Bonzai is a very handsome German shorthair Pointer with unusual coloring. His spots are charcoal gray. He is about 1 year old, very athletic and friendly, and his head is huge. He is a very strong, smart dog who needs a job, and with just a little training to channel all his energy he’ll make […]
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By Jo Robinson We like the idea that food can be the answer to our ills, that if we eat nutritious foods, we won’t need medicine or supplements. We have valued this notion for a long, long time. The Greek physician Hippocrates proclaimed nearly 2,500 years ago: “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be […]
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By Marcy Franklin, TheDailyMeal.com It’s been said that you’re never farther than 170 miles from a Starbucks in America — and we can assume that will become only more true as Starbucks continues its global domination. As of July 2012, there were 17,651 Starbucks locations worldwide, with an additional 1,500 slated to open in 2013. […]
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By AP Two men arrested in possession of bear claws and gall bladders will be arraigned in El Dorado County Superior Court on felony charges. Warden Mark Michilizzi said that Peter Vitali and Arthur Blake were arrested April 20 in the Eldorado National Forest. The two possessed 20 large bear claws and three bear gall […]
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By Dan Morain, Sacramento Bee In the past five years, 29 states have imposed new restrictions on abortions. California headed in the opposite direction. Lest Californians think what happens beyond this state’s borders will always stay there, meet Kimberly Yee. Well-schooled in the ways of politics, Yee worked for the Pete Wilson and Arnold Schwarzenegger […]
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By Peter Hecht, Sacramento Bee Ray Nutting, the embattled El Dorado County supervisor who collected state money to clear brush from his family ranch, is going to get a bill for causing a wildfire while performing the work. Nutting, 53, faces four felony charges for failing to properly disclose about $70,000 in income received under […]
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The June 4 Tech Tuesday will feature Alexis Robin of Nourish Life Coaching. Robin will be teaching attendees how to harness the power of smart phones, calendar and Web apps to be more productive at work. The workshop will look through the technology lens to help people sell smarter, stress less, capture ideas, leverage their […]
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Mormon Station State Historic Park is kicking off its Historic Speaker Series with three Chautauqua presentations: Anita Watson will portray Mary Oxborrow, a pioneer midwife and healer; Laurie Hickey will give a presentation on the life of Dr. Eliza Cook, one of the first female doctors in Nevada and Bob Ellison will speak on about […]
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The annual Dale Sare Memorial Optimist Club Fishing Derby is June 8 from 8-11am at Sawmill Pond. Fishing is free to all children up to age 14. In addition, the Optimist Club will be hosting a free raffle to give children and opportunity to win prizes. The Optimst club will also be handing out free […]
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For motorized boats to be launched at the Fallen Leaf Lake marina they must have a Fallen Leaf Lake sealed boat. If there is no seal, then boats will have to be decontaminated at an approved decontamination station in Meyers, Homewood, or any other approved locations that have seals for Fallen Leaf Lake. For information, […]
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