By USSA VAIL – Americans Shaun White (Carlsbad) and Chloe Kim (La Palma) won the top spots in halfpipe on Saturday at the 35th edition of the Burton U.S. Open. Kim continued her dominating season with a run that featured the back-to-back 1080 combination she first put down at the Park City Grand Prix in February, […]
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Built in 1947, the American Legion Hall also served as a venue for teen dances from the 1950s into the late 1960s. The back end of the building had a large auditorium, stage and dance floor, but that part of the roof collapsed under snow load just hours prior to a scheduled school dance on […]
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By Kathryn Reed SPOONER SUMMIT – Sitting on the rocks I wished I were in a chair that spun around so I didn’t have to get up to enjoy the 360-degree view of this slice of Sierra beauty. On this particular Saturday in February we had Marlette Lake to ourselves. It was stunning, warm and […]
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By Dan Walters, Sacramento Bee Democratic legislators and officials, business and labor representatives, and water suppliers took turns Wednesday flailing a November ballot measure that would require voter approval of major state revenue bond issues. If the measure is passed, critics said, using bond financing for critical public works projects, including emergency work after a […]
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By Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times Visitors to Colorado might want to think twice before lighting a joint or biting into a pot brownie, even if it is legal in the Centennial State. A new study in the New England Journal of Medicine finds that out-of-state tourists in Colorado are more likely to end up in the emergency room with symptoms […]
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By Alexei Koseff and Jeremy B. White, Sacramento Bee California legislators accepted at least $612,000 worth of travel last year from non-profit organizations and foreign governments, including lodging, airfare, meals and gifts received while visiting locations from Napa and Newport Beach to Australia and Argentina. Senators took about $199,000 and Assembly members took about $413,000 […]
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By Jason Song, Los Angeles Times Cal State University campuses are under pressure to boost their four-year graduation rates, which in most cases are far below the national average. A new state Legislature bill could make their task easier. If the legislation is adopted, students who agree to take 15 units a semester and maintain […]
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By Mike Dunne, Sacramento Bee Though the San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition in Sonoma County is a strictly all-American show, this year it drew 98 Barbera entries. My panel at the competition tasted just one of the Barberas, Healdsburg’s Portalupi Wine 2013 Amador County Shake Ridge Ranch Barbera ($45), a faithfully vibrant and solidly built […]
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Drivers can expect periodic lane reductions on South Carson Street near the Highway 50 intersection in Carson City starting this spring as roadway drainage, paving and construction at the future intersection begins. The final leg of the Carson City Freeway project is approximately 25 percent complete. More than 650,000 cubic yards of dirt have been excavated […]
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Outdoor adventure photographer and National Geographic cover creator Nick Cahill will take people on photographic journey on March 9. Cahill’s presentation will be part of the Tahoe Art League’s monthly meeting at 6pm at the South Lake Tahoe Senior Center. The presentation will begin at 7pm. Cahill is Force 12 Media’s video and photo guru. He is a self-described adventure […]
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