By Gloria Liu, Bicycling Trek is recalling all of its bikes that are equipped with disc brakes and a certain front quick release. The company is working with the CPSC on the recall, which affects up to 900,000 bikes from the 2000 to 2015 model years. The bikes were sold for $480 to $1,650. Trek […]
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By Felicity Barringer, New York Times In Modesto, utility records chart an 18 percent rise in farmers’ energy use in 2014 compared with 2013. No evidence shows exactly why this happened, but California’s drought, now in its fourth year, sent many farmers to their wells to pump from hidden aquifers water that normally would be […]
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By Scott Sonner, AP Interior Secretary Sally Jewell reversed the government’s proposed federal protection for a type of sage grouse specific to California and Nevada, and said it shows it’s still possible to head off a bigger, looming listing decision for the greater sage grouse across 11 Western states. Jewell joined Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval […]
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• Lake Tahoe Hard Rock opens Splash Day Club at the pool on May 23. It will be open on select weekends to the general public – for a price – from noon-6pm through Labor Day. • Sno Frozen Yogurt Café is opening this summer in the Chateau complex in South Lake Tahoe. • All […]
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By Tara Parker-Pope, New York Times A lasting marriage does not always signal a happy marriage. Plenty of miserable couples have stayed together for children, religion or other practical reasons. But for many couples, it’s just not enough to stay together. They want a relationship that is meaningful and satisfying. In short, they want a […]
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By Susan Wood Move over boys. Title IX aside, pro cyclist Alison Tetrick knows in order for women’s sports to receive the recognition the big boys get in their respective events, the girls need all the help they can get – sometimes from a few angels on the shoulders. And so it goes with the […]
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By Gary J. Gates Opponents of marriage for same-sex couples have made dire predictions of marital instability, falling birthrates, and increases in children being born outside of marriage if the U.S. Supreme Court rules that same-sex couples can marry throughout the nation. But an examination of the data – particularly as it relates to children […]
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By Pamela Manson, Salt Lake Tribune Snowboarders in Utah are asking a federal appeals court to reverse the dismissal of their lawsuit that claims Alta Ski Resort is discriminating against them by banning snowboarding. In an appeal to the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Wasatch Equality and four snowboarders say their suit extensively detailed […]
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Douglas County sheriff’s deputies were able to talk a man out of jumping from an eighth floor balcony at the Lake Tahoe Hard Rock in Stateline. Tahoe Douglas fire crews as well as the CalStar medical helicopter were on standby. The incident started about 2pm April 24 and was resolved by 4:55pm. — Lake Tahoe News […]
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By Carol Costello, CNN In a few years, the military will be unable to recruit enough qualified soldiers because of America’s obesity problem. Forget about rampant diabetes, heart attacks and joint problems — the scariest consequence arising out of our losing battle with the bulge is the safety of our country. In about five years, so […]
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