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Keith Ridler, Associated Press Updated 10:25 am PDT, Monday, October 14, 2019 FILE - In this Friday, Aug. 14, 2015 file photo, damage from a wildfire burn is seen near the Reynolds Creek area in the Owyhee Mountains, Idaho. Authorities have released plans to stop devastating wildfires in southwestern Idaho, southeastern Oregon and northern Nevada with one option creating 1,500 miles (2,400 kilometers) of fuel breaks up to 400 feet (120 meters) wide along existing roads. (Adam Eschbach/The Idaho Press-Tribune via AP, File) less FILE - In this Friday, Aug. 14, 2015 file photo, damage from a wildfire burn is seen near the Reynolds Creek area in the Owyhee Mountains, Idaho. Authorities have released plans to stop devastating wildfires in ... more Photo: Adam Eschbach, AP Photo: Adam Eschbach, AP … [Read more...] about Proposed wildfire fuel breaks plan released for 3 states

Welcome to the new look of the still-new Vegas Escapes newsletter. I’m Catharine Hamm, the travel editor for the Los Angeles Times, and in the interest of full disclosure, I love Las Vegas.Even when it’s hot. Maybe especially when it is.We SoCal folks know hot, right? Of course we do, and we don’t much like it. So I say to escape the heat, go to Vegas.Sure, it’s expected to be 15 degrees warmer there this weekend, but air conditioning is a way of life for this Mojave Desert city. Heat’s just not an issue as long as you enjoy the great indoors. And it is great. No wonder Elvis is said to have uttered, “Man, I really like Las Vegas.” We have some stories this week that will show you why 42 million people a year, more than a quarter of them from Southern California, like it too. Especially on Sundays. Even though National Tequila Day has passed. And often when Sasquatch is involved.—Catharine HammTEQUILA!Think of caramel, chocolate, citrus, … [Read more...] about Newsletter: Vegas Escapes: You can chill in Vegas

Pacific Gas and Electric says it might cut power to about 12,000 customers in parts of Northern California because of potential fire danger.The utility said it was monitoring weather conditions and may shut off power in parts of Butte, Plumas and Yuba counties starting Saturday night when winds were expected to pick up.Butte County is where a wildfire blamed on PG&E transmission lines killed 85 people last year and devastated the town of ParadisePG&E was also monitoring weather conditions in El Dorado, Napa, Nevada, Placer, Tehama and Yolo counties as the forecast calls for gusty winds and hot, dry weather in Northern California inland areas. … [Read more...] about PG&E warns of power shutoffs in parts of Northern California

Updated 5:04 pm CDT, Tuesday, October 8, 2019 LAS VEGAS (AP) — The government agency that promotes Las Vegas tourism is banning members from accepting gifts and tightening restrictions on travel. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority board voted Tuesday to tighten ethics rules following the arrest of three former agency executives, including its retired chief executive, Rossi Ralenkotter. Ralenkotter and the executives are accused of theft of $90,000 in airline gift cards purchased with tax dollars between 2012 and 2017. The board includes eight local elected officials and six business and casino executives. It oversees an agency with a $251 million annual operating budget, funded mostly with hotel room taxes. Board Chairman Larry Brown says that from now on, the board and the agency executive have to sign off on agency travel spending. ___ Information from: Las Vegas Review-Journal, http://www.lvrj.com … [Read more...] about Las Vegas tourist agency adopts new rules on gifts, travel

A homeless man has been arrested at Lake Tahoe after authorities say he started a fire near Sierra College’s Tahoe-Truckee campus.The Sierra Sun reports 66-year-old Scott Stevenson was charged Wednesday with unlawfully causing a fire of a structure or forest land.He as being held in the Nevada County Jail. Jail records don’t indicate if he has a lawyer who could comment.The Truckee Police Department says Stevenson suggested he lit the fire and was having hallucinations that a Biblical flaming bush was talking to him. It says Stevenson is not from the area and was passing through. Officer Pat Schaffer says he spotted the fire burning on the south sloop of the campus and then saw Stevenson suspiciously trying to leave the area. Firefighters quickly put out the blaze.___Information from: Sierra Sun. … [Read more...] about Homeless man charged in arson fire at Lake Tahoe college