By Amy Thomson, Bloomberg Come home to a hot iron and smoldering clothes this afternoon? Soon, it may not be a sign of forgetfulness, but rather evidence that you’ve been hacked. In coming years, your smartphone will be able to lock your house, turn on the air conditioning, check whether the milk is out of […]
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Learn how to landscape with native and adapted bunch grasses as a system instead of just ornamental highlights through the Beautiful Bunch Grasses class. Lake Tahoe master gardeners will teach people how to understand the concept of meadows, prairies and succession. People will be taught how to develop beautiful landscapes with grasses that are multifunctional, […]
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By Jean-Manuel Duvivier, Wall Street Journal If you enjoy wine, are starting to take more than a passing interest and have perhaps bought the odd reference book about vino varieties, it might be time to think about beginning your very own wine cellar. The worst habit you can get into is to stop off at […]
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By AJ Rothschild-Reed STATELINE – Mommy is letting some strange guy take my bed. I’m not sure about this. Suddenly there’s a knock on the door. I must protect my person. Oh, but wait, what do we have here? Some other guy has my bed and mommy seems to be paying for it. That seems […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the June 2, 2014, Sacramento Bee. This has to be the year that California finally starts to regulate groundwater. It has to be. Not since the drought of 1977 have water resources been in such dire straits. To cope, the state is taking drastic steps when it comes to […]
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By Larry Roby The start of football season may be months away, but the game’s on the minds of many after the NFL draft. Minicamps are gearing up and team personnel are organizing in preparation for the 2014-15 season. Football is a big deal in the United States – and so is the surge of […]
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By Bill Daley, Chicago Tribune Grilling already has got its steaks, slabs and skewers. With summer coming, maybe it’s time to slap another “s” down on that sizzlin’ hot grate: as in “stuffed.” Stuffing can mean extra prep work, not something most people will naturally want to deal with on a lazy, hazy summer day. […]
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The Douglas County Public Library is hosting a special family storytime on June 18 at 10:30am under the canopy at Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park. Youth Services Librarian Kathy E. will tell a story based on the book “No Problem” by Eileen Browne. Afterward children of all ages will fold their own paper airplane. They […]
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By Scott Sonner, AP RENO — Republican regulars are relishing what they view as a return to normalcy after mainstream candidates defeated more conservative primary challengers in their struggle with tea party activists for control of Nevada’s GOP. Political analysts said it won’t be clear until November whether the results of Tuesday’s primary were driven […]
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By Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times Ice-cold beer is essential to any summer party, but no one volunteers to pick up the ice, then to restock halfway through the party. eCool, a company in Denmark, is attempting to solve the party ice predicament with an ice-less cooler. The eCool earth cooler is an underground cooler […]
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