By Shan Li and Ricardo Lopez, Los Angeles Times California continued its economic recovery in June as its unemployment rate slid to 8.5 percent, the lowest it has been in nearly five years. Employers’ payrolls grew by 30,200 jobs, helping push down the jobless rate from 8.6 percent in May, according to data released Thursday […]
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By Jessie Marchesseau Bright red tomatoes, dark green zucchini, sunshine yellow squash and purple sweet peppers were among the fresh produce adorning the table at chef Steve Fernald’s fresh cooking demonstration at the South Lake Tahoe Library on Tuesday. “They say you eat with your eyes first. People either accept or reject a meal based […]
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By Andrew Doughman, Las Vegas Sun Call it the Jerry Maguire theory of budgeting. At a time when large wildfires have charred wide swathes of land in both Northern and Southern Nevada, the state’s forestry division faces millions of dollars of cuts in federal fire prevention grants and has little recourse but to go to […]
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By Paul Gabrielsen, Santa Cruz Sentinel An employee gathering carts from a sunny parking lot of a Santa Cruz Safeway said shoppers are warming up to the city’s new ban on single-use plastic bags. But some still miss the bags’ convenience. “Wrong thing to do,” said a middle-aged man of the ban. “But they’re killing […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe would like Peter Darvas to start with a new canvas. Darvas would rather work with the outline he has. In September 2012, Darvas’ sprawling house on Pioneer Trail and April Drive was destroyed by fire. Flames also engulfed the house next door on April. Today the neighbors have a […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE — Celebrity golfers will be able to put down their clubs briefly on Thursday and trade them for a bottle of Champagne. Between the 17th and 18th holes they can test their ability at how far they can shoot a Champagne cork. The one who wins will be able to select […]
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By Alexandra Sifferlin, Time Diabetes, obesity and elevated blood pressure typically emerge in middle-age, but more young children are showing signs of chronic conditions that may take a toll on their health. The latest report on the trend, from researchers at Harvard Medical School found that children and adolescents are increasingly suffering from elevated blood […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – Tim McGraw knows how to get women to scream – and he doesn’t even have to sing. Tight jeans, biceps flexing and that smile are all it takes. He was showing off his muscles at Anytime Fitness in Zephyr Cove before his concert Tuesday night at Harvey’s outdoor arena. But […]
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By Ferris Jabr, Scientific American Our very first experience of exceptional sweetness — a dollop of butter cream frosting on a parent’s finger; a spoonful of strawberry ice cream instead of the usual puréed carrots — is a gustatory revelation that generally slips into the lacuna of early childhood. Sometimes, however, the moment of original […]
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By Lisa Collier Cool, Healthline If you feel as if every mosquito in a 50-mile radius has you locked in its sights, while your friends are rarely bitten, you could be right. Up to 20 percent of us are highly alluring to mosquitoes—and scientists have discovered some surprising reasons. “Both your metabolism and your unique […]
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