Snowy Road in Tahoe
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Storm packing high winds, heavy snow blows into the Sierra

By SCOTT SONNER The Associated Press RENO, Nev. – A winter storm packing high winds and potentially several feet of snow blew into the Sierra Nevada on Saturday, triggering thousands of power outages in California, closing a mountain highway at Lake Tahoe and prompting an avalanche warning in the backcountry. The storm is expected to […]

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Flu Deaths
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1st flu-related death reported in El Dorado County in 3 years

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. Dec 7, 2022 — The Public Health Division of the El Dorado County Health and Human Services Agency has received a report of a death of a resident in November that was caused by seasonal influenza. “This flu-related fatality is a painful reminder that COVID-19 is not the only illness threatening […]

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Against the odds, Sierra-at-Tahoe ready to reopen

By Rob Sabo Enough lumber to build about 1,250 homes at 2,000 square feet apiece has been removed from Sierra-at-Tahoe in a Herculean effort to reopen after the Caldor Fire decimated the resort in August of 2021. The fast-moving fire started south of Pollock Pines in the Grizzly Flats area on Aug. 14 and eventually […]

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