By Allison Aubrey, NPR For all of us nearing middle age, or slogging through it, yes, there is a benefit in eating a Mediterranean-style diet rich in fish, nuts, vegetables and fruit. A new study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine finds that women who followed this pattern of eating in their 50s were […]
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By Kathryn Reed Experience, knowledge and the ability to get things done are what Angela Swanson believes she would bring to the job of El Dorado County supervisor. The 53-year-old officially threw her hat in the ring this week when at the Nov. 5 South Lake Tahoe City Council meeting she told her peers she […]
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By Kathryn Reed Do the voters of South Lake Tahoe want paid parking? That is a question a group of residents wants on the June 3 ballot. The goal if voters say remove the parking kiosks, is they would be uprooted 30 days later. The legwork to get the initiative on the ballot started Wednesday. […]
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By Carly Schwartz, Huffington Post Legal marijuana is the fastest growing market in the United States, and it’s growing at a rate poised to outpace the expansion of the global smartphone market, according to a new report obtained exclusively by the Huffington Post. Researchers surveyed hundreds of medical cannabis retailers, processors, dispensary owners and industry […]
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By Kathryn Reed Paid parking in South Lake Tahoe is working – based on when it comes to revenues being greater than expenses. Paid parking in South Lake Tahoe is not working – based on the nine people who spoke Nov. 5. Paid parking in South Lake Tahoe is evolving and will continue to – […]
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By Kathryn Reed Three businesses that have never operated in South Lake Tahoe are expected to open their doors in 2014. Auto Zone is going in next to Izzy’s Burgers on Highway 50. The martial arts building will be torn down. That used to be the garage where Buzz Springmeyer worked. His widow, Marjorie Springmeyer, […]
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By Jessica Calefati and Josh Richman, San Jose Mercury News SACRAMENTO — A year ago this week, Californians were still locked in a fierce battle over Proposition 30, Gov. Jerry Brown’s ballot initiative that raised income taxes on the wealthy and the sales tax on everyone. One side argued that the state needed a temporary […]
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By Kathryn Reed Children not listening, talking when it’s not their line and parents almost looking more bewildered. It’s impossible at this juncture to know who the angels, shepherds or wise men are. Joseph is one of the tall boys. Mary is twirling a doll – aka Jesus. “The whole play is supposed to be […]
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By Scott Sonner, AP More than 200 biologists, ecologists and other scientists are urging Congress to defeat legislation they say would destroy critical wildlife habitat by setting aside U.S. environmental laws to speed logging of burned trees at Yosemite National Park and other national forests and wilderness areas across the West. The experts say two […]
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By Peter Hecht, Sacramento Bee ROHNERT PARK — Anita Silva, 82, never felt deprived by her humble upbringing in a drafty shack with no indoor plumbing on a reservation in Sonoma County. Despite economic hardships, she said simply, “I didn’t remember that there were any.” Silva, a tribal elder for the Federated Indians of the […]
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