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11/01/2024
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A winter parking ban is in effect from November 1 to April 30, enforced by the Truckee Police Department. Violators may be ticketed or towed. This ordinance prohibits parking on Town roads and public right-of-ways.

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11/01/2024
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The sound of Caldor Fire embers falling from the sky and landing on windshields made a familiar noise. "It was almost like it was sprinkling, but it was sprinkling embers,"

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11/01/2024
Image for display with article titled Ribbon Cutting Marks Completion of Major Improvement Projects in Truckee

On Wednesday, Oct. 23, the Town of Truckee held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the completion of two significant capital improvement projects: the Truckee River Legacy Trail 4A and the West River Streetscape Project.

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11/01/2024
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Nevada County voters will elect or re-elect three board members to the Truckee Tahoe Airport District board this November. 

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11/01/2024
Image for display with article titled Truckee Hosts Roundtable Discussion on Enhancing Senior Services

On Tuesday, Oct. 29, the County of Nevada, in collaboration with Tahoe Donner Parks and Recreation, held a pivotal roundtable discussion at the Steve Randall Community Recreation Center focused on improving senior services in Truckee.

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11/01/2024
The invasive Aedes aegypti mosquitos have been detected in more areas of Santa Clara County, prompting officials to hold meetings to discuss their response to the threat posed by the species. 

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10/31/2024
Image for display with article titled Fall Means Feeding Frenzy for Black Bears

Autumn is here, and black bears are entering a temporary physiological state known as "hyperphagia." During hyperphagia, also known as the fall feeding frenzy, bears consume as much as they can to bring their fat stores to a level where they can survive the quickly approaching winter months.

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10/31/2024
Image for display with article titled Biannual Conservation Conference Returns to Tahoe, Focuses on Partnership

The Sierra Nevada Alliance is hosting its biannual conservation conference Nov. 7-8 at Lake Tahoe Community College in South Lake Tahoe. They've titled this year's theme as Strengthening Conservation Impact Through Partnership.

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10/31/2024
Sixty years ago, I was a reporter for the Klamath Falls (Oregon) Herald and News and with my family lived in a small house on the Link River, which flows out of Upper Klamath Lake, draining a large portion of the Cascade mountain range.

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10/30/2024
Image for display with article titled Elections Office Adds Extra Staff to Address Printer’s Error on Ballots

The Nevada County Elections Office has increased staffing support following the discovery of a printer's error affecting readability on some ballots.

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10/30/2024
Image for display with article titled Field Notes: Life in the Eldorado National Forest After Wildfire Strikes

Charred trees punctuated the Eldorado National Forest like blackened skeletons of their former selves, victims of the Mosquito Fire. Two years earlier, in 2022, the Mosquito Fire started in Tahoe National Forest, moved north to the Eldorado, and torched a total of 76,788 acres, making it California's largest wildfire in 2022.

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10/30/2024
Image for display with article titled Candidate Profiles: Truckee Donner Utility District Board Election

Voters in Nevada County will elect or re-elect three board members to the Truckee Donner Public Utilities District board this November. 

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10/30/2024
Homeless Californians face many barriers to casting a ballot, even in elections that affect their lives. Some counties and nonprofits are trying to boost turnout.

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10/30/2024
Low counts of spawning salmon could mean another year without fishing. Experts say the outlook still has time to turn around.

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10/30/2024
THE SALINAS VALLEY is the setting for fecund soil, labor rights movements and John Steinbeck novels.Squeezed into one 90-mile-long wedge between the Gabilan and Santa Lucia mountains, the valley’s residents constitute less than 1% of Californians but have shaped the identity of the whole state.

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10/29/2024
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Voters in Placer and Nevada county will elect or re-elect two board members to the Tahoe Forest Health District board this November. 

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10/29/2024
A strain of bird flu that imperiled California poultry and cattle has jumped to people. In humans, the symptoms are mild and the virus has not been transmitted among people.

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10/29/2024
California motorists buy and consume a billion gallons of gasoline each month and are very sensitive about pump prices, which are markedly higher than those in other states. Naturally, they are a political football.

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10/28/2024
Image for display with article titled Truckee Chamber of Commerce Hosts November Lunch & Learn: Maximize Your Chamber Membership Benefits

The Truckee Chamber of Commerce announced its November Lunch & Learn, a valuable opportunity for members to explore all the benefits available through their Truckee Chamber membership. This informative session is perfect for new members, those looking to maximize their membership or those interested in membership with the Truckee Chamber. 

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10/28/2024
Image for display with article titled ‘Don’t Drop the Top’ Nets Biggest Collection Yet

The Shane McConkey Foundation's latest collection and sorting of plastic bottle caps and lids is keeping another 2,000-plus pounds of plastic out of landfills. The foundation gathered with 120 volunteers at Truckee Elementary earlier this month to sort the 1,945 pounds of tops that had been dropped in collection bins throughout the region.

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10/28/2024
Image for display with article titled Recycled Water Plan From STPUD Is Open to Public Comment

The South Tahoe Public Utilities Department held a stakeholders advisory group and public information meeting regarding how they deal with recycled water. The plan is open for comment from October 24 to November 11.

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10/28/2024
Proposition 33 on local rent control and the related Proposition 34 are attracting the most campaign cash by far of the 10 ballot measures. But the amount pales to what was spent on dueling sports betting measures in 2022.
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