By Elizabeth Lopatto, Bloomberg A genetic mutation linked to obesity in mice can cause weight gain without overeating, a discovery researchers at Boston Children’s Hospital say suggests the gene may govern how the body uses energy. Mice altered to silence the gene, called Mrap2, had to be underfed by 10 percent to 15 percent to […]
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By Kathryn Reed Ray Nutting, his attorney and supporters believe the felony and misdemeanor charges brought against the El Dorado County supervisor should be dropped. Nutting didn’t say a word during his arraignment Monday in El Dorado County Superior Court in South Lake Tahoe. Before the hearing he sat with his wife and cadre of […]
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Updated 4:25pm: By Kathryn Reed The 67-year-old pilot of a single-engine plane crashed moments after taking off Monday from Lake Tahoe Airport. Steven Lefton’s wife, Karen Lefton, was the lone passenger of the 1963 Mooney. She was conscious when Calstar airlifted her from the meadow near Golden Bear to Renown Medical Center in Reno. She […]
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By Megan Kowalski, USA Today Despite higher prices for back-to-school needs, students and parents will spend nearly 8 percent less this season than in 2012, according to a survey out Thursday from the National Retail Federation. Parents will save by shopping earlier for sales, shopping online and by having children re-use items bought in last […]
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By Kathryn Reed INCLINE VILLAGE – Along the East Shore of Lake Tahoe is one of Nevada’s most famous houses that belonged to a man few have heard of. The Thunderbird Lodge was George Whittell’s escape from the world and especially people. And while Howard Hughes and William Randolph Hearst Jr. were his peers – […]
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It took a three-hole playoff Sunday to determine the winner of the American Century Championship golf tournament. Two former NFL quarterbacks Mark Rypien and Billy Joe Tolliver vied for the title, with Tolliver coming out on top on the third hole. Each has won the celebrity golf event before – Rypien in 1990 and Tolliver […]
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By Robert S. Wood GLACIER NATIONAL PARK – It was shocking to learn that the last of famous Glacier Park’s hundreds of glaciers will be dead and gone in as little as seven years. With an extra month of summer on our hands, it seemed a good time to go up and have a look […]
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By Andrew Doughman, Las Vegas Sun In an unprecedented move, two state agencies are arguing that NV Energy should refund its customers a total of about $14.6 million. The state’s Bureau of Consumer Protection and staff at the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada say the utility basically earned too much money last year, so it […]
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By Sandra Postel, National Geographic When we flip on a light, we rarely think about water. But electricity generation is the biggest user of water in the United States. Thermoelectric power plants alone use more than 200 billion gallons of water a day – about 49 percent of the nation’s total water withdrawals. Large quantities […]
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By Kathryn Reed KINGS BEACH – Lake Tahoe communities have the same vision – look pretty; be functional in terms of accessibility and the diversity of offerings; if there is a sense of community, don’t lose it and if there isn’t one, try to establish one; focus on recreation; have adequate tourist accommodations; and improvement […]
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