AAA projects 93.3 million Americans will journey 50 miles or more from home during the year-end holidays, an increase of 1.6 percent from the 91.8 million people who traveled last year. This increase brings holiday travel figures to within half a million of the decade high mark seen during the 2006-07 season. The period is […]
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By Mandy Kendall The holiday period can be busy enough with present buying, menu planning, travel arrangements, house decorating and more that day-to-day routines can often get thrown into disarray. Healthy eating and exercising can often go by the wayside and we may end up feeling like we need a vacation after all the festivities. […]
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The Public Health Division of the El Dorado County Health and Human Services Agency has wrapped up its community flu vaccination clinics for the season, and is now offering the flu vaccine by appointment. The seasonal influenza vaccine is available for $10 per vaccination. No one will be turned away due to inability to pay. […]
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TOCCATA – Tahoe Symphony Orchestra and Chorus — kicks off its 8th Winter MusicFest with a concert series that features violinist Elizabeth Pitcairn performing Prokofiev’s Concerto in D major on the legendary Red Stradivarius Violin. The program also includes the Tahoe Symphony Chorus in selections from Bach’s masterpiece, the B minor Mass. The performances are […]
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Bella is one of several dogs who has arrived in Tahoe from a Reno shelter this past weekend to find a new home. Our shelter frequently has available kennels for homeless pets when other nearby shelters have almost run out of space, and so the Tahoe staff brings these pets up here to change their […]
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MEYERS — Santa had some special elves and reindeer with him as he arrived in Meyers on Sunday night. He traded in Rudolph’s red nose for the lights of the Calstar helicopter to guide him to the landing zone near the Divided Sky restaurant. Instead of little men assisting him, he was escorted by bodyguards, […]
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By Jennifer Corbett Dooren, Wall Street Journal Patients with heart disease frequently assume that medication is enough to forestall a repeat heart attack or stroke, but a large new study shows the preventive power of a healthy diet. The findings from a report released last week looked at the impact of diet in addition to […]
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By Ron Sylvester, Las Vegas Sun For people who play slot machines, time is more important than money. Instead of focusing on hitting a big jackpot, they spin the reels to relieve stress, entertain themselves or kill time. That’s according to a new study from Oregon State University. The results are important because they help […]
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By Patti Neighmond, NPR Lots of scams come by phone or by mail, but when the scam artist is right in front of you, researchers say the clues are in the face. “A smile that is in the mouth but doesn’t go up to the eyes, an averted gaze, a backward lean” are some of […]
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A memorial scholarship has been established for former Lake Tahoe Community College student Lyra B. Fisher. Fisher was tragically murdered this summer, the apparent victim of domestic violence. Anna Lee, who works at changing students’ lives everyday as the TRiO-SSS program specialist at Lake Tahoe Community College, had Fisher as a student. Lee decided to […]
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