May is 31 tidbits about Lake Tahoe News month. LTN tidbit No. 20: People often ask where we come up with story ideas and why we didn’t cover something. You, the reader, provide so many of the ideas. Some stories are generated from meetings, just talking to people, being out in the community, localizing a […]
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William Cottrell will discuss focusing on the makeup of healthy bones versus bones with osteoporosis, causes of osteoporosis and the diagnoses of osteoporosis at a free lecture June 27. “Fractures after 50 years of age are a warning that your skeleton may be weak,” Cottrell said in a statement. “Weaker bones that are prone to […]
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By Lance Sparks, Eugene Weekly The Broadleys’ home, a dark, beveled-cedar single-story, sits near the top of the hill above their vineyards. From the front deck, the south Willamette Valley is revealed to the east — lush, green with farms, fields and stands of oaks and firs. On clear days, snow-capped peaks of the Cascades […]
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By Gary Taubes, Newsweek Most of my favorite factoids about obesity are historical ones, and they don’t make it into the new, four-part HBO documentary on the subject, The Weight of the Nation. Absent, for instance, is the fact that the very first childhood-obesity clinic in the United States was founded in the late 1930s […]
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Lake Tahoe is the No. 3 Gas Tank Getaway, according to TripAdvisor. The travel website says Monterey is the No. 1 spot where people will drive to during Memorial Day weekend. Other locations in the top five are Calistoga, Santa Barbara and Santa Cruz. TripAdvisor’s survey says 34 percent of U.S. respondents plan to travel […]
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By Nicholas D. Kristof, New York Times Scientists are observing with increasing alarm that some very common hormone-mimicking chemicals can have grotesque effects. A widely used herbicide acts as a female hormone and feminizes male animals in the wild. Thus male frogs can have female organs, and some male fish actually produce eggs. In a […]
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By Kathryn Reed Sides are clearly being drawn as the clock ticks on the comment period on the environmental impact statement for the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency’s Regional Plan update. TRPA Executive Director Joanne Marchetta is making the rounds pitching her agency’s views that are contained in preferred alternative 3. Meetings are scheduled to gain […]
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By David Siders, Sacramento Bee The pile-on was in full effect within hours of Gov. Jerry Brown’s announcement this week that California’s budget deficit had grown to $15.7 billion, with The Week giving its national audience a summary of the Golden State’s financial affairs. “California’s financial apocalypse,” the magazine offered. “A concise guide.” Fox News […]
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By Matt Weiser, Sacramento Bee Stargazing enthusiasts across Northern California are mobilizing for the biggest event of its kind to visit the region in two decades: a “Ring of Fire” solar eclipse visible across half the state Sunday evening. The so-called “annular” eclipse means the moon will pass directly in front of the sun without […]
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Boating season is about to begin on the North Shore. The North Tahoe Public Utility District has set hours for the North Tahoe Regional Park, Tahoe Vista Recreation Area Boat Launch and Coon Street Boat Launch. North Tahoe Regional Park Current hours are 7am-7:30pm. Beginning June 1, park hours will be from 7am-9pm. Parking fees […]
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