<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><h1 class="m_1372764748526509161entry-title m_1372764748526509161headline" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; clear: both; line-height: 44px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Pummeled by drought and climate change, beloved Lake Tahoe in hot water</span></h1><b class="" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><p class="m_1372764748526509161byline" style="margin: 10px 5px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 20px; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; font-variant-ligatures: normal;">By <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/author/lizzie-johnson/" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://www.sfgate.com/author/lizzie-johnson/&source=gmail&ust=1501454735054000&usg=AFQjCNE0uyt3te8uQ_9WRtepQjaRaMilVA" class="" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; display: inline; text-decoration: none;">Lizzie Johnson</a></p><span class="" style="font-variant-ligatures: normal;"> </span><span class="" style="font-variant-ligatures: normal;"></span><h5 class="m_1372764748526509161timestamp" title="2017-07-27T19:21:28Z" style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; clear: both; line-height: 20px; display: inline-block; font-variant-ligatures: normal;">Updated <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1615160331" tabindex="0" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">7:21 pm</span></span>, Thursday, July 27, 2017</h5></b><div class="" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Pummeled-by-drought-and-climate-change-beloved-11537274.php" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Pummeled-by-drought-and-climate-change-beloved-11537274.php&source=gmail&ust=1501454735054000&usg=AFQjCNF10Ojv7-6FknSd5-pouKjjPJVWUA" class="" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/<wbr class="">article/Pummeled-by-drought-<wbr class="">and-climate-change-beloved-<wbr class="">11537274.php</a></div><div class="" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br class=""></div><div class="">
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