Evacuations are in effect for part of El Dorado County’s wine region. The Ranch Fire has burned 80 acres and is 15 percent contained. It started about 2pm July 26. The cause is unknown. Pioneer Park in Somerset is now an evacuation center for the people on Derby Lane, Derby Court, Coyote Ridge, Mystic Road, […]
Read moreBy Richard N. Velotta Las Vegas Review-Journal Caesars Entertainment Corp., parent company to 47 hotels and casinos in six countries, including nine properties in Las Vegas, is one step closer to emerging from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The company announced Tuesday that shareholders of two operating companies — Caesars Entertainment Corp. and Caesars Acquisition Co. […]
Read moreBy Bill Lindelof, Sacramento Bee A motorcyclist who damaged his knee when he hit a tree used a satellite emergency beacon to summon CHP rescuers who hoisted him into a hovering helicopter. Daniel Thalhuber, 21, of San Jose, was on a motorcycle trip alone to trace the Pacific Coast Trail using rural roads and trails, […]
Read moreBy Jason Green, Bay Area News Group Detectives have arrested a 34-year-old San Jose man suspected of exposing himself to more than half a dozen children in Santa Clara and at ski resorts in the Lake Tahoe area. Santa Clara police kicked off an investigation on July 17 after a man reportedly called a 9-year-old […]
Read moreReno 1868 FC midfielder Matheus Silva on Saturday returned to Greater Nevada Field for the first time since nearly drowning at Zephyr Cove on July 4. Silva met with the people who helped pull him from the water and received a standing ovation from the Greater Nevada Field crowd. Head coach Ian Russell said, “I […]
Read moreBy Kathryn Reed California and Colorado-based Vail Resorts on Tuesday each took significant steps in the fight against climate change. Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation to extend the state’s cap-and-trade program to 2030. The legislation, which gives companies incentives to pollute less, was set to expire in 2020. Vail Resorts is implementing a plan at […]
Read moreBy Angela Hart, Sacramento Bee Regina Bateson was one of 750 people who at an April town hall listened to Republican Congressman Tom McClintock voice support for efforts by leaders of his party to scrap Obamacare, question the science behind climate change and dismiss the need for an investigation into Russian meddling in the […]
Read moreGuests at Lake Tahoe Vacation Resort in South Lake Tahoe were evacuated briefly Tuesday night when a fire alarm went off. Firefighters said soldering in the wall on the fifth floor activated the alarm on July 25. Soldering is used to connected electronic components. As of 6:30pm all the guests were allowed to return to […]
Read moreBy Sean Whaley, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY — A Carson City judge on Monday rejected a request by a group of liquor distributors to stop emergency regulations allowing Nevada marijuana licensees to distribute recreational pot to retail stores. The case was heard by Carson City District Judge James Todd Russell, who initially expressed skepticism […]
Read moreA Bay Area man died in a single-vehicle accident on Sunday in Alpine County. David Martin, 62, of Woodacre was going west on Highway 88 west of the Carson River Bridge when the crash occurred. Because there were no witnesses to the accident, officers don’t know for sure what happened. However, evidence points to Martin […]
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