Stormwater in the area of El Dorado Trail near the end of Stage Court in Placerville has tested for high levels of alkaline. The county has placed a warning sign and temporary caution tape at the site. In addition, a temporary fence has been erected to deter the public from coming into contact with the water. The […]
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Jamie Anderson of Meyers duplicated her 2015 X Games accomplishment by taking home of the silver Friday in snowboard slopestyle. This is her 11th X Games and her 11th medal. Anderson, who rides for Sierra-at-Tahoe, scored a 89 Jan. 29, two points behind winner Spencer O’Brien of Canada. Taking third at the Aspen, Colo., competition […]
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By Michael Doyle, McClatchy Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — The U.S. Forest Service apparently overpaid for fighting some of California’s biggest wildland fires and was saddled with too many of the toughest areas to work in, federal investigators now say. Citing expenditures that “may have been questionable and unreasonable,” the Agriculture Department’s Office of Inspector General […]
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Longtime Lake Tahoe resident Malcolm Pribyl died Jan. 19, 2016. He was 69. Pribyl graduated from Tracy High School and UC Davis. After serving in the military he move to South Lake Tahoe. During his years in Tahoe he worked as a casino employee, an executive with the Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority, and as an independent […]
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Amateur dancers have five weeks to prepare for the annal Dancing with the Tahoe Stars fundraiser for Tahoe Arts Project. Much like the TV show, the locals are paired with professionals. The event is March 5 at 6:30pm at MontBleu in Stateline. The dancers are: Physician Kelly Shanahan and Rainer Herm — disco. CrossFit trainer […]
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By Chris Murray, Reno Gazette-Journal An injured shoulder kept Reno’s David Wise from making a legitimate run at another X Games gold. Wise, competing with a grade II AC joint sprain/separation in his shoulder that he suffered a week ago, wasn’t able to get in his groove Thursday night in the Ski SuperPipe in Aspen. The […]
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By Associated Press SACRAMENTO — California on Wednesday became the first state to set energy efficiency standards for household LEDs and smaller track-lighting-style light bulbs — a move that could save consumers billions in utility bills and prompt lawmakers and manufacturers to adopt them nationwide. The California Energy Commission approved new requirements for general purpose […]
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By Jessie Marchesseau A World War II memorial would never have made the list of places Jan Potter wanted to see while visiting India. It probably wouldn’t have even made the list of things she knew existed in India. But it does, and when she visited it in the small northeastern village, she was surprisingly […]
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By Sam Daley-Harris When the nation’s political discussion drives one to despair it helps to find a quote that puts the craziness into perspective. This quote from a New York Times column by Frank Rich eight years ago does that for me: Last weekend a new….poll found that the Democratic-controlled Congress and Mr. Bush are both roundly […]
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By Dave McIntyre, Washington Post “Let’s go dig a hole!” Ernest “Bubba” Beasley grabbed an auger and led the way along the vine rows. We were at Pollak Vineyards in Greenwood, Va., west of Charlottesville, on a sweltering summer day last July. Beasley, a geologist, and Lucie Morton, a viticulturist, wanted to show me their […]
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