By Jane Hodgins A 79-year-old collection of fungal cultures and the U.S. Forest Service’s Northern Research Stationare part of a team that will sequence 1,000 fungal genomes in the next five years. Dan Lindner, a research plant pathologist with the Northern Research Station’s Center for Forest Mycology Research (CFMR), is one of 13 scientists participating […]
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Recurring hip issues are forcing Julia Mancuso back to the operating table and out of competition for this season. Mancuso, who trains at Squaw Valley, skipped the World Cup opener last month in hopes the hip would get better. It was aggravated last December when she fell on her right side in a giant slalom race in […]
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Donner Ski Ranch expects to be a multi-season resort – again. The resort had lift-access mountain biking in 1992 and plans to do so again starting in 2016. Trails were already being established this summer at the resort off Interstate 80. Five are planned for next year, with more possible. The trails will cater to […]
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By Peter Fimrite and Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle The poisoning of Dungeness crab off the California coast by a mysterious algae bloom may be bad news for the seafood industry, but to marine biologists and climate scientists, it is a frightening omen of future distress to a vibrant ecosystem. Experts say the toxin in […]
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To the community, Mt. Tallac High School would like to thank Maureen and Steve Froyum, John Marchini, and Jose Reza from South Tahoe Refuse for carrying 40-pound plus backpacks with food to Cathedral Lake on Oct. 27 to prepare a hot good lunch for the students of Mt. Tallac High School. After our amazing lunch […]
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Two weeks before the Polar Express takes its first ride from Carson City to the completely reimagined North Pole aboard the Virginia & Truckee Railroad 88 percent of tickets have already been sold. The seven-week schedule, Nov. 19 to Dec. 22, features 12 rides per weekend. Now in its fifth season, the all-ages holiday train will […]
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Students at Zephyr Cove and Whittell High schools will be picked up at only the main bus stops today because of the snow. Washoe County schools are on a two-hour delay. No other schools in the basin are reporting impacts to the school day because of the snow. — Lake Tahoe News staff report
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By Kathryn Reed Lake Tahoe Unified School District faces a lawsuit stemming from an incident at Tahoe Valley Elementary School that nearly killed a student. Todd and Marisela Aguilar on behalf of their daughter, Crystal, who is now a sixth-grader at South Tahoe Middle School, are suing the district, TVES and Grace Magnussen. Magnussen was […]
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By Ben Backes, Brookings Brief In the coming months, the Supreme Court will consider—again—whether UT Austin’s use of racial preferences in undergraduate admissions decisions violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. In 2013, the Supreme Court ruled that the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals had failed to apply strict scrutiny in affirming UT […]
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The Nov. 12 opening of Alpine Meadows is one the earliest dates this resort has ever opened. Sister resort Squaw Valley will start spinning lifts Nov. 14. Both dates are much sooner than originally planned because of the snow that keeps falling in Lake Tahoe. The North Shore resorts have received more than 2 feet […]
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