By Ted Gaines The University of California Board of Regents recently voted to raise student tuition by as much as 25 percent over the next five years. The tuition increase would vary depending on the level of state funding, but could stretch to 5 percent each year for the next five years. Current, in-state UC […]
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By Ana Ley, Las Vegas Sun Nevada’s criminal justice system spends nearly twice as much handling death penalty cases compared with murder cases where capital punishment isn’t sought, according to a report released Tuesday by state auditors. The state-mandated study, which surveyed data from 27 state and local agencies, gives ammunition to death penalty opponents […]
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By Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO – The three-year drought gripping California has shrunk reservoirs, rivers, creeks and snowpacks while leaving Californians drawing heavily on underground aquifers to water everything from lawns to crops. Farmers account for about 80 percent of water used in the state, but Gov. Jerry Brown has asked California households to save […]
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Judges had no trouble determining the most elegant designer tree gracing the convention center of Harrah’s Lake Tahoe. Unanimously they selected the Chanel tree. It also received best in show for the sixth annual Festival of Trees and Lights. (Designer: Katie Long, Thran’s Flowers.) Every year Barton Foundation puts out a call to designers to […]
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Not everyone considers the holidays a time to celebrate, but rather an opportunity to commit crimes, according to the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Department. Busy parking lots and hurried shoppers are just two factors working in favor of criminals. Here are tips to reduce the risk of becoming a victim: Do not leave wrapped presents or […]
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The 20th annual Winter Trails Day is Jan. 10 at Tahoe Donner Cross Country Ski Area. REI and Tahoe Donner are coordinating the free event in Truckee. Winter Trails Day offers those new to snow sports the chance to try snowshoeing and cross country skiing for free, and discover the great fitness and social benefits with […]
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By Jason Millman, Washington Post Wide-ranging efforts to make hospital care safer have resulted in an estimated 50,000 fewer patients dying because of avoidable errors in the past three years, according to a report presented by government and industry officials on Tuesday. Hospitals reported 1.3 million fewer hospital-acquired infections in all between 2011-2013 compared to […]
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By Eliza Barclay, NPR Before this season of overindulgence freights us with unwanted pounds or a glutton’s guilt complex, why not try the opposite of the holiday feast: the fast. Fasting need not be a punishing, multiday ordeal of deprivation. Increasingly, scientists are warming to the intermittent fast, which can be as brief as one […]
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• A hotline (530.542.6001) has been established to record information and/or concerns regarding the Dec. 29-31 SnowGlobe music festival in South Lake Tahoe. • Two hundred children were treated to a holiday shopping spree Dec. 2 during the 12th annual Shop with the Sheriff at the Damonte Walmart Superstore in Reno. Thanks to an annual […]
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By Larry Weitzman When the first Miata hit our shores in 1990, dealers were commanding price premiums of thousands of dollars. The rumor was they were only going to make 3,000. Yeah, sure. That was then and Miata production is now in its 25-year life with more than 900,000 built, the most produced two-seat sports […]
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