Jessana Joyce Walker is Barton Memorial Hospital’s first baby of 2018. She was born Jan. 2 at 8:03am; weighing 7 pounds, 11 ounces and measuring 19.5 inches. Her parents are Julia Gomez and Javier Walker of Markleeville. The couple named their daughter Jessana as a blend of their mothers’ names. Jessana is a second generation […]
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By Jane E. Brody, New York Times The potentially harmful effects of loneliness and social isolation on health and longevity, especially among older adults, are well established. For example, in 2013 I reported on research finding that loneliness can impair health by raising levels of stress hormones and inflammation, which in turn can increase the […]
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Longtime South Lake Tahoe local Ronson Sakioka passed away Dec. 21, 2017. He was 64. Ronson was struck by a vehicle in Nevada City after attending the Victorian Christmas Festival with family. He was born and raised in San Jose. When he was in his early 20s he went skiing in South Lake Tahoe and […]
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El Dorado County youth in grades 8-12 are invited to participate in the Teen Court program. Training is mandatory for all new and returning participants. Training will be Jan. 17 from 6-8pm at El Dorado County Superior Court, 495 Main St. in Placerville. Students are asked to arrive no later than 5:30pm. After completing training, […]
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By Aaron Gulley, Outside In these days of constant work and connection, taking time to do nothing is one of the most difficult agenda items. But it’s more important than ever. In Artemis, our Airstream, Jen and I have put thousands of miles of road beneath us since August, crisscrossing the Rockies again and again. […]
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By Bruce Fessier, Desert Sun Twenty years ago this week, Sonny Bono went missing at Heavenly Mountain Resort. He was a Palm Springs icon, born Salvatore Phillip Bono to a Sicilian peasant and a second-generation Italian-American whose marriage was arranged when his mother was 14. In Washington, D.C., he was the Honorable Sonny Bono, Republican […]
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What is dark matter? This elusive “stuff” makes up a quarter of the universe. Marusa Bradac on Feb. 8 will talk about research on the composition of the universe, properties of dark matter, and the latest discoveries about the universe’s past. Bradac, originally from Slovenia, is a physics professor at UC Davis. The tools of […]
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By Spencer Jakab, Wall Street Journal For anyone who has gotten stuck on a mountain road behind a massive recreational vehicle, get used to it, there are a lot more on the highway. Recreational vehicles, ranging from bus-sized motor homes to retro trailers, have been a boom-and-bust industry since they first became popular in the […]
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By Patti Neighmond, NPR Enough already with the activity trackers and fitness apps. They’re so 2017. If you’re tired of tech and of exercising solo and are ready to simplify your routine — maybe even join a group exercise class — you’ll be in good company this new year. The latest annual survey of fitness […]
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Lake Tahoe News has launched an online book club in the hopes of getting more people to read. It will also give people the opportunity to “talk” about the book via the comments. Questions will be asked and ideally a “dialogue” will follow much in the same way an in-person book club would work. Anyone […]
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