By Jim Miller, Sacramento Bee Trinity County is the state’s fourth-smallest, and ended last year with an estimated population of 13,628 people. Its residents also filled prescriptions for oxycodone, hydrocodone and other opioids 18,439 times, the highest per capita rate in California. The problem also has a decidedly geographic dimension in California. Besides Trinity, […]
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By Emily Benson, High Country News As Houston cleans up after Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma barrels through the Caribbean and Florida, this year’s Atlantic hurricane season offers a stark reminder of the power of oceans over weather. But ocean influences aren’t limited to the Atlantic. Last winter, rain and snow drenched California, much of […]
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The attorneys representing former South Lake Tahoe resident Patty Olson in her drawn out bankruptcy proceedings want to stop representing her. Darby Law Practices have filed the paperwork to withdraw as legal counsel. That request is scheduled to be heard next month. According to court documents, Olson has retained another attorney. Court documents say, “DLP […]
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By Jason Hidalgo, Reno Gazette-Journal A District Court judge denied a motion by the state to dismiss legal action brought against it for the Little Valley Fire. Washoe County District Court Judge Scott Freeman ruled this week to allow the lawsuits against the state of Nevada to proceed. The Little Valley Fire was caused by […]
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Students in Douglas County will start some days 90 minutes later than the other days. The purpose is to give teachers more time to strategize about what they are doing regarding student achievement. “The late start days are instrumental in providing teachers and administrators time to look at data they have on student performance and […]
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By Kathryn Reed After two years of silence, El Dorado County has released the final draft of the Meyers Area Plan. This is the fourth version. It was almost like all sides needed a cooling off period. Years of raucous meetings did more to divide than to unite the community. What most could agree on […]
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On a 3-2 vote on Sept. 7, Douglas County Manager Larry Werner’s contract was extended to Dec. 31, 2019. Commissioners Larry Walsh and Dave Nelson were the dissenters. Walsh wanted the term to go through Dec. 31, 2018. Nelson wants to hire a permanent county manager. Werner has been at the helm of the county […]
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By Dan Elliott, AP Acrid yellow smoke clogs the skies of major Western U.S. cities, a human-caused fire in the Columbia River Gorge rains ash on Portland, Oregon, and a century-old backcountry chalet burns to the ground in Montana’s Glacier National Park. Wildfires are chewing across dried-out Western forests and grassland, putting 2017 on track […]
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By Sam Stanton, Sacramento Bee Five years after a 15-year-old El Dorado High School student died from ingesting a hallucinogenic drug, a Camino man has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of possessing and distributing a counterfeit version of LSD that caused the death. Elijah Lee Richter faces the federal charges […]
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By Aaron Mendelson, KPCC This year, urban water use has settled into a pattern: Californians are consuming more water than in 2015 and 2016, when mandatory measures were in place to cut down on use during a five-year drought. At the same time, water use has remained below the levels reported in 2013 and 2014, […]
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