By Gretchen Reynolds, New York Times To handle stress and adversity more effectively, we should probably pay closer attention to what is happening inside our bodies, according to a fascinating new brain study of resilience and why some people seem to have more of it than others. We live in difficult times. Worries about the […]
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By Kathryn Reed Unable to hold back the tears, Kindred Murillo has mixed emotions about having tendered her resignation as president of Lake Tahoe Community College. While she will be leaving behind an extensive list of accomplishments, it is the people she will miss the most. She only had good things to say about the […]
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By Chuck Hickey, CW-2 ASPEN, Colo. — A skier threw a snowboarder of the chairlift they were riding at Aspen Highlands on Sunday, the Aspen Times reported. Seth Beckton of Aspen told the newspaper the skier was a white man in his late 20s or early 30s who took offense to a seemingly innocuous comment […]
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The search for missing Sugar Bowl ski instructor Carson May will not continue beyond Jan. 19. The 23-year-old from Davis was last seen Jan. 15 skiing in white-out conditions on the back side of the resort. He was not working at the time. He was reported missing the next day. This was May’s third year […]
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A Los Angeles man died from injuries he sustained Jan. 16 in a two-vehicle accident near Glenbrook. Aquiles Molero, 36, was a passenger in a vehicle that drifted across the center lane of Highway 50 and was then struck by oncoming traffic. Nevada Highway Patrol officers said a 2009 Toyota Corolla driven by Mexican national […]
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Award-winning novelist and short story writer Rebecca Makkai will be giving a reading, engaging the audience in a Q&A, and signing books in the Aspen Room at Lake Tahoe Community College on Feb. 10. This free event is at 7pm. Books will be available for purchase. Makkai is the Chicago-based author of the novels “The Hundred-Year […]
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By Scott Smith, AP FRESNO — Farmers in the fertile San Joaquin Valley are bracing to receive no irrigation water from a federal system of reservoirs and canals for a third consecutive year and looking to El Nino to produce the very wet winter they need. The year kicked off with heavy rains and an above-average snowpack […]
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By Gloria Dickie, High Country News The summer of 2015 was unlike anything most career firefighters had ever seen. Across the United States, fires erupted not only in dry woodlands, but also in grasslands, rainforests, and tundra, ignited by lightning strikes and careless campers. Flames dripped from lichen-covered trees in the Pacific Northwest, and in […]
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By Melinda Myers Add some homegrown flavor to your winter meals. From microgreens to tomatoes, it is possible to grow produce indoors. Microgreens are a quick and easy way to add some flavor and crunch to your plate. Just plant seeds labeled for sprouting or microgreens in a shallow container filled with a sterile potting […]
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By Steve Large, CBS-13 An El Dorado County father says he was just trying to do what any good dad would do, but instead he was treated like a common criminal. What bothers Vincent Gatica more is his license plate was posted on Facebook by law enforcement as if he were a common criminal. Gatica […]
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