A Western Scrub Jay found earlier this month El Dorado Hills has tested positive for West Nile virus. This is the first confirmed positive result this year in the county. There have been no human cases in 2014. West Nile virus is transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected mosquito. Mosquitoes pick up […]
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The Clear Creek Fire burning in the Carson Valley is 75 percent contained. The acreage burned has been reduced to 187. The fire started the evening of July 16 from lightning. While homes were threatened in the Jacks Valley area, that is no longer the case. Firefighters expect full containment by Saturday evening. — Lake […]
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By Tovin Lapan, Las Vegas Sun Every time the phone rings these days, Rosa Molina steels herself for a heart-wrenching story. She has been taking far more calls than usual from immigrants, and many of them are sharing tales of abuse and violence. This week, she has already taken a call from a mother who […]
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Truckee recently allocated more than $2.5 million in for two economic development incentive programs: Economic Development Support Program and the Economic Development Fund Program. These new programs are intended to help foster a healthy, year-round local economy by providing financial assistance for specific projects. Truckee Donner Chamber of Commerce was awarded a grant for two […]
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By Kathryn Reed Party central – that is what the former Horizon casino is about to be transformed into when it opens this winter as Hard Rock Lake Tahoe. Don Marrandino, aka Big D to those who knew him when he oversaw Harrah’s Lake Tahoe and Harveys from 2003-05, is going to run the property. […]
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By Maura Dolan and Victoria Kim, Los Angeles Times A federal judge’s ruling that California’s death penalty is unconstitutional was described by legal experts Wednesday as stunning and unprecedented. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Cormac J. Carney found that decades-long delays and uncertainty about whether condemned inmates will ever be executed violate the constitution’s […]
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La Casona Restaurant in Incline Village sustained minor damage from a fire on July 16. The blaze started about 7:50pm. North Lake Tahoe firefighters are still investigating the cause. Monitoring and mop up are occurring today. — Lake Tahoe News staff report
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The Clear Creek Fire burning in the sagebrush above the Carson Valley grew to 300 acres overnight. It is 25 percent contained. About 40 residences along Jacks Valley Road in the Clear Creek subdivision are on voluntary evacuation. Clear Creek Road is closed from Lower Clear Creek to Clubhouse Road to all but homeowners. The […]
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Smoke was drifting into Truckee on Wednesday from the Evans Fire. It is burning near Hallelujah Junction on Highway 395, north of Reno. It had burned more than 700 acres as of 6pm July 16.
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Updated 9:40pm A fire is burning out of control in the Jacks Valley area of the Carson Valley. As of 9 Wednesday night it had burned approximately 150 acres. “A subdivision is threatened,” Capt. Troy Valenzuela with East Fork Fire told Lake Tahoe News. Some residents in the Clear Creek neighborhood were on voluntary evacuation. […]
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