By Russ Choma, Mother Jones In June, a video popped up on YouTube featuring a frenetic, shaggy-bearded pitchman in a chartreuse blazer. “Max Power here to tell you about an amazing new presidential candidate: Bailout Bush! If you love bailouts, you’re going to love Bailout Bush!” He touted Jeb Bush’s work for Lehman Brothers before […]
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Health officials in El Dorado County are reminding residents and visitors that chipmunks, squirrels and other wild rodents can carry plague, and that a few simple precautions can prevent the spread of the disease. The California Department of Public Health routinely monitors rodent populations for plague activity in California and closely coordinates with county health […]
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By Kathryn Reed If money weren’t an issue, there would likely be a bridge over Emerald Bay today. Caltrans spent decades studying the idea. It started with the desire by people to have an all-weather route on the West Shore. This is because for about 3½ months a year Highway 89 was closed because of […]
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By Meg James, Los Angeles Times VH1 Classic, with music videos from the 1980s and ’90s and movies like “The Breakfast Club,” was designed as a nostalgic stop for channel surfers. Viacom Inc. launched the channel 15 years ago during the last big boom in cable programming. Back then consumers were hauling home high-definition big […]
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Influential women from around the Tahoe-Truckee-Reno region are coming together to cultivate self-reliance, creativity, and collaboration to catalyze change. This full-day event on Oct. 2 is designed to provide people with the tools and inspiration to create vibrant and resilient communities on a personal, local and global level. Women as Change Makers: Building Community from the Ground Up […]
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Ralph is a 3-year-old chocolate Lab mix. He’s a happy playful boy who loves to play fetch and swim. Ralph has a short tail due to an injury. Ralph is neutered, microchipped, tested for FIV, and vaccinated. He is at the El Dorado County Animal Services shelter in Meyers, along with many other dogs and […]
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By Ananya Bhattacharya, CNNMoney How pervasive is bias against women in the workplace? Well, it’s literally in the air. That’s one takeaway from a new study by two European researchers. Most modern offices use climate control systems based on the metabolic rate of an average 40-year-old man who weighs 155 pounds. That may have described […]
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By Scott Harlan, Salinas Californian My interest in geology probably started with my father who was a petroleum geologist. We would go to gem and mineral shows together and look at all of the spectacular specimens. There is a sense of discovery when you find something that no man has ever seen before. […]
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Kyle Swanson, an orthopedic surgeon with Tahoe Orthopedics & Sport Medicine in Carson City and Lake Tahoe, will be honored at the 5th annual Aviation Roundup at Minden-Tahoe Airport. The Army veteran served in Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan where he performed surgeries on soldiers and Afghan civilians. Swanson, along with four orthopedic physicians at […]
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By Bryce Sanders, San Francisco Business Times Successful people often enlist the services of a financial advisor. Some seek minimal advice, others collaborate, and some outsource the process. If an investor makes his or her own decisions and desires minimal advice, paying a financial planner by the hour and walking away with a roadmap is […]
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