Los Alamos Eats: Beef And Leaf Review
Key lime margarita and strawberry lemonade. Courtesy photo
Short rib beef empanadas. Courtesy photo
Review by BECKY RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos
Beef and Leaf is the latest offering from Laura Crucet, chef/owner of Pig and Fig and Sugar and Cream. Crucet is an award winning chef with over 25 years of experience. Beef and Leaf is her latest restaurant offering located in Los Alamos in the heart of North Community. She opened Pig and Fig in 2016 and Sugar and Cream in 2023. Beef and Leaf offers an expansive menu of upscale comfort food, and features a full bar.
I visited with my son last week. I strongly recommend Read More
Life After 50: Show Us Your True Colors
By BERNADETTE LAURITZEN
Executive Director
Champions of Youth Ambitions
Champions of Youth Ambitions (C’YA) is asking the community to celebrate on the first Friday in September. The date is the 6th to be precise and many years ago, it was called, “College Day”. We were asked to call it College & Military Day, which helped to demonstrate different paths of education.
I’m not sure what to call it this year, but ask people to show their love of education, in whatever way you see fit. Perhaps you received a welding certificate, became a licensed plumber, massage therapist, cosmetologist, barber Read More
Robinson: Las Cruces’ Sanctioned Homeless Encampment Works
By SHERRY ROBINSON
All She Wrote
© 2024 New Mexico News Services
Since the U.S. Supreme Court blessed local government bans on public camping, many have tried to sweep away their homeless camps. They just pop up again somewhere else, or individuals fan out to new places.
Where are they supposed to go? Courts don’t answer that question. Neither do local governments.
Except Las Cruces, where Camp Hope, a sanctioned homeless encampment, has been thriving for 13 years at no cost to taxpayers. I often wonder why officials of every New Mexico community with a homeless problem haven’t made a pilgrimage Read More
Weekly Fishing Report: Aug. 20, 2024
By GEORGE MORSE
Sports and Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post
After a cool and wet start to August, the weather has changed to hot and dry. Now is a good time to do a little preseason scouting and learning of the Big Game hunting unit you plan on hunting this fall if you were lucky enough to draw a license.
Grouse season begins Sept. 1, so keep an eye out for these birds. They are great eating but can be hard to find. Spotting some before the season starts may help you find a good spot to look for them.
Streamflows have dropped and water temperatures are rising. It is best to limit fishing to early mornings, evening Read More
Hampton: Support Vote For RECA On House Floor
By DAVID HAMPTON
Los Alamos
Downwinders are the residents of the Tularosa Basin, who have experienced, and continue to experience to this day, high levels of cancer, infant mortality, and other ailments, since the world’s first nuclear weapon was detonated near their homes in July 1945. These ailments appear to be associated with the effects of nuclear fallout and exposure to plutonium, and are similar to those experienced from the detonations at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as sites associated with nuclear weapons production.
In spite of their suffering, they were initially excluded Read More
Dannemann: Election Time For PERA Board
By MERILEE DANNEMANN
Triple Spaced Again
© 2024 New Mexico News Services
If you are a retiree from New Mexico state or local government, you probably recently received a letter from PERA telling you about your pension increase starting in July. PERA is the Public Employees Retirement Association, which administers your pension.
You probably also received a packet from PERA inviting you to vote in the PERA board election, which is taking place now by mail. That packet contains a mail-in ballot, which must be received by Sept. 13 to count. You must sign the outer envelope.
Municipal and state employees Read More
Martz: Regarding Detection Of Plutonium Contamination In Soils Around Los Alamos
By JOSEPH MARTZ
Los Alamos
Recent new stories regarding detection of plutonium contamination in soils around Los Alamos have received considerable attention. I have a quite personal interest, as I spent nearly 50 years in Los Alamos, and grew up playing in these canyons. The studies report only the levels measured and leave the most important question unanswered: are these levels a hazard?
As I could find no reporting discussing the actual hazard of this level of contamination, I took the liberty of using the provided data to see if these levels are something I should be concerned about. A bit Read More
