By Debra Goldschmidt, CNN I won’t take it personally if you yawn while reading this story. Chances are you’re sleep deprived. Sleep deprivation is such a rampant problem that last year the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention called insufficient sleep a public health epidemic. Teenagers may be suffering the most. Researchers at Columbia University’s […]
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By Lydia O’Connor, Huffington Post Legislation that would make California the first state requiring adult bicyclists to wear helmets has some biking advocates worried the mandate would discourage people from becoming bike commuters. A bill introduced last week by state Sen. Carol Liu, D-La Cañada Flintridge, would extend California’s youth helmet requirement to adults, mandate […]
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By Amber Phillips, Las Vegas Sun WASHINGTON — Will he or won’t he? That’s the question entertaining Nevada and Washington’s political class this winter as they debate whether Harry Reid will run for a sixth term to represent Nevada in the U.S. Senate. The case for the doubters: Despite the fact he’s said publicly and […]
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Update: Feb. 20 5:49pm No official cause has been determined in the Thursday night fire that destroyed a residence in South Lake Tahoe. “We are curious” is how police Lt. Brian Williams put it to Lake Tahoe News. This is because police are “familiar” with the man who sustained severe burns to his face and […]
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By Bill O’Driscoll, Reno Gazette-Journal If Nevada is going to compete for aviation services and the emerging, potentially lucrative commercial drone industry, it must be more business-friendly in terms of tax relief surrounding states already offer. That was the message Thursday to a joint legislative hearing to consider Senate Bill 93, which would offer partial tax […]
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By David Bienick, KCRA High above the Sierra Nevada mountains, scientists on board a propeller plane wear oxygen masks as they stare at computer screens. When they pull a cord, a door in the belly of the plane slides open and reveals a large lens. As the plane reaches a certain point above Yosemite National […]
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By Bill Lindelof, Sacramento Bee Three people have been arrested in the stabbing death three weeks ago of an El Dorado County man. On Feb. 3, El Dorado County sheriff’s deputies responded to a residence in the 3200 block of Sand Ridge Road in unincorporated Placerville where they found the body of 55-year-old Pete Thomas. […]
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A jury this week found an El Dorado County man guilty of three felony counts of first-degree residential burglary and two counts of attempted burglary. Bradley Zaun, 27, went a on a drug-induced crime spree in October and November 2013 between Single Springs and Pollock Pines. El Dorado County District Attorney’s Office called him a […]
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By Haley Sweetland Edwards, Time If you had wandered late last year into Matthew Tosiello’s third-grade science class at Abingdon Elementary School in Virginia, you would have encountered an army of frogs. Origami frogs, that is–palm-size critters made of green index cards, each equipped with a tongue made of either masking tape or water-sodden paper. […]
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• There will be a reception for plein air painter Ginny Schankerman on March 6 from 6:30-8:30pm at Bona Fide HQ, 1069 Magua St., No. 4, Meyers. • Sugar Pine Foundation is having a fundraiser at Paint and Sip in South Lake Tahoe on Feb. 23 at 6:30pm. For more info, call 530.600.0662. • Lake […]
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