FRUITLAND PARK — Cindy O’Donnell’s job stinks. But she is her own boss. She makes her own hours. And she is providing a service no one else has thought to offer in her corner of north Lake ...

The newly built Bombardier CL-415 “Super Scooper,” the first of its kind to be based in the Reno-Tahoe area, was unveiled by U.S. Forest Service officials Tuesday at the South Lake Tahoe airport.

The powerful throb of two Pratt and Whitney 18-cylinder radial engines could be felt across the lake as the duckling-colored Canadair CL-215 "Super Scooper," its belly full of at least 1,300 ...