By Guy Clifton, Reno Gazette-Journal Abraham Lincoln never set foot in Nevada, but the histories of the state and the nation’s 16th president are forever intertwined. “It’s hard to think of a president who had a bigger impact on Nevada,” Michael Green, a history professor at UNLV, said about the president who was shot by […]
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By Sammy Caiola, Sacramento Bee Mary Miller is full of opinions. During her weekly visits with hospice volunteer Joe Lenihan, the 88-year-old doesn’t hesitate to speak her mind – solicited or not. She’ll talk the ear off of a wrong-number caller, and she’s known affectionately around the neighborhood as “Mean Old Mom.” “There are days […]
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South Lake Tahoe is seeking an artist to create an original art piece and/or flag design to be permanently displayed at the city’s newly established Champions Plaza, located on the corner of Highway 50 and Lakeview Avenue within the Lakeview Commons area. On the heels of the 2014 Winter Olympics, in which several local athletes earned […]
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By Tracey Lien and Paresh Dave, Los Angeles Times Science fiction writer David Brin calls it “a tsunami of lights” — a future where tiny cameras are everywhere, lighting up everything we do, and even predicting what we’ll do next. Unlike George Orwell’s novel “1984,” where only Big Brother controlled the cameras, in 2015, cheap, […]
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By Nicholas Bakalar, New York Times A new study suggests that early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy — although not necessarily wealthy or wise. Korean researchers recruited 1,620 men and women, ages 47 to 59, and administered a questionnaire to establish whether they were morning people or night owls. They […]
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Jacky is a 4-year-old who looks like a cross between a whippet and maybe a Doberman. He’s about 35 to 40 pounds and very sweet. He likes to talk when he’s excited, is house trained, and does well with other larger dogs and cats. He’s a bit scared of smaller dogs, and we think he’d […]
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By Gina Kolata, New York Times To the surprise of researchers who had thought the very notion a joke, an international consortium of investigators reported on Wednesday that shorter stature increases the risk of heart disease. After gathering genetic data from nearly 200,000 men and women worldwide, the investigators found that each extra 2.5 inches […]
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By Kathryn Reed Eclectic. That is the word the director of the Valhalla Art, Theatre and Music Festival is using to describe the 2015 season. Evangeline Elston is returning for her second year as leader of this nearly 40-year-old South Shore tradition. As with years past, there will be a mix of offerings for a […]
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A long time local favorite lasting into the 1990s, Ceddy Sherer’s Sugar House was at the corner of Lake Tahoe Boulevard and LaSalle Street near Stateline. The coffe shop seen at the left in the photo above later became a steakery and until recently was Womack’s Texas-style Barbecue. Today it is Mayas Mexican Grill. Now the building […]
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By Zocalo This weekend, tens of thousands – maybe even nearly 100,000 – music fans are rocking out at the Coachella Music and Arts Festival in Indio. With multiple stages going full-blast, festival-goers will face difficult decisions such as: Should I catch the soulful roots-rockers Alabama Shakes or the haunting Swedish singer-songwriter Lykke Li? Should […]
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