By Reid Abedeen Millions of Americans face a challenge in meeting their budgets every month – not just financially, but also in their time budgets. Knowledge is power and time is often money, but what if you don’t have the time to empower yourself with knowledge? For many households, that often means losing out on […]
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By Christopher Cadelago, Sacramento Bee Amid stubborn drought conditions, more Californians are warming to the prospect of government-imposed mandatory water rationing, but a majority still favor the state’s current approach of urging residents to voluntarily curtail their water use. Support for rationing swelled to more than a third of voters in the latest statewide Field […]
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The Douglas County Public Library is participating in the In-N-Out Burger Cover to Cover Club reading program starting March 7 and continuing through April 18. Children ages 4-12 are eligible to receive certificates for a free In-N-Out hamburger or cheeseburger by reading books. Both branches of the library are participating in the program. Fill out […]
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David Antonucci will debunk the common myths and provide accurate answers to the most common questions about Lake Tahoe on March 24. His talk — Fibs, Fakes and Falsehoods – Mistaken Tahoe — is an opportunity to gather correct and accurate information about Lake Tahoe. The talk is at 6pm at the Tahoe Science Center in Incline […]
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• Five El Dorado wineries will host a wine and food experience on Memorial Day Weekend celebrating Rhone varietals grown in the rocky soils of El Dorado’s Pleasant Valley. The wineries are Auriga, Holly’s Hill, Miraflores, Narrow Gate and Sierra Vista. The event is May 23-24 from 11am-4pm. To buy tickets, to online. • Graham […]
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By Kathryn Reed She wheels around what looks like an oversized briefcase. It’s heavy. People ask why she does it. Her answer – it’s her office. This is Julie Ewing’s reality. For 12 years she has been an adjunct faculty member in Lake Tahoe Community College’s English Department. As such, she doesn’t have an office […]
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By Brian O’Leary Bennett, Los Angeles Times Delegates to the California Republican Party state convention that begins Friday in Sacramento should be asking themselves just two questions: Why can’t they find an electable U.S. Senate candidate and how do they revive a state party that’s become irrelevant? This state went from red to blue because […]
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By Jonathan Mahler and Emily Steel, New York Times Hours after the news broke that Brian Williams had misrepresented his account of a helicopter trip in Iraq, he issued an on-air apology. NBC News started an investigation, and within days had suspended Williams, calling his actions “wrong and completely inappropriate.” When the magazine Mother Jones […]
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By Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times Seven medical specialty societies, the American Bar Association and the American Public Health Association on Monday joined forces to declare gun-related injuries, which annually kill an average of 32,000 Americans and harm nearly twice that number, “a public health crisis” that should be studied and solved “free of political […]
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By Phillip Reese, Sacramento Bee Abbey Murphy never felt the mosquito bite that eventually swelled her brain and left her unable to walk for weeks. “I had uncontrollable vomiting, severe migraines,” said Murphy, a sophomore at UC Berkeley. “I couldn’t get up to get breakfast.” Murphy eventually recovered from her West Nile virus infection, though […]
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