In fall 1621, early settlers of Plymouth Colony had a three-day feast to celebrate a bountiful harvest, an event many regard as the nation’s first Thanksgiving. Historians have also recorded ceremonies of thanks among other groups of European settlers in North America, including British colonists in Virginia in 1619. The legacy of thanks and the […]
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By Kathryn Reed ZEPHYR COVE – Sampling the pie before the main course was barely touched, a pair of third-graders gave the sweets thumbs up. Rachelle Hernandez is used to eating pumpkin pie at Thanksgiving, so for this meal she chose cherry. Her friend Alyssa Siewell was not going to break with tradition, so she […]
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By Charles Piller, Sacramento Bee In a sometimes contentious legislative hearing Tuesday, state senators told California Department of Transportation officials that their management of data falsification by a technician in one of the agency’s testing units suggests pervasive management problems. “I’m a little bit troubled about what seems to be a systemic problem in the […]
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By Stephanie Simon, Wall Street Journal Forty years after being hunted to near-extinction in many parts of the U.S., black bears have become so plentiful that they are causing trouble for their human neighbors—ripping open camping tents in Colorado, attacking dogs in New Jersey, even breaking into a home in Florida to nab a birthday […]
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By Susan Skorupa, Reno Gazette-Journal Three times in nearly 35 years, Sheila Swan and Peter Laufer have traversed Nevada in search of neon. In their first quest in 1978, they photographed neon signs from downtown Las Vegas to the mom ‘n’ pop motels and bars scattered across the Nevada landscape, their interest piqued by the […]
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By Eric Guevin You will be thankful if you don’t let fire gobble up your holiday. Cooking fires continue to be the most common type of fires experienced by households in the United States. This is even more apparent during the holidays. There is an increased incidence of cooking fires on Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve Day, […]
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• Kirkwood Mountain Resort will be open Nov. 25-27 and Dec. 2-4, with full operation expected Dec. 9. • The Donner Summit Safety Roadside Rest Area reopened this week. It was completely reconstructed to meet Americans with Disabilities Act standards. • JW McClenahan Co. won one of four Pinnacle Awards from the Nevada Chapter of […]
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By Robert Schimmel There are times when I wish there were nothing to be thankful for, then I’d be justified in all my whining “what ifs?” and pity parties. I don’t do as much of what I really want to do on a regular basis. I’ll talk responsibility for this later. But for now, daily […]
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By William Endicott It was with some trepidation that I logged on to sacbee.com and scrolled down to reader comments on Jennifer Garza’s recent story about the inclusive philosophy of St. Mark’s United Methodist Church and its gay and straight congregation. Stories that mix religion and gay rights are always ripe for the most outrageous […]
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