By Will Sleigh, Onboard Snowboarding The final day couldn’t have been any better. The sun was shining, the tunes were blasting, the course was looking primed, the crowds had gathered Jan. 23 to watch the finest slopestyle riders on the planet throw down. In the women’s competition Jamie Anderson of Meyers was on fire from the […]
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Larry King’s “In View” segment about Lake Tahoe Unified School District has been released. The school board last year agreed to spend $27,900 on the venture. Besides being aired on national television, the district will be left with professional footage that it may use in other venues as a marketing component.
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Patty Olson has been a South Shore resident since 1950. This above photo hangs on the wall in the area of her living room which at one time housed the Bijou Market, South Shore’s first market. It also was C.H. Parrish’s Bijou House, offering meals for 50 cents, lodging for 30 cents, and a bar. Olson believes […]
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Whether it’s the grandeur of Mother Nature, or history encapsulated in monuments and battlefields, or wildlife roaming free the National Park Service is there to remind us of our past and future. It is easy to understand how the Park Service is about our past, especially when looking east toward the National Mall or south […]
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Two Northern California men were apprehended Saturday morning after leading officers on a chase that nearly resulted in them freezing to death in a remote area of El Dorado County. Tristen Crossland, 30, a parolee from Eureka, and Derek Dion, 32, a probationer from Hayfork who had four warrants for his arrest, were taken to […]
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By Daniel Neman, St. Louis Dispatch Imagine the exciting world of 1900. Dresses were more daring, and by 1910 hemlines would rise almost all the way to the ankle. William McKinley was re-elected president, though he would not be destined to serve long. The Wright Brothers conquered the air in 1903. The world of art […]
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By Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union Tribune Mountain biker Damian Hiley was hours into a Saturday ride on a West Sycamore Canyon trail in Scripps Ranch — one he’s been excited to try out for some time — when he and his cycling group came upon a man standing in the middle of the trail, […]
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Bottled water will no longer be available at Squaw Valley or Alpine Meadows ski resorts. Guests may buy reusable water bottles at the resorts an then use one of the new 20 water refill stations. “This initiative aims to inspire guests to rethink their daily habits by choosing reusable products over single-use items, while reducing the total […]
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By Patrick McGreevy, Los Angeles Times Faced with plummeting gasoline tax revenue, state transportation officials have announced plans to cut funding for road and transit projects by $754 million over the next five years, the greatest reduction in two decades. The 38 percent decrease was approved by the California Transportation Commission on Thursday, the same […]
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· Soroptimist International of South Lake Tahoe honored 10 Young Women of Distinction on Jan. 20, six from South Tahoe High School and four from Whittell High School. They were recognized for their academic achievements as well as their volunteer activities at school and in the community. · Truckee River Watershed Council received a $607,889 […]
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