for the public at the Carson Valley Inn. The county received 72 applications for the job vacated in April by Steve Mokrohisky, […]
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A house in Truckee was destroyed Aug. 3 when an oily rag spontaneously combusted. No one was hurt in the 1:10am blaze on Martis Valley Road. The rag had been place in a confined area. In addition to significant damage to the house, two vehicles in the garage were charred.— Lake Tahoe News staff report
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By Kathryn Reed About 300 people had to be shuttled from the Tahoe Queen to shore in rescue boats on Monday afternoon. The paddle-wheeler was about 30 minutes into its 90-minute voyage Aug. 4 when it hit a sandbar off Regan Beach in South Lake Tahoe. Fire officials estimated it to be about 600 yards […]
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By Scott Smith, AP GROVELAND, Calif. — Nearly a year since a historic wildfire charred a huge swath of California’s High Sierra, debate rages over what to do with millions of dead trees left in its wake: truck them to lumber mills or let nature to take its course? One side argues that the blackened […]
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A San Ramon couple died early Sunday when the boat they were in struck a pier near Meeks Bay. Tatiana Nikolskaya, 44, and Vadim Raizanov, 45, died on impact. “The hull of the boat was split in half from the force of the impact. The possibility that alcohol may have been a factor is being […]
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By Sammy Caiola, Sacramento Bee Don Hopkins, a former Davis police officer and professional ballroom dancer, is having some trouble staying on his feet. Hopkins, 67, is still physically drained from an early May trip to Mercy Hospital at Folsom, where doctors pumped him with pneumonia antibiotics for more than a week before accurately diagnosing […]
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Updated Aug. 3 9:45pm A landscaping water line ruptured this weekend in South Lake Tahoe, spewing unknown gallons of water down the drain. Lakeside Park Water Company was going to wait until Monday to fix the leak on Pine Boulevard, but city officials said it was imperative they fix it ASAP. The water had been […]
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