A fire inside a house on Grizzly Mountain Drive in Meyers was able to be extinguished quickly on Sunday morning. Lake Valley firefighters were called out because neighbors saw smoke on Aug. 20. When they arrived at the residence the two occupants were putting out the fire. They had had a fire in the fireplace […]
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By Seth Borenstein, AP The sun is about to spill some of its secrets, maybe even reveal a few hidden truths of the cosmos. And you can get in on the act next week if you are in the right place for the best solar eclipse in the U.S. in nearly a century. Astronomers are […]
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By Kathryn Reed Plenty of people would say cantaloupe is perfect just as it is. I don’t disagree. However, that did not stop me from trying something besides cutting it in wedges or tossing cubes into a fruit salad. I’ve had barbecued peaches before, but this was a first for cantaloupe. The warmth of it […]
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By Ken Ritter, AP Prison officials in Nevada drew immediate criticism Friday for proposing an untried three-drug combination for the scheduled Nov. 14 lethal injection of a twice-convicted murderer who says he wants his execution sentence carried out. The state has supplies of the sedative diazepam, the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl and the muscle paralytic […]
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By Catherine Ho, San Francisco Chronicle Covered California, the health insurance exchange created under the Affordable Care Act, will take the unprecedented step of offering insurance companies financial incentives, and guardrails, to encourage them to continue selling health plans through its program. The agency’s board on Thursday approved a proposal to allow insurers to raise […]
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· Youngsters will have a new place to spend Halloween. Trick and Retreat – it’s the Beach Retreat’s answer to going door-to-door in neighborhoods. Instead kids will go room-to-room on Oct. 31 from 6-8pm at the South Lake Tahoe hotel to get candy. These will be specially designated and decorated rooms, not occupied guest rooms. […]
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By Larry Weitzman It’s ironic that the new Ioniq is a late entry into what I now call a conventional hybrid. And while it may be late to the party, it might be, no it is, the best of the lot. It claims to be the most economical hybrid ever. Even though only in certain […]
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By Sean Whaley, Las Vegas Review-Journal Go ahead, flip on that light switch Monday in the middle of the first total solar eclipse to come close to Nevada in 38 years. Walk outside and check out the rare phenomenon of darkness during the day if you like. The grid will be just fine. Even with […]
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By Kathryn Reed A tree is not just a tree. And those sounds; they mean something. Gustavo Nava walks a little way before he starts an impromptu quiz about how to identify the various trees that line the trail. The three key differences – bark, needles and cones. Key phrases like “gentle Jeffrey” for the […]
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By Dan Walters, CalMatters With all the recent hoopla about California’s record-low unemployment rate and the heady prospect of its becoming No. 5 in global economic rankings, it is easy to lose sight of another salient fact: It is the nation’s most poverty-stricken state. So says the U.S. Census Bureau in its “supplemental measure” of […]
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