Police Surround LANB in White Rock
Los Alamos Police vehicles are out in force at Los Alamos National Bank in White Rock and throughout the area following a bank robbery there this afternoon. FBI agents have taken over the case and are on scene. Photo by Rebekah Valentine
Police will be out in force around White Rock and near Pinon and Chamisa Elementary Schools while the hunt is underway for the woman suspected of robbing Los Alamos National Bank in White Rock this afternoon. Photo by Rebekah Valentine Read More
FBI Takes Over Local Bank Robbery Case
LAPD News:
Los Alamos Police have handed off this afternoon’s bank robbery case of the Los Alamos National Bank in White Rock to the FBI, which is standard procedure.
The latest information obtained by the Los Alamos Daily Post is that the suspect is described as a 5’4” Hispanic woman, mid 20-40 years of age with a blue star tattoo on her face and wearing a black sweatshirt with logo on it.
Children Remain Inside White Rock’s Chamisa and Pinon Schools While Police Hunt Bank Robber
LAPS News:
Both Chamisa Elementary School and Pinon Elementary School in White Rock will keep students in school until parents/guardians pick them up this afternoon.
“In cooperation with local police, we are following this procedure as a safety precaution as they continue their investigation of a bank robbery suspect (s) potentially in the area,” from a statement released by Los Alamos Public Schools.
LAPS said that police patrols have been beefed up in the area around the schools and there will be an increased police presence at the schools while parents pick up their Read More
Breaking News: Police Hunt Woman Suspected of Robbing White Rock LANB
(Update 3:10pm with updated suspect description)
LAPD News:
Early police reports indicate that a robbery occurred this afternoon at Los Alamos National Bank in White Rock.
The suspect is believed to be a female Hispanic, 5′ 4″ and wearing Black sweat shirt, gray pants, Logo on shirt, has Blue Star Tattoo on face. Age: mid 20 to 40.
She was last seen headed toward Smith’s Food and Drug Center on Sherwood Boulevard carrying about $4,000 in cash from the bank in a plastic bag.
Details may change on this developing story so check back for updates. Read More
Voting Ends at 7 p.m. Today!
Los Alamos resident Steve Ciddio walks toward the Los Alamos Community Building where voting is underway until 7 p.m. today as well as at Fire Station 3 in White Rock. Photo by Carol A. CLark/ladailypost.com
Staff report
Voters registered in Los Alamos County have until 7 p.m. today, Feb. 5, to cast a ballot for the 2013 Los Alamos School Board/UNM-LA Advisory Board Election.
Voting is underway at the Los Alamos Community Building at 20th Street and Central Avenue and in White Rock at Fire Station 3 on N.M. 4 just beyond Rover Boulevard.
Vote for one candidate in each District for the LAPS School Board: Read More
Bonnie Gordon Joins Los Alamos Daily Post
Bonnie J. Gordon has joined the Los Alamos Daily Post as lifestyles editor. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Staff report
Thanks to overwhelming community support, the Los Alamos Daily Post is growing in readership and revenues every day and is pleased to announce an important addition to its news team.
Longtime Los Alamos resident Bonnie J. Gordon has joined the online newspaper as lifestyles editor.
“Bonnie is well known and respected throughout the local artistic community,” Publisher Carol A. Clark said. “She is a talented writer whose experience reviewing Read More
Food on the Hill: Cooking for Valentine’s Day
This week’s recipe:
Cherry Chocolate Cake
For Valentine’s Day (next two weeks) I am going to have recipes in that ANYONE can cook. I feel it is very important that you show the people that you love (Sweethearts, Family, and Friends) that you think they are important. Surprise your loved ones with a great dinner.
Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.comIngrediants…
Cake
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Devil’s food cake mix
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2 eggs
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1 teaspoon almond extract
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1 pound 5 oz cherry pie filling (strawberry can also be used)
Frosting
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1/3 cup milk
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1 cup sugar
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5 Tablespoons butter
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6 – 7 oz chocolate chips
Cake
PhotoLAHS College Signing Date Changed
LAHS News:
Los Alamos High School athlete Zak Kennison’s signing a National Letter of Intent with Colorado Mesa University, in Grand Junction, Colo., is being changed to 11:25 a.m. Friday, instead of Wednesday.
Joining Kennison will be Sean Reardon who will sign with Adams State University.
Both young men are going on to participate in Cross Country and Track.
Lecture Examines Seven LANL Explosive Fatalities
Cary Skidmore. Courtesy photo
By Kirsten Laskey
In 1954, seven workers in Los Alamos lost their lives as a result of three high explosive accidents.
It is not a well-known event. In fact, at the time, even the workers’ families were not given a lot of information.
Times have changed, however, and Cary Skidmore, a group leader for the Explosives Division at Los Alamos National Laboratory, is sharing the story with the public.
Skidmore will present “The Seven LANL Explosives Fatalities: Technical and Human Perspective,” as part of the Los Alamos Historical Society’s lecture series.
The free talk Read More
Take a Peek at Hitchcock’s ‘Rear Window’ This Week
Grace Kelly and James Stewart in ‘Rear Window.’ Courtesy photo
Review by Kelly Dolejsi
We never know what’s really happening behind closed doors, or even wide open windows.
But that’s never stopped us humans from drawing our own conclusions about other people’s lives, in which we are sometimes much more interested than our own.
The 1954 Alfred Hitchcock classic “Rear Window” is not only a “who dunnit?” but a “did anyone do it?” And even the “it” is ambiguous. Was there a murder? Or did a lady take a train? Is a man a killer, or simply in sales? And what’s going on with the little dog, anyhow? Read More
NM Delegation Introduces Mining Cleanup Legislation
CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION News:
- Bill Would Allow States to Access Funding for Reclamation of Abandoned Uranium and other Mines
WASHINGTON D.C. – New Mexico Congressional Delegation members Sen. Tom Udall, Sen. Martin Heinrich, Rep. Ben Ray Luján and Rep. Steve Pearce, introduced legislation Monday in the United States Senate and House to help state and tribal governments complete high-priority uranium mine cleanup projects.
SFI Seminar: Shared Information — New Insights and Problems in Decomposing Information in Complex System
Eckehard Olbrich
SFI News:
The Santa Fe Institute presents a SFI Seminar by Eckehard Olbrich, Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, at 12:15 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 7 in the Collins Conference Room at 1399 Hyde Park Road in Santa Fe.
Olbrich’s seminar is titled “Shared Information — New Insights and Problems in Decomposing Information in Complex System.”
Abstract: How can the information that a set of random variables contains about another random variable be decomposed? To what extent do different subgroups provide the same, i.e. shared or redundant, Read More
DNA and Quantum Dots: All That Glitters is Not Gold
The NIST team explored the behavior of quantum dots and gold nanoparticles placed in different configurations on small rectangular constructs made of self-assembled DNA. Laser light (green) allowed the team to explore changes in the fluorescent lifetime of the quantum dots when close to gold particles of different sizes. Courtesy/NIST
NIST News:
A team of researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has shown that by bringing gold nanoparticles close to the dots and using a DNA template to control the distances, the intensity of a quantum dot’s fluorescence Read More
Los Alamos Daily Post Awarded 2013 Small Business of the Year
U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, center, with members of the Los Alamos Daily Post news team Friday, from left, Reporter Kirsten Laskey, Publisher Carol A. Clark, Lifestyles Editor Bonnie J. Gordon and Webmaster/Reporter Greg Kendall. Courtesy photo
LACDC News:
The Los Alamos Commerce & Development Corporation (LACDC) has selected the Los Alamos Daily Post online newspaper as its Small Business of the Year for 2013.
“We are pleased to announce that the Los Alamos Daily Post will be recognized as our 2013 Success Client," LACDC Executive Director Kevin Holsapple said. "Carol Read More
Heinrich Calls for Sufficient DOE Cleanup Funding
Sen. Martin Heinrich with President Barack Obama in January. Courtesy/U.S. Senate
U.S. SENATE News:
Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M. together with Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., sent a letter to President Obama today calling for sufficient funding for DOE’s Defense Environmental Cleanup program in FY2014.
Heinrich asked the president to consider funding two projects that he said are of particular importance to New Mexico.
“We urge you to request $225 million for environmental cleanup for Los Alamos National Laboratory and $222 million to operate and maintain the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Read More
World War II Role of Oak Ridge National Laboratory Featured in Second 70th Anniversary Lecture
Y12-142: Calutron Girls shown operating the electromagnetic separation units (Calutrons.) Gladys Owens, right, said hair pins would fly out of her hair and stick to the equipment because of the high level of magnetism in the room. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
- Shared national security mission with Los Alamos highlighted
Los Alamos National Laboratory continues its 70th anniversary lecture series at the Bradbury Science Museum at 5:30 p.m., Feb. 13 with a talk by Y-12 National Security Complex historian Ray Smith about that laboratory’s role during World War II and the shared national security Read More
Los Alamos Historical Society Archives Closed for Move
LAHS News:
The Los Alamos Historical Society Archives are closed in preparation for a move, tentatively scheduled for April.
The Los Alamos Historical Museum will remain open during its regular hours, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and 1-4 p.m. Sunday.
The archives are closed in order to more than 1,800 linear feet of documents and photographs along with more than 20,000 items from Fuller Lodge and the Community Building to the new, purpose-built facility that is part of the new Municipal Building.
The Historical Society is asking that donors hold on to items Read More
Los Alamos Police Blotter: Jan. 24 to Jan. 30, 2013
The following information is provided by the Los Alamos Police Department.
Neither arrests nor charges indicate a conviction, and neither means that a person is guilty of the charges filed against them.
Jan. 24 at 10:07 p.m. / A 71-year-old Los Alamos man reported he was the victim of larceny in the 600 block of La Bajada. The estimated loss is less than $2,500.
Jan. 24 at 10:33 a.m. / Los Alamos Public Schools reported that it was the victim of larceny at 2101 Hawk Dr. The estimated loss is less than $500.
ISAAC PEARSON
Jan. 24 at 12:20 a.m. / Police arrested Isaac Pearson, 40, of Los Alamos near West Jemez Read More
The Laboratory at 70: A Proud History, Leaning Forward to Shape the Future
LANL Director’s ColumnSeventy years ago on the Pajarito Plateau, the U.S. Army and the University of California joined together to undertake perhaps the most influential effort of the 20th century: the Manhattan Project.
The Project accomplished what it set out to do and gave birth to transformational technologies not only in national security, but in many areas which affect our daily lives. For example, in 1948, work began on the MANIAC computer, one of the first electronic, digital computers. MANIAC’s descendants are now everywhere—in our smart phones, tablets, Read More
New Eatery Offers Creole, Cajun and Down Home Food
Creole Nouvelle co-owner Esther Lucchini inside her new restaurant at 1793 Deacon St. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
By Carol A. Clark
After working in Los Alamos for LANL contractor Canberra Industries for several years, Peter Lucchini suggested to his wife Esther that the town could benefit from a different type of restaurant.
“Peter loves creole food and had a good friend who was a chef in the Louisiana/Mississippi area who was willing to move out here,” Esther Lucchini said. “So we decided to open Creole Nouvelle with the goal of providing the community with Read More