By Steve Kubby While some are celebrating the recent remarks by attorney general Eric Holder at the American Bar Association convention in San Francisco, a more sober analysis is deeply disturbing. It’s been eight months since Holder promised a decision on the federal response to Colorado and Washington legalizing weed. Instead of an answer, Holder […]
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By Anita Creamer and Phillip Reese, Sacramento Bee In her professional life, Sacramento public relations executive Kassy Perry has long represented health organizations trying to combat California’s obesity problem. In her personal life, she has struggled with weight loss, trying with little success to drop the 30 pounds she gained after age 50. Today, at […]
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By Huffington Post Sudden cardiac arrest — when your heart stops functioning because of an electrical disturbance, which can lead to death if not treated immediately with CPR or defibrillation — is known to occur more often between the hours of 6am and 10am. But why? According to new research, it could have something to […]
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By Tammy Webber, AP CHICAGO — The U.S. Department of Agriculture and Coca-Cola signed a five-year agreement Friday to restore watersheds that have been damaged or altered by development, wildfires and agriculture as part of an initiative to slow runoff and replenish groundwater on federal lands. Such efforts are increasingly important to corporations and farmers […]
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The Barton Foundation is looking for tree designers for this year’s Festival of Trees & Lights, Dec. 4-8. Each year, the festival presents about 13 designer trees for festival participants to vote on and bid on in order to raise money for the annual cause. This year the festival will benefit cardiology services at Barton. […]
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By Kirk Johnson, New York Times LA PUSH, Wash. — Thrusting out into the Pacific Ocean, Olympic National Park can feel like a lost world, with its verdant forests, violent surf and cloud-shrouded peaks. But to the four women who hiked down to the sand one recent afternoon, there was an added element of strangeness: […]
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By AP Author Bill McKibben has opened a Sierra Nevada conservation conference with a call for a “coordinated, global” effort to deal with climate change. McKibben, in a keynote address at the Sierra Nevada Alliance’s annual conference in South Lake Tahoe, said change being made on the local level to deal with climate change will […]
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By Doug Vermeeren Although we live in the richest and most advanced society the world has ever known, many of us say we need more money in order to be happy. Even some of those in the top percentile of earners often feel like they don’t have enough money. The math is simple: More money […]
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The American Century Championship has $85,000 to give to South Shore area charities. Sixty thousand dollars was previously provided through on-site volunteer efforts to area high schools, Soroptimist International of South Lake Tahoe and others involved with the annual celebrity golf tournament. American Century Investments also distributed $30,000 among its three national cancer organizations: Livestrong, […]
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El Dorado Beach in South Lake Tahoe has been a popular place for decades. Dressing rooms used to be on the beach. For many years there was no restroom. The city put in bathrooms that opened last year when it created what is now Lakeview Commons. To create the original park-like setting several trees had […]
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