By Ben Steverman, Bloomberg Millions of Americans obsess over their careers and fret about saving, terrified they won’t have enough to ever retire. The advice now being offered by some experts may surprise these worried souls: Take months or years off from work, travel the world, and enjoy yourself. There’s prudent logic behind a relaxing midcareer […]
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Barton Health has a variety of classes and events taking place this summer and going into the fall. Some of them include: · Registration for Barton’s Sept. 8 Medical Wilderness Adventure Race (MedWAR) is open until Aug. 15. Go online to register a team of four to compete by paddling, mountain biking and navigating an […]
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By Larry Weitzman It’s been three years and at least 150 cars since I last visited with the Hyundai Sonata Eco. I loved it then and now consider the newest 2018 Sonata Eco to be perhaps the best midsize car in the business. That doesn’t mean it’s the quickest, best handling or best looking, but […]
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Gretel is a very sweet shepherd who is about 16 months old. She is a happy, playful girl, and very smart. She likes other dogs though right now she seems to prefer other girls. Gretel chases birds in the shelter’s yard, so she may not be the best with cats. Gretel is spayed, microchipped, tested […]
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By Larry Weitzman When I last wrote about the Toyota RAV4, it was still trailing the Honda CRV in the very popular compact SUV/CUV category, where the CRV outsold the RAV4 by about 5,000 units in 2016. Bear in mind the CRV was a total redesign for 2016 and the RAV4 was in its third […]
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By John M. Glionna, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY — Wendell Huffman recalls the first time he saw the old train passenger car he considers one of the most significant artifacts in American railroad history. Known as Coach 17, it was sitting in a storage shed at the Nevada State Railroad Museum, collecting dust […]
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By Larry Weitzman Acura’s RLX has been in production for about four years, entering the 2018 model year with a significant face lift giving it an all-new model look. A new front end, hood, sheet metal and rear end has given it a new life and certainly an improved appearance. Most of the mechanicals remain […]
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South Shore author Todd Borg’s latest book in his Owen McKenna Mystery Thriller “Tahoe Skydrop” is out. After murderous thieves steal Tahoe Robotics’ software worth a billion dollars, they kidnap a child who reportedly knows the password. The child’s father contacts Tahoe Detective Owen McKenna. McKenna discovers that the child is being held at a […]
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Now in its third year, Will’s Kids for the Arts is a free art fair for children on the South Shore, featuring arts and crafts booths and a performance by Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival’s D.G. Menchetti Young Shakespeare Program. It will be Aug. 3 from 11am-4pm at Valhalla. There will be an hourlong performance of […]
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By Jordan Cutler-Tietjen, Sacramento Bee In December 2014, Max Brown was picking through an Incline Village dumpster for a community service project when a collection of 1980s cassettes caught his eye. Fancying himself a collector, he pulled them out and inspected them. Then he noticed the substantial pile of worn books buried beneath them. Then […]
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