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Another storm is set to hit the Tahoe Basin this weekend. Motorists are being advised to avoid roads. Another storm is set to hit the Tahoe Basin this weekend. Motorists are being advised to avoid roads. Photo: Denise Taylor/Getty Images Photo: Denise Taylor/Getty Images Image 1 of / 43 Caption Close Image 1 of 43 Another storm is set to hit the Tahoe Basin this weekend. Motorists are being advised to avoid roads. Another storm is set to hit the Tahoe Basin this weekend. Motorists are being advised to avoid roads. Photo: Denise Taylor/Getty Images Cold storm set to slam Tahoe: 'Don't travel over the weekend' 1  /  43 Back to Gallery The storms keep on coming, and the snow keeps on piling up, … [Read more...] about Cold storm set to slam Tahoe: ‘Don’t travel over the weekend’

AUBURN (CBS13) — This Christmas, an Auburn church is making a special request about an item stolen from their nativity scene, not once, but twice. It started as a letter to the editor in the Auburn Journal. A parishioner here for the past 60 years has one item his Christmas wish list: that baby Jesus is returned to its rightful place. Pioneer United Methodist Church is the oldest church in Placer County. Its steeple stands tall along the Auburn skyline, a symbol of history. But for years, one of its religious symbols has been missing. “I would just like to get Jesus back,” said 91-year-old Glen Cleveland. It’s something that’s bothered him for years. So why look now? “Our display is just not complete without him,” said Cleveland. READ: Woman Fears Package Thief Made Off With Christmas Gifts For Her Entire Family Cleveland’s family helped bring the wooden nativity scene to life when the church was renovated in 1998, finding full-size … [Read more...] about Auburn Church Searching For Missing Baby Jesus From Nativity Scene

Not coincidentally, Alaska has been showered with special treatment by the administration and in the Senate health-care bill. Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images In both the House and the Senate, the strategy Republicans have devised to pass legislation to repeal and replace Obamacare is simple: Win over conservatives with broad policy provisions and then pick off moderates with narrow, strategic concessions that can be touted as prizes to the folks back home. That has made Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska a likely target of special treatment from the get-go, since her state is tiny in population (barely more than 700,000 residents), but rich in distinctive health-care problems. And sure enough, the revised version of the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 unveiled last week has a provision so obviously tailored for Alaska that it’s being called the Kodiak (or Caribou) Kickback — an allusion to the famous “Cornhusker Kickback” that helped pull Democratic … [Read more...] about Did the ‘Kodiak Kickback’ Buy Lisa Murkowski’s Vote for Trumpcare?

The oldest U.S. veteran who survived the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 died at the age of 106 Wednesday. Ray Chavez of California died in his sleep after reportedly suffering from pneumonia, according to The Associated Press. During the war, Chavez worked as a minesweeper on the USS Condor and patrolled the harbor. He spotted Japanese bombers overhead and would alert U.S. destroyers.The chief historian for the National Park Service at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, verified to the AP that Chavez was the oldest survivor of the Dec. 7, 1941, attack. During the attack, 2,335 U.S. military personnel and 68 civilians were killed. A morning patrol boat goes past the USS Arizona Memorial before a ceremony commemorating the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor at Kilo Pier. (Photo by Craig T. Kojima – Pool/Getty Images) Chavez ended up leaving the military in 1945, as he suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder. “I still feel a loss,” … [Read more...] about Oldest Veteran Of Pearl Harbor Dies At Age 106

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