Women’s History Month, now celebrated annually in the United States, grew out of a weeklong celebration of women’s contributions to culture, history and society organized by the school district of Sonoma, California, in 1979. The idea quickly caught on within communities, schools and organizations across the country. In 1981, the U.S CongressREAD MORE

Truckee's Errol Kerr, racing for Jamaica, finishes ninth in inaugural Olympic skiercross

“Today is the day,” Errol Kerr posted on his Facebook page Sunday morning. “It's moments in life like this that I was born for.”

Hours later, after his qualifying runs for the inaugural Olympic men's skiercross at Cypress Mountain, Kerr checked his ..   READ MORE

Errol Kerr, born to an American mother (former ski racer) and a Jamaican father. Errol grew up a dual citizen between Lake Tahoe, where he moved with his mother as a child, and Westmoreland, Jamaica.

Kerr is preparing to make history while taking nothing for granted. He spends his days training at Alpine Meadows, a resort at Lake Tahoe that has sponsored him, and in his mot..   READ MORE

The Apple Macintosh computer turns 26 years old.

"Apple debuted the Mac during the third quarter of the Super Bowl XVIII in January 1984 with an unforgettable $1.5 million commercial - considered to be a masterpiece in the advertising world.

According to Wikipedia, the commercial “used an unnamed heroine to represent the coming of the Macintosh as a means o..   READ MORE