The shelter currently has four kittens, including Umbrellabird, a 16-week-old boy who thinks he is a dog. He loves to play with dogs and prefers them to cats. He was shy at first because he had a very brave sister named Unicorn, who he depended upon to protect him. Now that shes been adopted, he […]
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By Scott Sonner, AP RENO — Are some bears just born to be bad? Or do they learn from other bears that raid garbage cans, break into cars and homes and eventually have to be killed because they’ve lost their fear of humans? Scientists have researched this classic debate over “nature” and “nurture” among black […]
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By Amanda MacMillan, Outside When it comes to working out, most of us have no shortage of options. Most cities now have countless boutique fitness studios with services like ClassPass to let you sample as many workouts as you can squeeze into a month. Group-training gyms like CrossFit introduce new workouts daily, with very little repetition […]
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Wine enthusiasts, food connoisseurs and dedicated shoppers will be able to indulge in the 12th annual Downtown Truckee Wine, Walk & Shop on Oct. 3 from noon to 4pm. Tickets are just $40 in advance or $45 day of. They are available online. A $3 service fee applies for online sales. The ticket includes wine tastings at more […]
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By Mike Blasky, San Jose Mercury News When Michael James Tyree was killed in a San Jose jail cell, his lifeless body found Aug. 27 battered and bruised after an encounter with correctional officers, there were no Twitter hashtags, no spontaneous street protests, no national news vans parked on the curb. The rise of powerful […]
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By Jim Miller, Sacramento Bee Former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, beginning with the recall campaign and on through his two terms in office, repeatedly linked the state’s tribal casino business to state finances. “We want to have the Indian gaming tribes pay their fair share to the state,” Schwarzenegger said during a 2004 news conference, “and […]
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By Anna Medaris Miller, U.S. News and World Report P. Elizabeth Anderson once had a daughter named Grace. Like any parents would, she and her husband cared for her, nurtured her and tried to keep her out of trouble. They took her on vacations and enjoyed her company around the house. “She was my constant […]
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By John Kelly, Las Vegas Review-Journal In Nevada, distressed homeowners don’t need to win big at the casino to score as much as $100,000 in order to keep their homes. They simply need a device with Internet access and a link to the U.S. Treasury’s Nevada Hardest Hit Fund, which wants to be the surest […]
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By Bobby Azarian, Slate A study published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied has found that giving casino slot machines humanlike properties can increase one’s willingness to interact with them, thereby promoting riskier gambling behavior. Apparently something with the appearance of a mind is more welcoming than a lifeless machine. This finding might be good […]
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The annual Wild & Scenic Film Festival hosted by MAP in Truckee is Oct. 9. Mountain Area Preservation kicks off the film festival weekend with a special screening of Sender Films’ “Valley Uprising” at 6pm. The Wild & Scenic Film Festival will show multiple films on Saturday starting at 3pm, including “California: Paradise Burning,” “The Wilderness […]
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