By Michelle Roberts, BBC Many children cannot run as fast as their parents could when they were young, a study of global fitness says. Experts say the work – being presented at the American Heart Association’s annual meeting – suggests children’s fitness levels may be declining. Researchers analyzed data spanning 46 years and involving more […]
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By Heidi Mitchell, Wall Street Journal Over the holidays, Americans will undoubtedly overindulge, gulping down their first plateful and racing back for seconds. But is there an optimal way to masticate? One expert, Klaus Bielefeldt, director of the Neurogastroenterology & Motility Center at the University of Pittsburgh, chews on the subject. Digestion starts in the […]
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By Anne Knowles MINDEN – Douglas County is looking for money to repair its crumbling roads. After years of underfunding road maintenance, and reallocating about $1 million from the current fiscal year’s general fund for repairs, the county now wants a permanent fix to an old problem. This week the county had two public workshops, […]
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By Mandy Kendall It makes sense that Thanksgiving is the perfect time to focus more intensely on giving, but sometimes it can end up being just about friends and family. Don’t get me wrong, there’s is nothing wrong with that at all, but there are many people out there not as fortunate. Thanksgiving could be […]
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By Mike Myatt, Forbes I do quite a bit of work on matters of board composition, selection and succession, and what I can tell you is this; board diversity is simply smart business. You’ll never hear me recommend diversity solely for the sake of checking a box, but when diversity in the boardroom offers so […]
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By Marjie Lundstrom, Sacramento Bee When 77-year-old Johnnie Esco died in 2008 after a short stay at a Placerville nursing home, her husband of 60 years wanted someone held responsible – civilly and criminally. Don Esco of Cameron Park settled his civil lawsuit against the El Dorado Care Center and its owner in 2010 for […]
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Garbage rates on the South Shore are expected to go up Jan. 1. South Tahoe Refuse is asking for a 2.78 percent increase in South Lake Tahoe and El Dorado County and 2.73 in Douglas County. Per month, this equates to 69 and 79 cents for city and El Dorado County residents and 45 cents […]
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By Kathryn Reed El Dorado County Supervisor Ray Nutting’s appeal to have the motion to dismiss overturned was denied Thursday. Nutting wanted the 3rd Appellate Court in Sacramento to overturn the Sept. 20 El Dorado County Superior Court decision where the motion to dismiss the felony charges against him was denied. The appellate court upheld […]
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A two-car accident near the tunnel at Cave Rock has sent two people to the hospital and is blocking westbound traffic on Highway 50. Nevada Highway Patrol hopes to have the road open by 6 tonight. Troopers are asking people to avoid the area until the road opens. Names of the injured drivers were not […]
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By Teri Mizuhara The Amador-El Dorado Unit of CalFire wants to make sure everyone’s Thanksgiving holiday is a fire safe holiday. Across this nation there are approximately 2,000 house fires reported on Thanksgiving Day, the highest number of house fires for any single day of the year. These fires result in injury, death and over […]
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