Longtime Carson City resident John A. Giannotta passed away on March 22, 2012. He was born Sept. 13, 1923, in San Jose. John was preceded in death by Helen, his beloved wife of 64 years, and granddaughter Debbie Baskin. He is survived by his daughters Sharon Howard (Rick), Sandy Jacopetti, Susan Davis (Phil), and Shelley […]
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Liz Broscoe, Eric Hellburg and John Shafer are teaming up to bring more drumming to Lake Tahoe Boys & Girls Club. These are three long-time professional drummers with a desire to make a difference by exposing kids to music rather than more technology. Broscoe will direct South Lake Tahoe’s only marching drum corps — Boys […]
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By Janet Morrissey, New York Times The hotel industry, struggling to recover from the depths of the recession, has begun to contemplate a group of travelers it sees as crucial to its economic growth — those in their 20s to mid-30s who are obsessed with technology, social media and design. Many hotel owners and operators […]
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By Mandy Kendall The Vernal Equinox at the beginning of this week announced the official end of winter and heralded the beginning of spring. Great news for the sun worshipers, but not so great for the more than 40 million Americans who suffer from seasonal allergies. The unseasonably warm weather so far this year has […]
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By Kathryn Reed Condensing any man’s life and his legacy to 72 minutes would be difficult. Doing that for Aldo Leopold was even more challenging because of the significant contributions he made to conservation efforts in the United States. In his lifetime that spanned from 1887 to 1948 Leopold became known as the father of […]
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By Lynn Hicks, Des Moines Register Quick, picture a startup sensation. Did you see 27-year-old Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg? Or maybe Ben Milne, who created two successful companies in his 20s, including the mobile payment darling Dwolla? Or Ben Silbermann, who 10 years after graduating from Des Moines’ Roosevelt High School helped launch one of […]
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By Kathryn Reed When I first saw the title of the book I thought there should be an S at the end Harvey. After reading “Bombing Harvey” I understood more fully how the man responsible for the explosive device going off at the Stateline casino in 1980 had a vendetta against casino owner Harvey Gross, […]
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By Maia Szalavitz, Time I received a Kindle for my birthday, and enjoying “light reading,” in addition to the dense science I read for work, I immediately loaded it with mysteries by my favorite authors. But I soon found that I had difficulty recalling the names of characters from chapter to chapter. At first, I […]
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By Yun Long, Reno Gazette-Journal Matching the perfect home with the right buyer can take time — in many showings — as well as a major investment in money and emotion. Specific criteria must be addressed: Is the style right? Are the home’s features attractive? Producers Forum, an online real estate database service, is working […]
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By Claire O’Neill, NPR I don’t know if I can directly answer the latter question. But certain curators like Joshua Chuang at the Yale University Art Gallery are determined to answer the former: Who is Robert Adams? Chuang, now probably the leading Adams expert, started asking that himself, back when he was a student of […]
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