By Sara Scribner, Salon In the 1993 movie “Falling Down,” Michael Douglas plays an angry white man whose midlife crisis has him nearly foaming at the mouth. Appalled by a brutal traffic jam and disorienting changes in his world, he flips out in a Korean liquor store, tangles with the homeless and construction workers, amassing […]
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By Kristen Leigh Painter, Denver Post The standard 12-ounce beer can is being squeezed off store shelves as beverage makers try to one-up each other not only with what’s inside their cans but what the can itself looks like. Consumers can now choose from cans with temperature-sensitive ink indicating a drinkable chill, wider tops meant […]
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People as far away as Folsom said they felt the 4.2 earthquake that hit Northern Nevada on Monday night. The U.S. Geological Survey said the temblor hit about two miles northeast of Spanish Springs at 5:51pm Aug. 26. No damage has been reported. — Lake Tahoe News staff report
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By Louis Sahagun, Los Angeles Times Ending decades of bitter disputes over fragile Mono Lake, Los Angeles and conservationists on Friday announced an agreement to heal the environmental damage caused by diverting the lake’s eastern Sierra tributary streams into the city’s World War II-era aqueduct. The controversy over alkaline Mono Lake, which is famous for […]
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By Louis Sahagun, Los Angeles Times A federal proposal to make the Sierra Nevada as comfortable as possible for some of their rarest amphibian inhabitants has stirred a backlash from business owners over the economic pain it could cause the region’s recreation industry. Many opponents worry the proposal would do more to protect frogs and […]
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The Truckee River Winery is hosting a River Talk for people to learn more about the work the Truckee River Watershed Council does. The River Talk is a one hour virtual tour of a few of council’s projects and core programs. It’s a way to learn about TRWC’s work to protect, enhance, and restore the […]
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By Michael Moyer, Scientific American Taste is not what you think. Every schoolchild learns that it is one of the five senses, a partner of smell and sight and touch, a consequence of food flitting over taste buds that send important signals — sweet or bitter, nutrient or poison? — to the brain. Were it […]
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By Walter Hamilton, Los Angeles Times Baby boomers may have no one to care for them in their old age. Shifting demographics mean that aging boomers will have fewer friends and family members to take care of them as they get into their 80s, according to a new study by AARP. In other words, even […]
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Smoke continues to be a problem in some parts of Tahoe and the surrounding area. While the South Shore awoke to blue skies on Monday, the Woodfords area was smoky. Smoke from the Rim Fire is now mostly going south of the Lake Tahoe Basin. The Rim Fire near Yosemite is at 15 percent containment, […]
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By Justin Bachman, Bloomberg Businessweek Food destined for the U.S. would be inspected abroad and importers would be held more accountable for ensuring its safety, under new rules proposed by the Food and Drug Administration. Federal regulators are pushing to tackle a problem that has long plagued the food supply: too few inspectors facing more […]
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