By Matt Egan, CNN Money NEW YORK — Sports gamblers have lots in common with stock market investors. They both believe they can predict the future, and they sometimes fall into the trap of making decisions with their hearts instead of their brains. And of course, they both hate to lose. But don’t let those […]
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By Dave Nordstrand, Salinas Californian One morning when Salinas’ Billy Harvey was a boy of 5 and still asleep, his parents arose. Quietly as they could, they tiptoed to the front door and left the house. “I never saw them again,” Harvey said. Billy Harvey’s parents had put him and his two brothers in the […]
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By Erin Beresini, Outside In an 83-page call to action released last week, the Surgeon General declared war on skin cancer. Rates are on the rise faster than those of any other cancer, he says, though he doesn’t know exactly why. One thing is for certain: to avoid becoming one of his scary stats, you […]
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Bradley Anderson, a doctor at Barton Urology, will be talking about cancer and benign diseases of the prostate on Sept. 10. He will discuss different prostate cancer screenings available and the variety of treatment options. The free lecture is from 6-7pm at Lake Tahoe Community College’s board room.
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A limited number of tickets are for the inaugural Nevada Day Steampunk Ball, a costume fundraiser (for ages 18-plus) at the Carson Nugget Ballroom on Oct. 31 from 7pm to midnight. The event’s theme combines the formality of old-time nostalgia with a light-hearted science fiction twist, and includes dance music by Rock-N-Roll Rebels, a no-host […]
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Sixteen comedians will be in Lake Tahoe on Sept. 13 as part of the 39th annual San Francisco Comedy Competition. They will have about 7 minutes to woo the audience and judges. The finals are Oct. 5 in San Francisco. This year’s host is a past contestant Kris Tinkle. Tinkle’s lates album, “Maybe I Don’t […]
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By Kathryn Reed EMERALD BAY STATE PARK – While Lora Knight’s guests were always allowed to drive to her estate, that has not always been the case for California State Parks visitors. This is the second year people with disabilities are allowed to drive to Vikingsholm at Emerald Bay State Park. Otherwise it’s a one-mile […]
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By David Rooney, Hollywood Reporter Imagine that Cate Blanchett’s “Blue Jasmine” character had been evicted from her bubble of complacent privilege not by calamity and public humiliation but by the veil of melancholy that descends with fraying family bonds and the encroaching awareness that the sun is setting on life’s most joyous moments. That more […]
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By Chris Ip, Columbia Journalism Review If social media users think their followers don’t share their opinion on the news, they are less likely to post those views on Facebook and Twitter, according to a new Pew Research Center report, released today. It showed Facebook and Twitter users posted less about Edward Snowden and his […]
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By Fred Barbash, Washington Post Starting the school day before 8:30 in the morning is bad for kids. It’s bad for their physical health, their mental health and their academic performance. So says the American Academy of Pediatrics, which issued a formal policy statement Monday recommending that middle and high schools do away with those […]
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