By Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times The death toll of the nation’s obesity epidemic may be close to four times higher than has been widely believed, and all that excess weight could reverse the steady trend of lengthening life spans for a generation of younger Americans, new research warns. More than 18 percent of premature […]
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Three outbuildings have been destroyed in the 9,726-acre American Fire. Containment is at 37 percent. Officials said on Friday the fire crossed the Foresthill Divide Road into the Whisky Hill area. Extensive spotting and rolling took place. The cause of the blaze in the Tahoe National Forest is still under investigation. The fire has been […]
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By Radley Balko, Huffington Post When the FBI finally located Whitey Bulger in 2010 after searching for 16 years, the reputed mobster was suspected of involvement in 19 murders in the 1970s and ’80s, and was thought to be armed with a massive arsenal of weapons. He was also 81 at the time, in poor […]
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Tom Quinn, supervisor of the Tahoe National Forest, has signed an emergency closure order effective Aug. 16 for portions of National Forest System lands within and adjacent to the American Fire. The temporary closure is designed to ensure public safety during current wildfire suppression efforts and ensuing rehabilitation activities. The American Fire has burned 5,420 […]
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The black bear and cub that were caught in the Foothill Road area of Carson Valley were released tonight in the foothills of Douglas County near Kingsbury Grade by the Nevada Department of Wildlife. The two bears were caught early Aug. 15. A trap had been set in the area 10 days ago because there […]
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By Neela Banerjee, Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON — A decade after a vast power outage shut down the Northeast, the electricity grid remains “highly vulnerable” to blackouts because of extreme weather fueled by climate change, a report by the White House and the Energy Department concludes. The Aug. 14, 2003, blackout occurred when an alarm […]
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The 4,958-acre American Fire is at 35 percent containment. Smoke from this fire in the Tahoe National Forest continues to fill the skies east of Foresthill, including the Lake Tahoe Basin, Truckee and Reno. The fire is about 10 miles northeast of Foresthill in rugged terrain. Because of the heavy fuels in the area and […]
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South Lake Tahoe police officers want to speak to a man who was seen near the USA gas station just before the store clerk was murdered Aug. 6. In the late afternoon/early evening of Aug. 5 a man was seen walking in the vicinity of the gas station. Detectives want to identify the man. He […]
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By Paul Rogers, San Jose Mercury News Climate change is melting glaciers, worsening droughts and raising sea levels around the world. But when it comes to redwood trees — the ancient, iconic sentinels that scientists have worried may be at risk as the planet heats up — global warming may actually be helping, at least […]
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A Pennsylvania woman and her two children were hospitalized Tuesday after the vehicle they were in was hit by an alleged drunken driver. Dara Siev, 39, of South Lake Tahoe was headed west on Highway 50 in the left lane when the Dodge Durango he was driving drifted into the center lane. A Ford Escape […]
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