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Placer County Moves to Protect 525 Acres Near Auburn From 128 Future Homes
A 525-acre stretch of oak woodland and cattle ranchland northwest of Auburn could be protected from development forever under draft agreements the Placer County Board of Supervisors voted to approve on Tuesday. The property, known as Harvego Bear River Preserve Phase 2, sits near the Auburn Valley Country Club community and is currently zoned for about 128 homes. Instead, county officials and a local land trust want to keep it as grazing land and wildlife habitat.
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San Francisco Boomers Are Moving To This Lovely Outdoorsy City Just Under An Hour From Lake Tahoe
When Bay Area baby boomers — that's anyone born between 1946 and 1964 — decide it's finally time to move away from the misty air of San Francisco, there's one spot that seems to be drawing the eye more than others. It lies over the great Sierra Nevada Mountains to the east, on the bends of the Truckee River in Washoe County, on the far northwest edge of the state of Nevada. Its name? Reno.
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This Nevada City Has A Healthcare System So Advanced It’s Ranked Among America’s Best
A smallpox outbreak in 1862 sparked a clinic that grew into a major medical network. That clinic became the first hospital in the area when Nevada gained statehood. Today its flagship hospital keeps topping state rankings. How many cities this size can claim the best hospital around?. The system runs...
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5 Best Restaurants in Sparks, Nevada You Need to Try Before Everyone Else Finds Them
Sparks, Nevada — a city where the Sierra’s shadow cools the desert dusk, where the hum of trains and the laughter of families mingle beneath neon and mountain sky. Here, stucco bungalows and new apartments stand shoulder to shoulder, stitched together by the stories of casino workers, teachers, retirees, and newcomers drawn by the promise of possibility. Sparks is a crossroads — of Basque ranchers and Filipino cooks, of old-timers who remember the rail yards and young dreamers who gather at the marina, of families who linger over pancakes on Sunday mornings and friends who toast the sunset with a cold pint.
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Reno completes fencing project aimed at reducing wild horse collisions
A fencing project aimed at reducing wild horse-vehicle collisions in southeast Reno and unincorporated Washoe County is complete. The approximately $1.35 million Virginia Range and Wildlife Preserve Project filled gaps in existing fencing along a corridor from Toll Road to Mira Loma Drive. The work also included installing gates and cattle guards, some of which operate hands-free, to maintain access for people while keeping horses away from nearby roads and developed areas.
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'We're homeless' | Floods drench north California
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What happened to California’s second death row at Folsom Prison?
(FOX40.COM) — Folsom State Prison was one of two California state prisons to house a death row and saw 93 men hang at its gallows over a 42-year period. The first cell block at Folsom was completed in 1878 and the first prisoners were transferred from San Quinten to Folsom in July 1880. Read more: […]