The biggest news on the football coaching front comes from Washington D.C., where Calvin Coolidge High School named Natalie Randolph as its new varsity coach—the only woman football coach in the U.S. Continue Reading →
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Obese Huntington set to open Jamie Oliver’s kitchen
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The city that the Associated Press labeled the most obese city in America, then found itself as the focus of celebrity chef Jamie Oliver's "Food Revolution," is about to begin its effort in improving its diet. Continue Reading →
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“Goin’ to Vegas” and the dot-com crash
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Living in the middle of the dot-com bubble, 10 years ago today, we all were millionaires. Not really, but we were on the outskirts, and we could see Downtown Millionaireville from where we stood. And then we all went to Vegas. Continue Reading →
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Alzheimer’s hits blacks, Hispanics hardest
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African Americans and American Hispanics are much more likely to develop Alzheimer's disease than U.S. Caucasians, according to a special report from the Alzheimer's Association. Continue Reading →
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Washington, D.C. pushes female condoms
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Women who have been slow to use female condoms to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS are getting help from Washington, D.C., which has begun distributing 500,000 free condoms throughout the city. Continue Reading →
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Psychedelic conference set for California
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A Santa Cruz, Calif.-based non-profit organization has announced plans for a three-day mid-April conference on "Psychedelic Science in the 21st Century." Continue Reading →
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Got wind? Power up that ferry!
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A San Francisco Bay Area start-up has big plans to use the bay's wind to help power a technologically advanced ferry to carry up to 400 passengers to The City in the traffic-plagued metropolis. Continue Reading →
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Pelicans dying off the U.S. West Coast
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For the second straight year, the much-loved California Brown Pelican population is experiencing a mystifying die-off. Continue Reading →
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Annie get yer gun: We’re goin’ campin’!
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As of now, it is perfectly A-OK to pack loaded, concealed guns into most U.S. National Parks and Wildlife Refuges. Congress said so. President Obama concurred. Continue Reading →
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Yosemite’s snow; Yosemite’s woe
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The great news in California's High Sierra this January is that its fabled snowpack, for years underfed by an apparently vengeful Skadi, is almost back to normal after a week of roiling storms left some measuring stations over 100 percent of what is normal for an average April. That means come the spring, the waterfalls tumbling into Yosemite Valley ought to be spectacular — awesome perhaps. That might not be so good for the park. Continue Reading →