By Kathryn Reed While the cause of many cancers is unknown, a person’s lifestyle can be a large contributing factor. That was the overriding message delivered by Lynn Norton, a registered dietician with Barton Health, during a Dec. 2 lecture at Lake Tahoe Community College. “The majority of cancer is basically preventable,” Norton said. “There […]
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By Ed Pearce, KOLO-TV INCLINE VILLAGE — Twenty years ago, a retired couple was murdered in their Incline Village home. The crime remains unsolved, one of Washoe County’s “cold cases.” But it and others like it are getting new attention. In a small storage room in the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office are shelves containing the […]
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By Peter Hecht, Sacramento Bee The tense public hearing was three hours in Tuesday when a friend pushed Joyce Hall in her walker to address the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors. The frail, 100-pound woman rose, grasped the lectern with both hands and began to cry. “You’re going to kill us,” said Hall, 57, […]
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By Susan Wood Blaise Carrig, the skiing guru who led Heavenly Mountain Resort during a critical crossroads, is forging a new path of greener pastures – with a little white stuff mixed in for recreation sake. That’s because soon skiing will no longer involve business. At 63, Carrig will relinquish his post as president of […]
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By Joanna Lin, Center for Investigative Reporting California taxpayers spend about $40 billion a year to pay their fire chiefs, mayors, tree trimmers and thousands of other city and county employees. Some – including harbor pilots in Los Angeles – make more than $300,000 a year. Others receive as little as $190, the payout for […]
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By Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times About 1 in 13 Americans was suffering from depression at some point between 2009 and 2012, yet only 35 percent of people with severe depression and 20 percent of those with moderate depression said they had sought help from a mental health professional, according to a report from the […]
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By Kathryn Reed The woman who is acting chief administrative officer for El Dorado County is being sued by a former employee who worked for her when she was CAO in Alpine County. Robert Levy, former undersheriff of Alpine County, in the 19-page lawsuit alleges Pam Knorr along with three supervisors at the time and […]
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By Marlisse Silver Sweeney, Columbia Journalism Review Freedom from surveillance is shaping up to be a major human rights issue in the post-Snowden era. The UN human rights committee is calling for a review of how member states collect residents’ data, and a Pew study last month found that most Americans are concerned with government […]
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By Seth Borenstein, AP WASHINGTON — In the more than two decades since world leaders first got together to try to solve global warming, life on Earth has changed, not just the climate. It’s gotten hotter, more polluted with heat-trapping gases, more crowded and just downright wilder. The numbers are stark. Carbon dioxide emissions: up […]
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By Kathryn Reed Sometimes riding on Lake Tahoe Boulevard between Highway 50 and the Angora burn area can be an adrenaline rush. The problem is it has nothing to do with pedaling and everything to do with drivers. With the vehicle lanes being narrow and the shoulder non-existent, it can be scary with cars whizzing […]
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