By Jenna Iacurci, Nature World News It turns out that California wildfires release more greenhouse gases than previously thought, according to new research. According to the study, from 2001-10, annual carbon losses from forests and wildlands in California represented as much as 5-7 percent of state carbon emissions. Interestingly, the state’s Global Warming Solutions Act, […]
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By Kathryn Reed FAIR PLAY – Wells in El Dorado County’s wine country continue to drop because the minuscule snowmelt from the Sierra is unable to recharge the aquifer. Vineyards relying on surface or ditch water are in tougher shape because of the severe cutback in allocations. However, even those on wells are wondering what […]
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By Christine Armario, AP The number of breakfasts served in the nation’s schools has doubled in the last two decades, a surge driven largely by a change in how districts deliver the food. Instead of providing low-income students free or reduced-price meals in the cafeteria, they’re increasingly serving all children in the classroom. Food policy […]
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By Siobhan McAndrew, Reno Gazette-Journal Nate Christy’s medical journey started in Reno with a routine appendectomy on Jan. 13. What has followed for Nate, 9, were six more surgeries, having to be revived seven times when his heart stopped and three blood transfusions. And now recovery involves a road out of town. Nate and many […]
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By Kathryn Reed Lunches aren’t ordinary at Sierra House Elementary School. Sometimes produce grown in the domes is on the plates. That’s third-grader Breck Nealis’ favorite part about the two growing domes – being able to eat some of the food at lunch. She was part of the group that planted the peppers. Before the […]
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By Gretchen Reynolds, New York Times Exercise has had a Goldilocks problem, with experts debating just how much exercise is too little, too much or just the right amount to improve health and longevity. Two new, impressively large-scale studies provide some clarity, suggesting that the ideal dose of exercise for a long life is a […]
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By Katharine Mieszkowski and Lance Williams, Reveal In the midst of a historic drought, Californians have no way of knowing who’s guzzling the most water. That’s not an accident. It’s by design, thanks to an obscure 1997 measure that weakened one of the state’s chief open government laws, the California Public Records Act. For the […]
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By Anne Knowles MINDEN –“We’re sitting in a haunted building.” That’s how Janet Jones began her talk on paranormal tourism Thursday at Rural Roundup, the Nevada Division of Tourism’s annual conference. “There’s an older man and woman and I suspect they’re the original owners,”Jones said, referring to the Brick House near the Carson Valley Inn […]
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By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times Of all the guilty culinary pleasures that Ernie Feld whips up at his tiny pastry shop in the forest, one is particularly bittersweet: the popular poppy-seed strudels. That’s the delicacy Feld made for the Nazi SS officers who held him captive as their personal baker during the final […]
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By News 10 We are only four months into 2015 and the path to another “hottest year on record” is laid before us. So far, 2015 has been the hottest start to a year on record for the planet. Many people on the East Coast would disagree with that statement, and they have good reason […]
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