Snowpack The winter of 2012 is off to a dry
start. We'll find out just how dry from the California
Department of Water Resources, which conducted the first
snowpack survey of 2012 this Tuesday. We'll have an update
from Maurice Roos, Chief Hydrologist, Division of
Flood Management for the California Department of Water
Resources. We'll also speak about what the lack of snow means
for tourism and winter sports in the Sierra Nevada mountains with
Andy Chapman, Director of Tourism for the
North Lake Tahoe Resort Association, and we'll find out what
the lack of a snowpack will mean for California farmers with the
Director of Water Resources for the California Farm Bureau Federation, Danny
Merkley.
Love, Sex and the Brain It turns out the
brain is the most important sex organ. A new book explains
how our minds determine when, why and with whom we fall in love,
and the way we love those people. We'll talk about all this
with Judith Horstman, Sacramento author of "The
Scientific American Book of Love, Sex and the Brain."
Book signing at the Rancho Cordova Public Library on Saturday, January
7, at 1:00 pm.
Publish Yourself The Sacramento Public
Library is making it as easy as possible to publish your own book
with the I Street Press Community Writing and Publishing
Center. The center offers writing and publishing classes,
and access to its book printing machine for would-be self
publishing authors. We'll speak with Kate Asche who
helped organize the classes at the center and Rivkah Sass,
Director of the Sacramento Public Library. To
apply for scholarships for the classes click here.
Proud Americans "Proud Americans:
Growing up as Children of Immigrants" The book is a collection of
inspirational stories about people's joys and struggles while
coming of age in the United States. We'll speak with its
author, Sacramento writer, Judie Panneton.
Book signing on January 5th at 7:00pm. At Time
Tested Books on 1114 21st Street, Sacramento.