By Matt Weiser, Sacramento Bee Despite a hint of rain and snow in the forecast next week, the region and California as a whole can expect a third dry winter ahead. That’s according to an “experimental” long-range forecast released this week by the California Department of Water Resources. The forecast covers the 2014 water year, […]
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By Patrick McGreevy, Los Angeles Times SACRAMENTO — California lawmakers are set to receive a 5.3 percent pay raise Monday, but a dozen say they won’t accept it in the wake of a tax hike approved last November and while many residents are still struggling to recover from the recent recession. The raises were approved […]
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By Kathryn Reed The U.S. Forest Service is looking at solidifying policy for the 122 ski resorts in the country that are on federal land when it comes to allowing people to access the mountain without paying to go uphill. Walking, hiking, and skiing uphill (usually done with skins) are activities that are gaining in […]
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By Marc Lifsher, Los Angeles Times SACRAMENTO — Big issues in the workplace — wages, overtime, time off, working conditions — are also major topics in the state Legislature. And this year, lawmakers delivered some tangible changes that will be felt in the pocketbook. At the top of the list, of course, is an increase […]
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By Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times It’s the morning after Thanksgiving and you’re still in your flannel pajamas. You creep into the kitchen and open the fridge to find what’s left of last night’s turkey. It’s too tempting not to tear off a couple pieces of the leg meat to eat cold before the rest […]
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By Kathryn Reed Traveling to receive medical treatment. More people are doing it every year and Barton Health wants to tap into that market in a more significant way. Three representatives from the South Shore health care conglomerate recently attended the sixth annual World Medical Tourism and Global Healthcare Congress in Las Vegas. More than […]
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By Cynthia H. Craft, Sacramento Bee The good news is that overall soda consumption is on the decline among California’s young children. The flip side? A new UCLA survey says kids are still being fed fast food meals on a regular basis. Though kids’ fast food meals and sodas usually come packaged together, there’s been […]
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By Michelle Nijhuis, Smithsonian Since the beginning of the 20th century, the growing season in many areas of the lower 48 states has expanded by about two weeks. Frosts end earlier in the spring and begin later in the fall. To gardeners in Maine, Wisconsin and Montana, that might seem a blessing. What’s not to […]
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We seem to have forgotten how to give thanks. It’s not about what’s on the table or even who is around it. And it’s certainly not about what is on sale today. Thanks and giving are two things we should embrace every day – not just the fourth Thursday in November. We seem to have […]
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By Phillip Reese, Sacramento Bee There’s an ever-dwindling chance each year that the turkey on your Thanksgiving table was raised in California. California farmers will produce about 13.5 million head of turkey this year, the lowest number since 1956, according to the latest estimates from the National Agricultural Statistics Service. It’s not that turkeys are […]
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