By Jeff Gorton Age 85 is a bad time to go broke. Budgeting how you spend money before retirement can often be a misleading measurement of how you’ll actually spend it during retirement. Spending 40 hours a week at work not only earns you a paycheck, it also keeps you from spending money on more […]
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The Lake Tahoe Marathon needs a few more volunteers to help pass out T-shirts and race numbers on Sept. 27 and Sept. 28 at the expo located inside the Lake Tahoe Resort Hotel in South Lake Tahoe. Interested volunteers may call Les Wright at (530) 559.2261 or show up at the volunteer meeting on Sept. […]
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The El Dorado County Health and Human Services Agency, Public Health Division is conducting a drive-through community flu vaccination clinic on Sept. 26 from 1-4pm at the El Dorado County Fairgrounds, located at 100 Placerville Drive in Placerville. People can get their flu vaccine while staying in their cars. The cost of the vaccine is […]
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By Stephanie Strom, New York Times ALTON, Iowa — The puny, yellow corn stalks stand like weary sentries on one boundary of Dennis Von Arb’s field here. On a windy day this spring, his neighbor sprayed glyphosate on his fields, and some of the herbicide blew onto Mr. Von Arb’s conventionally grown corn, killing the […]
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• When motorcycle and bicycle riders are stopped at a traffic signal, they may be unable to trigger a green light to proceed. Starting Oct. 1 in Nevada, if cyclists have waited for two traffic light cycles, they may legally move through the intersection on red, but only after safely yielding to pedestrians and other […]
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By Mary MacVean, Los Angeles Times Ted Labuza ate sour cream on Tuesday that was two weeks past its due date. And lived to tell the tale. Dana Gunders went to the market and found fat-free milk in quarts that had no date label; the half-gallon had a “sell-by” date, and another container from a […]
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By Kathryn Reed Build dorms. Be a cultural center. Become a destination college. Be an economic engine for the community. Provide students with the skills local businesses need. Keep classes for lifelong learners. Those are some of the overriding themes that emerged from a daylong visioning session at Lake Tahoe Community College. More than 90 […]
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Today is World Alzheimer’s Day. Studies continue to show a healthy diet and exercise can reduce the risk for Alzheimer’s, in some cases by more than 50 percent. Blueberries, a top brain food, are rich in anthocyanins and shown to improve learning and recall in studies at the University of Cincinnati. Clinical researcher Neal Barnard […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the Sept. 19, 2013, Sacramento Bee. House Republican leaders have shown how far they are willing to go to cave to the tea party faction. They signaled on Wednesday that they are willing to shut down the federal government if they don’t get their pipe dream to defund Obamacare. […]
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The Douglas County Public Library is bringing local authors to the Minden branch on Oct. 2 from 4:30 to 6:30pm. This free event will feature appearances by Todd Borg, Mike White, David Antonucci, Gary Cage, Bob Chambers, Luke Hart, Ron James, Sandie La Nae, Christy Olesen, Josée Perrine, Jodie Ruana, and Luther Watson. They will […]
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