By Alan Schwarzmay, New York Times ATLANTA — More than 10,000 American toddlers 2 or 3 years old are being medicated for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder outside established pediatric guidelines, according to data presented last week by an official at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The report, which found that toddlers covered by […]
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By Patrick Walker, KXTV AUBURN -– Firefighters are ready for what could be a long and busy summer ahead. Extreme conditions and low water levels may make it even harder for crews to battle wildfires this season. “The drought has absolutely left the conditions tinder-dry, and obviously very explosive,” CalFire spokesperson Daniel Berlant said. New […]
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By Danya Perez-Hernandez, Chronicle of Higher Education While the use of online courses is increasingly widespread in California’s community colleges, the success rate of students in the courses lags behind that of their peers taking in-person courses, according to a report released last week by the Public Policy Institute of California, a nonprofit and nonpartisan […]
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By Jennifer Medinamay, New York Times LOS ANGELES — Portraying California as the front line of climate change, Gov. Jerry Brown said Monday that the effects of man-made global warming were devastating the state, drawing a direct link between climate change and both the record-setting drought that has left the state parched and the early-season […]
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By Anne Knowles MINDEN – A committee consisting of parents and Douglas County School District staff may be formed this fall to investigate and suggest solutions to some of the long-term issues facing Whittell High School. Superintendent Lisa Noonan, in an update at the May 21 board meeting regarding the school’s staffing, said she needed […]
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By Kyle Roerink, Las Vegas Sun Nevada will abandon its state-run health exchange, sever ties with software contractor Xerox and switch to the federal system for one year to enroll its residents in health care, a state board voted Tuesday. The Silver State Exchange’s board of directors proclaimed it had “no confidence” in staying with […]
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By Brian Uhler In the last two months, we shared information about crime in general and about DUI, domestic violence and public intoxication. This month, we will give you information about drug use and mental health. From January through April: Reported drug events 37. Mental health detentions 34. Barton Hospital conducts an annual “needs assessment” […]
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By Chris Megerian, Los Angeles Times Anthony Jackson, the former Marine major general who took over California’s parks department with a mandate to reform the troubled agency, is leaving after 18 months on the job. Jackson became the department’s director in the wake of an accounting scandal, and he is departing in the middle of […]
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By Jason Blevins, Denver Post A Utah District Court ruled Wednesday that Park City Mountain Resort officials failed to renew their historic lease for a majority of their ski terrain and the landowner is allowed to lease the ski area’s upper terrain to a new operator. That means Vail Resorts just won the rights to […]
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El Dorado County supervisor candidate Teresa Piper is quick to point out she is a dual-resident because she owns homes in Pollock Pines and South Lake Take. And with this assertion, she said it makes her more qualified than the other five candidates because she understands issues in both parts of what is now District […]
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