By Larry Weitzman Modern engineering and machines have allowed automakers to produce cars that are a bit out of the three-box mainstream design. While Kia may have started off with its less than exciting Sephia over 20 years ago, under its new president and chief design officer, Peter Schreyer, Kia has gone to the forefront […]
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Publisher’s note: This is one in a series of stories about affordable housing in the Lake Tahoe-Truckee region. All articles may be accessed via the home page under Special Projects, 2017 Affordable Housing. By Kathryn Reed Tackling the South Shore housing crisis from as many fronts as possible is the goal of Progress for Tahoe. […]
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By Daniel Borenstein, Bay Area News Group Last month, I wrote that Gov. Jerry Brown’s 2012 attempt at pension reform has failed. CalPERS, the nation’s largest pension system, immediately responded on its website declaring that “Pension Reform Has Made a Difference,” and claiming that my column “greatly oversimplifies and needlessly discounts the real impact” of […]
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By Kiera Butler, Mother Jones When journalist and physician James Hamblin investigated the world of gluten-free products, he found a $23 billion industry of “detox courses,” custom blood tests, and specially formulated foods. What he didn’t find was medical evidence that avoiding gluten is good for people who don’t have celiac disease. In fact, the […]
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By Don Reisinger, Fortune Drones aren’t always mentioned in the same breath as saving lives, but a report from one drone manufacturer says they should be. Civilian drones have been used to save at least 59 people in 18 different incidents around the world since 2013, DJI, a China-based company that manufacturers popular civilian drones, […]
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By Todd Prince, Las Vegas Review-Journal Backing up about 100 feet from the California border near the Fashion Outlet in Primm, Nev., a reporter is finally able to log into the World Series of Poker application on an iPhone. The reporter is here to test the accuracy of the geolocation service used by the poker […]
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Gary Romano, owner of Sierra Valley Farms, presents his newest book “July & Winter: Growing Food in the Sierra” next month. Romano will divulge his knowledge from decades of experience growing food in the Sierra Nevada. Despite the challenging mountain climate and soil, he has successfully grown food on his 65-acre organic farm. He will share […]
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Douglas County roads – especially those in the valley – are a nightmare. So much so that they need more than $10 million to be fixed. At the March 16 Board of Commissioners meeting the electeds approved a five-year plan that includes the millions needed to fully rebuild of Jacks Valley and Dump roads and […]
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By Kathryn Reed Secrets – everyone has them. What people know could destroy more than just themselves. Your best friend goes missing at 18. Ten years later another young woman from the same small North Carolina town disappears. “All the Missing Girls” by Megan Miranda (Simon & Schuster 2016) is full of suspense and intrigue. […]
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By Eben Novy-Williams, Bloomberg When Brooks Entwistle, a partner at Everstone Group in Singapore, climbed the sixth-tallest mountain in the world, the 26,8000-foot-tall Cho Oyu, he didn’t take the typical seven weeks. He took three weeks off and sandwiched the 17-day ascent between a board meeting and a parent-teacher conference. That timeframe was unheard of in guided […]
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