By Leslie Patton, Bloomberg Organic food sales have gone through the roof. It’s no wonder. It’s widely believed that organic foods are more nutritious and safer than non-organic — they’re even said to fight cancer — even though the evidence is far from clear. Consumers have been paying a lot to eat organic; food certified […]
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By Kathryn Reed Years after MTBE was used in South Lake Tahoe it continues to turn up in well water. The latest incident involves Tahoe Tom’s gas station near the state line. The former owners – Mohammad Ahmad and the Thomas E. Erickson Trust – have never fully cleaned up the contaminated groundwater even though […]
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By Alicia Rancilio, AP NEW YORK — The ice bucket challenge’s phenomenal success is making other charitable organizations rethink how they connect with a younger generation of potential donors. Since the ALS Association began tracking the campaign’s progress on July 29, it has raised more than $53.3 million from 1.1 million new donors in what […]
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By Jessica Calefati, San Jose Mercury News SACRAMENTO — Lobbyists have launched a frenzied eleventh-hour effort to kill a bill that would make California the first state to outlaw flimsy plastic grocery bags, delaying a key vote and setting up one of the fiercest legislative battles of the year. Last week, the bill seemed in […]
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By Susan Wood ALPINE MEADOWS – There’s something about running water when it’s time to chill and go with the flow of life. And that flow may involve a cold drink on a warm summer day with picturesque surroundings. That’s a key reward involved in a stay at the River Ranch Lodge on Highway 89 […]
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By Jennifer Chaussee, Reuters DAVIS — At the University of California’s prized winemaking institute near Sacramento, a sleek metal wine crusher on Thursday morning let out a deep rumble and began to shake, jostling grapes made sweeter by the state’s ongoing drought into sticky juice. Dry conditions have made this year’s crop ripen early, and […]
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By Mike TeSelle, KCRA-TV The Placer County Sheriff’s Department was served with a federal subpoena during the first week of August, according to a sheriff’s spokesperson. However, the department declined to comment on exactly what the warrant is seeking. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Sacramento also declined comment and did not even confirm if an […]
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By Kathryn Reed If treated wastewater weren’t pumped out of the Lake Tahoe Basin, the clarity of the lake would be much different than it is today. That was one of the messages delivered Aug. 21 by Charles Goldman during the South Lake Tahoe Public Utility District board meeting. The 83-year-old renowned limnologist has been […]
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By Wayne Parry, AP ATLANTIC CITY — A long-planned initiative to create bigger jackpots by linking casino slot machines in New Jersey and Nevada is up and running. The New Jersey Gaming Enforcement Division says the progressive slots system links 100 machines in Atlantic City with 600 in Nevada. The progressive jackpots grow in size […]
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By Cy Ryan, Las Vegas Sun CARSON CITY — A total of 174 applications were submitted by Monday’s deadline to operate 76 medical marijuana dispensaries in Nevada, the state Division of Public and Behavioral Health reported. Of those, 140 came from Clark County, where the law allows 40 dispensaries. Those submitting applications for licenses had […]
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