By Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times Want the potential mental and physical health benefits of meditation without the work of chasing away all those intrusive thoughts and feelings? Try laughing, a new study suggests. Laughter — the real kind associated with genuine joy and mirth — sets off brain wave patterns quite similar to those […]
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Candidates running for District 5’s seat on the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors will participate in a forum sponsored by Soroptimist International of South Lake Tahoe on May 14. The 11:30am-1:30pm lunch meeting is open to the public. For reservations email soroptimistslt@gmail.com by May 12. Cost of the lunch at Harrah’s Lake Tahoe is […]
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Updated May 7 8:44am: Donald Morris Jr. has been found safe. —— Donald Morris Jr. of Round Hill has been missing since April 20. His landlord last saw the 55-year-old that day. Morris’ vehicle is at his residence. Morris is 6-foot-4, 225 pounds, and has brown hair and green eyes. Anyone with information is asked […]
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• Douglas County planning commissioners at their May 13 meeting will consider allowing Jon and David Park, owners of what is now called Park Tahoe Casino in Stateline, to use 2,730-square-feet of commercial floor area for an outdoor food service patio next to an existing restaurant. The 1pm meeting is at 1616 Eighth St., Minden. […]
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By Kathryn Reed MEYERS – Few specifics and little substance came out of the first candidates’ forum on the South Shore for El Dorado County District 5 supervisor. While economic vitality and the need for jobs that pay more than minimum wage were themes echoed throughout the night, the details of how to make that […]
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By Joe Mathews, Zocalo Public Square This month, The Accident gets hitched. The Accident is my term of endearment (really!) for my baby sister Katie, who arrived, unexpectedly, 11 ½ years after me and seven years after my brother. She exchanged vows in L.A.’s San Gabriel Valley with her longtime boyfriend, Matt, in a big […]
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By Brad Branan, Sacramento Bee El Dorado County Supervisor Ray Nutting testified Tuesday that his failure to report state income on economic disclosure reports was an honest mistake and that he never tried to mislead anyone. The four-term county supervisor appeared by turns confused and emotional as he spent almost all day on the witness […]
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By David Lazarus, Los Angeles Times Only five years ago, California enacted a pioneering law that required restaurants to put nutritional information on menus. For the first time, consumers were empowered to make informed decisions about what they ate. So it seems crazy that it’s even a question: Does the law still exist? If you […]
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By Tim Reid, Reuters In the middle of one of the worst droughts in California’s history, no one knows exactly how many agencies supply the state with water. While state regulators supervise three companies that provide gas and electricity for most of California, drinking water is delivered through a vast network of agencies which collectively […]
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By Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee A car belonging to a missing Amador County man has been found stuck in a creek bed in Nevada. The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office has activated its search and rescue team in an effort to locate 79-year-old Warren Alford Hagyard of Pioneer, who has been missing since April 21. The […]
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