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Lifestyles
Study Finds Drivers With Child Passengers At Significantly Higher Risk Of Fatal Crashes
PIRE News:
A new study from the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation (PIRE), the University of Connecticut, and Bates College finds that adult drivers with child passengers are significantly more likely than those without child passengers to be involved in fatal crashes.
The research was funded by a grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.
In specific, the results of this important driver safety research show that:
- Childhood crash exposure when traveling with an adult driver is low: 0.78 percent of vehicle miles traveled by adults included a child
Atomic City Transit Peak Services Suspended On Dec. 12
ACT News:
Atomic City Transit (ACT) Peak Service on Routes 1 and 6 will be suspended starting Monday, Dec. 12 until further notice.
All other transit service will remain unchanged.
Call the ACT office at 505.661.RIDE (7433) for any additional information or use the ACTracker to locate bus routes in real-time.
For specific route service schedules, visit the website. Read More
Christian Science Society Christmas Sale Underway At 800 Trinity Dr.
Christian Science Society News:
On a snowy winter’s night 150 years ago, a woman took a fall on an icy sidewalk in Lynn, Mass. Her condition was such that she was taken to a nearby home and a doctor called. A frail woman, she’d been an invalid off and on throughout her 45 years on earth. The doctor wasn’t hopeful about her recovery. So, this woman asked for a Bible. It was natural for her to turn to the Scriptures. Her mother had taught her when she was a child that she could look to the God who is love and the Bible for comfort and inspiration.
The woman read an account of one of Christ Jesus’ healings and she Read More
China Moon/Red Dragon Bowl To Close Business
Staff Report
After more than 20 years of running a small business in Los Alamos, the owners have decided to hang up their aprons and close the doors to China Moon/Red Dragon Bowl.
“My family and I own China Moon/Red Dragon Bowl and Los Alamos has been home to our family for many years,” Daphne Chham told the Los Alamos Daily Post.
Chham had decided to pursue a higher education and pave a new career path, she said.
The last day China Moon/Red Dragon Bowl will be open for business is Dec. 24.
“I would like the customers to know we are closing to allow them a chance to visit and support us for the last time,” Chham Read More
Mountaineers Celebrate The Year’s Adventures Dec. 14
Lana Martin will speak about ‘Hiking the Fisherman’s Trail in Portugal’. Fishermen’s Trail is an extensive network of stunning hiking trails throughout southern Portugal featuring magnificent scenery, excellent weather, and affordable accommodation. She followed the incredible Atlantic coastline all the way from Porto Covo to Lagos. Courtesy/LAM
Back side of Annapurna from Manang. John Sarracino will speak about the Annapurna area, past and present. In 2022, he returned to the area where he was a Peace Corps volunteer in the 1960s. He and companions took jeeps most of the way and then Read More
DHS Announces REAL ID Enforcement Extended Until 2025 Due To Lingering Impacts Of COVID-19
SUPU News:
SANTA FE — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced Monday the enforcement of the REAL ID Act will be extended again for 24 months – pushing the implementation date to May 3, 2025.
DHS is citing the lingering impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic as the reason for the extension, stating: “REAL ID progress over the past two years has been significantly hindered by state driver’s licensing agencies having to work through the backlogs created by the pandemic.”
This announcement comes 6 months before the previously set deadline of May 2023.
“It has been 14 years since the original Read More
Traffic Camera Installation At Trinity Intersection Dec. 8
COUNTY News:
Los Alamos County has announced that traffic electricians will be installing new traffic cameras at the intersection of Trinity Drive on the southwest corner of the intersection at Diamond Drive.
Work will begin 8 a.m. and run through 4 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 8.
The turn/accel lane leading from west Trinity Drive heading south onto Diamond Drive will be closed. Vehicle traffic will need to make a right turn at the intersection onto Diamond Drive.
Northbound pedestrian traffic (on the west side of Diamond Drive) will need to cross at the crosswalk at West Road at Diamond Drive, and cross Read More
Ark Hosts Holiday Christmas Program Dec. 19-23
UCLA Thrift Shop Thanks Community For Generosity
‘Everything Christmas’ sale organizers Zena Thomas and Norma Puckett
UCLA News:
Organizers of the United Church of Los Alamos (UCLA) Thrift Shop “Everything Christmas” sale held Saturday morning thank the community for its participation.
“The sale was a high success, and all proceeds go to charities located in Northern New Mexico,” Zena Thomas and Norma Puckett said.
The Women’s Christian Service Society of the church wants the generous people and friends in Los Alamos to know that “thanks to their support many will have a better Christmas”.
Located on Canyon Road across from the Nature Center, Read More