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Written by Humboldt Online Editor on 03 September 2010

More than half the federal rebate money in California’s Cash for Appliances program has been either paid out or is being processed, reflecting increased activity since the state expanded the program in late July.

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Written by Humboldt Online Editor on 31 August 2010

A resident of the Lake Tahoe area died Sunday while swimming in the Feather River near the Bucks Powerhouse about 30 miles west of Quincy.

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Written by Humboldt Online Editor on 31 August 2010

A Modesto man suspected of fatally shooting a Mormon church official in Visalia and who then was killed by police there had bipolar disorder, his father said Monday.

Visalia police detectives inspect the area where the man suspected of shooting to death a Mormon bishop at church Sunday was himself killed by police after a gunbattle in a Visalia neighborhood.

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Written by Humboldt Online Editor on 29 August 2010

SUSANVILLE – Opponents of a controversial four-season resort on Dyer Mountain filed their opening brief Thursday, launching a legal process expected to be heard in Lassen Superior Court in December.

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Written by Humboldt Online Editor on 29 August 2010

A fast-moving wildfire burning in a remote area of Yuba County has spread to 851 acres, or a little more than a square mile, fire officials said Saturday.

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Written by Humboldt Online Editor on 25 August 2010

Last year’s fatal collision of a Sacramento-based Coast Guard plane and a Marine helicopter off the coast of San Diego was the result of a “tragic confluence of events” including missed opportunities by air traffic controllers, newly released military investigations have determined.

“The Coast Guard family at large and especially here in Sacramento is grieving and coping with our loss,” said Capt. J.J. O’Connor, commander of the Coast Guard Air Station in Sacramento.

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Written by Humboldt Online Editor on 25 August 2010

You’ve seen her TV commercials day and night: Roni Lynn Deutch, “the Tax Lady,” promising to get the IRS off your back.

Roni Lynn Deutch’s in-your-face advertising has made her a minor celebrity. Now the North Highlands lawyer is accused of fraud.

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Written by Humboldt Online Editor on 24 August 2010

In the first case of its kind in California, three appeals court justices in Sacramento did not appear receptive Monday to mandatory random drug testing of non-athlete high school students who participate in competitive extracurricular activities.

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Written by Humboldt Online Editor on 24 August 2010

You’ve seen her TV commercials day and night: Roni Lynn Deutch, “the Tax Lady,” promising to get the IRS off your back.

Roni Lynn Deutch’s in-your-face advertising has made her a minor celebrity. Now the North Highlands lawyer is accused of fraud.

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Written by Humboldt Online Editor on 22 August 2010

If a street could be an icon, there’s little doubt that the Sunset Strip would qualify.

The Sunset Strip Business Association unveiled the 26-piece public art project called Guitar Town on Aug. 12. The Strip is also moving into social networking with Facebook and Twitter to revitalize the area.

Twenty-six guitars – 10 feet tall and commemorating musicians – are scattered along Sunset Strip. The “Guitar Town” art project is the finishing touch in a beautification effort to be celebrated at the Sunset Strip Music Festival next weekend.

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Written by Humboldt Online Editor on 18 August 2010

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid talks to an environmental gathering Tuesday at Sand Harbor State Park’s Shakespeare Festival Amphitheater. Also on the Lake Tahoe stage were Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., and Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid talks to an environmental gathering Tuesday at Sand Harbor State Park’s Shakespeare Festival Amphitheater. Also on the Lake Tahoe stage were Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., and Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.

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Written by Humboldt Online Editor on 16 August 2010

Yosemite Valley visitors don’t generally gaze at El Capitan from the spot where Carleton E. Watkins took an 1868 photograph of the soaring cliff – you can’t see much now through a tangle of trees.

A Yosemite National Park visitor gets a glimpse of Yosemite Falls recently. Decades of fire suppression have let forests and brush grow unnaturally thick. The Park Service plans to remove some trees and brush to restore historic views.

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Written by Humboldt Online Editor on 15 August 2010

Experts agree that the faster you can get skimmers and other vessels to the scene of an oil spill, the better chance you have to limit environmental havoc.

Deb Self, executive director of San Francisco Baykeeper, peruses the Tiburon Peninsula last week. She says that both state and federal authorities are missing an opportunity by not including the bay’s fishing fleet in their oil spill response plans.

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Written by Humboldt Online Editor on 13 August 2010

The world’s largest water engineering project weaves through the heart of California, diverting northern mountain snowmelt to southern desert cities.

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Written by Humboldt Online Editor on 12 August 2010

Macy’s is looking to fill about 130 sales and support positions for its new store scheduled open this fall in Tracy.

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