By Tamar Lewin, New York Times Next January, the Georgia Institute of Technology plans to offer a master’s degree in computer science through massive open online courses for a fraction of the on-campus cost, a first for an elite institution. If it even approaches its goal of drawing thousands of students, it could signal a […]
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By Tony Bizjak, Sacramento Bee Old Jackson Highway has had many personalities. Once a lazy path to the foothills past strawberry and hop fields, the east Sacramento County road today is a busy commute and truck route flanked by pit mines, rural ranchettes, small industry and encroaching suburbs. Now, Sacramento-area leaders are in talks with […]
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The American Fire is at 14,765 acres. The Robinson Flat Campground is closed. The Tahoe National Forest has issued a voluntary evacuation notice for Big Oak Flat located near the south end of the fire. Forest Road 43 (Robinson Flat Road) is closed at its intersection with Forest Road 96 (Mosquito Ridge Road). An emergency […]
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No longer are multiple incisions necessary for hysterectomies or gall bladder removal. Barton Memorial Hospital last week performed its first single-site hysterectomies. This means it is the first hospital in Northern California and Northern Nevada to offer the single-site surgery for both procedures. It has been doing gall bladders for more than a year. Gynecologist […]
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By Laura Moss, Mother Nature Network From Los Angeles to Nantucket, Mass., plastic and paper bag bans are on the rise across the nation. Some ordinances prohibit single-use carryout bags, while others attach a fee to such bags, but an unlikely group is fighting against such bans: recyclers. On Aug. 5, the Institute of Scrap […]
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The American Fire is spreading at a much slower rate. It has grown to 12,950 acres and remains at 45 percent containment. This fire is burning in the area of the 2008 Westville Fire north of the Foresthill Divide Road into the Whisky Hill area. However, it is also burning in steep and hazardous terrain […]
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The $715.2 million budget for 2013-14 that the Placer County Board of Supervisors are expected to approve Sept. 24 is 2.1 percent less than last year’s budget. Supervisors were updated Aug. 15 on what the next fiscal year looks like during a budget workshop. A public hearing on the budget is scheduled for Sept. 10, […]
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Updated Aug. 17 12:50pm: The body of the 17-year-old who drowned at Emerald Bay was recovered this morning. Javon Lamar Green of Southern California had been swimming from the boat his family had rented to Fannette Island when he went under and never resurfaced. The distance between the boat and island is estimated to be […]
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Firefighters have the American Fire that is burning in the Tahoe National Forest 45 percent contained. In seven days the fire has charred 11,950 acres near Foresthill. The majority of the fire area is within the North Fork of the Middle Fork of the American River. Lightning predicted for as early as Sunday afternoon may […]
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A second person of interest is being sought in the Aug. 6 murder of a gas station clerk in South Lake Tahoe. The man pictured here was one of the last customers to interact with the clerk prior to him being shot to death. Police say there is nothing to indicate the man is a […]
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