By Gretchen Reynolds, New York Times Scientists, like mothers, have long suspected that midnight snacking is inadvisable. But until a few years ago, there was little in the way of science behind those suspicions. Now, a new study shows that mice prevented from eating at all hours avoided obesity and metabolic problems — even if […]
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By Gretchen Reynolds, New York Times Recently, researchers from the department of sport science at the University of Innsbruck in Austria stood on the slopes at a local ski resort and trained a radar gun on a group of about 500 skiers and snowboarders, each of whom had completed a lengthy personality questionnaire about whether […]
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• The Ritz-Carlton Lake Tahoe is one of 18 hotels in California to receive AAA’s five diamond rating • The Swiss gas station on Emerald Bay Road in South Lake Tahoe is going on the auction block Feb. 11 because the owner Sarbjit Kang has refused to pay his bills. • Bar of America in […]
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By Associated Press CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Lindsey Vonn provisionally won a super-G on Monday to break Annemarie Moser-Proell’s 35-year-old record of 62 World Cup victories. For win No. 63, the American clocked 1 minute 27.03 seconds down the Olympia delle Tofane course to finish 0.85 ahead of Anna Fenninger of Austria. Tina Weirather of […]
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By Denny Walsh and Sam Stanton, Sacramento Bee Eric McDavid was running late for his interview Wednesday, unavoidably delayed when a detective asked to chat with him after he stopped at the Placer County Sheriff’s Office to register as an arsonist. After nine years in federal custody, McDavid, 37, had been out of prison just […]
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Hemi is a very sweet 3-year-old Chihuahua who is outgoing and playful. He is very affectionate, loves to give kisses, and likes children. He did quite well with the Daisy Girl Scout troop on Saturday. Hemi is neutered, microchipped, tested for heart worm, and vaccinated. He is at the El Dorado County Animal Services shelter […]
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By Kathryn Reed TRUCKEE – Gated communities with manicured golf courses and spas – home to people who may have multiple addresses. A couple miles away much lower end housing inhabited with people living check-to-check. While this dichotomy of the haves and barely hanging ons seems to becoming the norm throughout the Lake Tahoe Basin, […]
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By Tom Hanks, New York Times In 1974, I graduated from Skyline High School in Oakland, an underachieving student with lousy SAT scores. Allowed to send my results to three colleges, I chose M.I.T. and Villanova, knowing such fine schools would never accept a student like me but hoping they’d toss some car stickers my […]
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• 968 Park Hotel in South Lake Tahoe will be featured in an episode of Travel Channel’s “Hotel Showdown” on Jan. 27 at 9pm. • The Kiwanis Sunrisers Club’s 33rd annual Beach Party and Crab Feed is Jan. 30 at 6pm at Harrah’s Lake Tahoe. Tickets are $38 each – 530.541.5900. • University of Nevada […]
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By Kyle Roerink, Las Vegas Sun In his third and most ambitious State of the State speech, Gov. Brian Sandoval unveiled a litany of education initiatives and tax reforms he wants the Legislature to tackle in the upcoming session. He set the stage for a session that will harbor intense debates about Nevada’s outdated revenue […]
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