By Elizabeth Landau, CNN When Galaxy Airlines Flight 203 with 71 passengers and crew crashed shortly after takeoff from Reno in 1985, there was only one survivor: George Lamson Jr. The CNN Films documentary “Sole Survivor,” features Lamson and others who’ve struggled after being the only survivors of large plane crashes. The ordeal often includes […]
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By Sue Shellenbarger, Wall Street Journal Procrastinators, take note: If you’ve tried building self-discipline and you’re still putting things off, maybe you need to try something different. One new approach: Check your mood. Often, procrastinators attempt to avoid the anxiety or worry aroused by a tough task with activities aimed at repairing their mood, such […]
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It’s not often that it’s a good thing when people associate you with Scrooge. But Scrooge is the legacy of Dorothy and Brian Farnon. Dorothy Farnon died Jan. 3. She was 87. Brian died in 2010. The couple wrote an original production of “Ebenezer Scrooge”, which was staged of Harrah’s Lake Tahoe from 1982 through […]
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By Kathryn Reed The 1960 Winter Olympics at Squaw Valley set the stage for future Games in ways that organizers could not have foreseen. It was the first to have the athletes housed in a contained area close to the action, the first for a downhill racer to use a composite ski, the first to […]
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By Erin Beresini, Outside It’s possible sports victories trigger local baby booms. In fact, a study published in the latest issue of the British Medical Journal claims just that. On May 6, 2009, Spanish researchers wrote, Football Club Barcelona’s Andrés Iniesta scored a last minute goal against Chelsea FC, earning Barça a spot in the […]
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By Lauren Weber, Wall Street Journal It’s Jan. 9. Are you feeling frazzled yet? You might be — especially if you’re a soldier, public-relations executive, newspaper reporter, or airline pilot. Those are among the most stressful careers for 2014, according to a new ranking from job-search website CareerCast.com. Every year, CareerCast.com compiles lists of the […]
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Corey Rosalie McCauley, who graduated from South Tahoe High School in 1996, died Jan. 3 after a valiant battle with cancer. She was 35. Corey was born March 7, 1978, in South Lake Tahoe. She earned an associate of arts degree from Lake Tahoe Community College in 2003 and an associate of science degree in […]
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Dana Benedict, the founder of Pinnacle Real Estate Group in South Lake Tahoe, died Dec. 30. He was 53. Dana was born June 10, 1960, in Willows. He was raised in Boulder Creek, attended San Lorenzo Valley High School and graduated from the University of Oregon. Those that knew him well were drawn into his […]
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Falco is a very cute little white Bichon Frise who will be even more handsome once he gets a good grooming. Falco was brought to the shelter in bad shape. He hadn’t been groomed in many months, and his fur needed to be cut away to enable him to walk correctly. He’s on the shy […]
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By Jennifer Shaw, Contra Costa Times Veronica Tucker would have done the same thing if the man she helped save had been anyone else. “Someone would’ve been waiting for him to come home,” the sixth-grader at North Creek Academy in Walnut Creek says of her valiant efforts. In this case, she and a new summer […]
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