By Kathryn Reed While paid parking has been a reality in some areas of the South Shore for decades, it will be coming to new locations in mid-June. It was a fairly hostile crowd that gathered Monday night at the South Lake Tahoe Senior Center to hear the city’s plans. The few who are fine […]
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By Ginger Nicolay-Davis Two years ago, my mother-in-law, Joanne, called me from the East Coast to tell me about a new play that had just debuted in Hartford, Conn., called “Motherhood Out Loud”. She told me that I really needed to read it and that I would love it. Like all difficult daughter-in-laws, I had […]
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By Howard Mintz, San Jose Mercury News SAN FRANCISCO — The California Supreme Court on Monday upheld the right of local governments to ban medical marijuana dispensaries, leaving intact a growing movement by political officials to outlaw the pot businesses despite a 1996 state law that permits the use of weed for medical purposes. In […]
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By Kathryn Reed It’s easy to name athletes who make doing tricks on skis and snowboards seem either like child’s play or death defying feats depending on one’s perspective. But how did the terrain park or half pipe come to be? There’s a good chance Chris Gunnarson had something to do with it. Better known […]
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By Liz Halloran, NPR A recent news item out of Minnesota: “Bulletproof Whiteboards Unveiled at Rocori Schools.” Bulletproof what? Where? That would be whiteboards, at the small central Minnesota Rocori School District, which will spend upward of $25,000 for the protective devices produced by a company better known for its military armor products. “The timing […]
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By Kathryn Reed VINA – Wine and religion have long been partners. One only needs to think of the Last Supper or today’s communion. Franciscan monks have been cultivating grapes in California since the 1800s. But it’s the Trappist monks who are the newcomers to the wine business – at least in California. New Clairvaux […]
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By Richard Lardner, AP WASHINGTON — The U.S. Forest Service is in the business of preventing fires, not starting them. Yet the agency set off alarms in Congress and state capitols across the West by citing the automatic spending cuts as the basis for demanding that dozens of states return $17.9 million in federal subsidies. […]
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By Australia Network News On World Press Freedom Day, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says press freedom “does not happen automatically,” but requires the creation of a safe environment for dialogue, where journalists can do their jobs without fear of reprisal. “Every day, freedom of expression faces new threats. Because they help ensure transparency and accountability […]
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By Kathryn Reed Songbirds sing a tune that seems to say, “Welcome to our little piece of paradise.” We smile as we enter their world. Soon the roar of Cascade Falls fills our ears. In the distance we see it cascading into its namesake. A lone fishing boat is on the glass-like water of Cascade […]
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By Richard Simon, Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON — Barbara Boxer has long been one of the Senate’s environmental champions, racking up perfect scores for each of the last five years on the League of Conservation Voters’ report card on key votes. But the Californian now finds herself on the opposite side of an issue from […]
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