In the wake of recent storms and with more severe weather coming, Liberty Utilities is issuing a strong warning to all customers: Stay away from downed power lines; touching live wire may result in death. “Unfortunately, there’s been a couple close calls with customers trying to help our crews by picking up downed power lines,” […]
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By Kathryn Reed KETCHUM, Idaho – “There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.” – Ernest Hemingway Oh, the stories that old Royal typewriter in the glass case could tell. The blood – perhaps literal and figurative – that fell onto those keys. The legendary prose that […]
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By Rick Gross Keeping track of finances takes time, attention and energy at any age. In the case of older adults, health challenges such as memory loss can make it difficult to manage their financial obligations as well as they did in the past. If you’re the son or daughter of aging parents, here are […]
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Brian Turner will share his unique talent as the next Writer in the Woods installment, with a reading and workshop in March. In addition to being the creative writing director at Sierra Nevada College, Turner is the author of two collections of poetry: “Here, Bullet” (2005) and “Phantom Noise” (2010), which was short-listed for the […]
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By Ann Carrns, New York Times No one likes to think about dying — and that is probably one reason most Americans lack wills. Fewer than half of American adults (42 percent) have a will, according to a survey published this week on Caring.com, a website that offers resources for older Americans and their caregivers. […]
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Image Nation, an art installation featuring Nevada County veterans, comes to the Truckee Community Recreation Center on March 10. The photographs – self-portraits and pictures of veterans’ hands, are the result of a therapeutic workshop with veteran and master photographer Michael Llewellyn. The gallery will hang in the Community Recreation Center through June. Along with […]
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Former South Lake Tahoe resident Ruth Marie Hanson Woods died Jan. 16, 2017, in Logan, Utah. She was 89. Ruth was born Sept. 5, 1927, in Santa Rosa to Percy Brunell and Helen Patricia LeCornec Hanson. She was raised in Santa Rosa and graduated from Santa Rosa High School in 1945. […]
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ElectroSwing Burlesque returns to The Loft in South Lake Tahoe on Feb. 22 and March 29, at 8 each night. This original live production show features the smooth, strong, and jazzy vocals of Ashley Kepler, with a ever rotating cast. Famous jazz songs of the 1930’s and 1940’s are blended with electro-swing, world beats, and New Age sounds. […]
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El Dorado County Deputy District Attorney Katie Dobler died Feb. 13, 2017. She was 35. Katie had an absolute love for justice, unwavering patriotism, and wholehearted faith and support of the men and women in the military and law enforcement communities. Katie attended El Dorado High School. At UC Davis she earned her undergraduate and law […]
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By Brian X. Chen, New York Times Modern homes today are getting internet-connected light bulbs, thermostats, TVs and speakers. So with a simple voice command or the touch of a button on our smartphones, we can set the temperature, turn on a light or prepare the TV to record a program. What could go wrong? […]
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