By Jason Samenow, Washington Post On a raw, cloudy and damp Sunday morning, Groundhog Phil saw his shadow in the small town of Punxsutawney, Pa. The appearance of Phil’s shadow means winter will extend well into March according to folklore. Had Phil not seen his shadow, it would have meant spring is around the corner. […]
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By Kathryn Reed Lake Tahoe’s clarity is stabilizing and improving, but it is hard to tell just by walking along the shore. That’s because all of the attention has been placed on what is going on in the middle of the lake and not at the edge of the lake. But now the focus is […]
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A project on the South Shore is part of the $138 million allocated this week by the California Transportation Commission. The money will fund 32 projects that are designed to improve highways, bridges, and passenger rail and further strengthen the state’s economy. The $13.7 million coming to Lake Tahoe will provide improvements to the drainage […]
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By Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times A crushing medical bill can cause money problems not just for a cash-strapped patient but for his or her entire family. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show more than one in four U.S. families recently experienced a financial burden due to the cost of medical […]
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By Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee An El Dorado County man who formerly served as treasurer of the Lions Education Foundation has been sentenced to two years in prison for embezzlement. Kent Maloney pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $200,000 from the nonprofit entity, which is associated with the Lions Club International, according to the El […]
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By Mark Hugo Lopez, Pew Research Center According to Gov. Jerry Brown’s new state budget, Latinos are projected to become the largest single racial-ethnic group in the state by March, making up 39 percent of the state’s population. That will make California only the second state, behind New Mexico, where whites are not the majority […]
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By Kathryn Reed While state water officials scramble to contend with a worsening drought, Lake Tahoe taps are not going to go dry. Water purveyors in the Lake Tahoe Basin use groundwater or the lake. And while the lake level is dropping at a time when it should be replenishing, there are so many acre-feet […]
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It’s going to take a while for people to get to and from Lake Tahoe tonight. There was a single-vehicle accident on Highway 50 near Kyburz about 4:30pm Jan. 31 that had the highway closed for two hours. One-way controlled traffic started moving about 6:45pm. California Highway Patrol told Lake Tahoe News the vehicle was […]
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By Katharine Mieszkowski, Center for Investigative Reporting The infant boy had been left alone in a closet. He was strapped into a car seat, facing a wall on the second floor of a Milpitas day care. A state inspector discovered the isolated boy when she visited in April and shut down the day care that […]
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By Andrew Doughman, Las Vegas Sun Marijuana advocates say they are crafting the necessary initiative language for Nevada voters to approve the use of pot for recreational purposes, perhaps by next year. In their best scenario, enough Nevada voters — a minimum of about 102,000 — will sign petitions supporting legalization of marijuana, setting the […]
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