By USSA BOKWANG, South Korea – Americans dominated at the official Olympic snowboarding slopestyle test event for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Games, where Brock Crouch (Mammoth Lakes) took the win for his first career World Cup podium and Jamie Anderson (Meyers) won for the women. Karly Shorr (Milford, Mich.) earned her third World Cup podium […]
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Kingsbury Grade in 1951 was barely one lane wide and entirely unpaved, with treacherous turns. It was closed in winter. Kingsbury Grade on the Carson Valley side was paved and mostly rerouted by the early 1970s. — Bill Kingman
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Publisher’s note: This is one in a series of stories about Park City, Utah. By Kathryn Reed PARK CITY – With a ski-in distillery, food as satisfying as high-end big city restaurants, along with casual hangouts, it would be hard to be hungry or thirsty in Park City. It’s also easy to leave with a […]
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By Joe Mathews California teachers, you should be showing your students more movies. And not for babysitting purposes. As our state considers new frameworks for how history and social science are taught, now is the time to incorporate that signature California art—film— into classes at every grade level. Movies should be placed at the center […]
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By Lydia Mulvany, BloombergBusiness The cheese police are on the case. Acting on a tip, agents of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration paid a surprise visit to a cheese factory in rural Pennsylvania on a cold November day in 2012. They found what they were looking for: evidence that Castle Cheese Inc. was doctoring […]
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To the community, A group of family members and friends of Agi Gaura hosted a Bread & Broth Adopt A Day of Nourishment in her memory on Feb. 15. Gaura, a longtime resident of South Lake Tahoe, passed away several months ago and her former co-workers from Harrah’s-Harveys casinos wanted to honor her memory by […]
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California State Parks, Nevada Division of Forestry and U.S Forest Service may continue prescribed fire operations beginning Feb. 22. On the East Shore, operations may take place near Logan Shoals Vista Point, Spooner Summit and Sand Harbor. On the South Shore, operations may take place near Eagle Point Campground, Spring Creek and Panther Road. On […]
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The South Lake Tahoe Library is starting a Lego Robotics Club where children ages 10-14 can build and program robots. This program will run for five sessions. Each session will build from the previous one so its important to attend all of them. They will be March 19, March 26, April 9, April 16 and April 30 from […]
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By Lisa Lerer and Ken Thomas, AP Hillary Clinton edged out Bernie Sanders on Saturday in Nevada’s caucuses, capitalizing on a more diverse Democratic electorate to propel her to a crucial win in her presidential bid. In Nevada, thousands packed schools, casinos and hotels to vote, including scores of first-time caucus-goers who favored Sanders. The […]
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Search and rescue crews are working in the Inspiration Point area by Emerald Bay looking for a woman from Zephyr Cove who has been missing since Feb. 15. The vehicle belonging to Carolyn Batchelor was found by the California Highway Patrol on Friday. No one was in the vehicle. Highway 89 was closed for a […]
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