By David Feige, Slate Baltimore’s state’s attorney, Marilyn J. Mosby, moved quickly in securing indictments against six police officers in the death of Freddie Gray. But getting a grand jury to indict police officers is a lot easier than getting convictions at trial. That’s because like any prosecutor trying to hold cops accountable, Mosby will […]
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By Dennis Thompson, CBS News Trans fats may play havoc with your memory along with your cholesterol levels, a new study suggests. Younger men who ate high levels of trans fats performed more poorly on a memory test involving word recall than those who ate lower levels, the researchers found. In the study, each gram […]
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World renowned pianist Joseph Kalichstein will open the Lake Tahoe SummerFest season on July 31. The Incline Village event goes through Aug. 16. The three weekend series of nine concerts will include masterpieces translated by renowned artists and a nationally acclaimed orchestra led by Joel Revzen, artistic director and conductor. Many of the players have principal […]
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Douglas County Public Library is expanding its media collection to meet growing demand and current technology. The library has added a variety of movies, TV series, and music to its audio-visual collection. Hundreds of new DVD titles have already been added and many more are on the way. Television program series “Downton Abbey,” “Breaking Bad,” […]
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By Kathryn Reed PLACERVILLE – With at least 2,000 carnival wristbands sold before the El Dorado County Fair even opens, it’s obvious the Midway is a huge draw. New this year at the Placerville fair is the company operating the rides and games – Carnival California. With the number of joyful screams and big smiles during […]
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By Constance Sommer, Los Angeles Times Christiane Carman believed she had good posture. Then one day she woke up with a crick in her neck, a nagging little pain on the left side that didn’t go away. Soon it was shooting down her left arm. By the time she landed at UCLA’s Spine Clinic, the […]
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By Eleanor Goldberg, Huffington Post Telling a homeless person to “hit the road” could soon be a good thing in Hawaii. Group 70 International, a Honolulu-based architecture company, is working on retrofitting five retired city buses into a fleet of mobile shelters that could provide homeless people with everything from a place to sleep to […]
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By Larry Weitzman 2015 marks the sixth year for this third generation Lexus RX350. Why fix what isn’t broken? And it’s not me, the public knows, too, as the RX remains the best selling of all Lexus models. And it seems that Lexus hasn’t rested with continually refining this ride. It has been nearly six […]
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Fourth of July revelers will have the opportunity to start celebrating the holiday a day early in Kings Beach. This year the festivities will include activities for attendees to enjoy and participate in during the late afternoon of July 3 and into the evening in celebration of Independence Day. On July 3 from 4-10pm the […]
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Traditionally, Rock Ensemble students studying with teacher and professional musician Eric Hellberg stage a professional concert to earn their final grades. This spring, students in LTCC’s New Wave Music and Beginning Rock Ensemble classes will be rocking for an even higher purpose: their final exams will also serve as a benefit concert to support a […]
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