Alpenglow Sports in Tahoe City will host “Dirtbag, the Legend of Fred Beckey” on March 24 at 7pm. The evening will consist of a screening of the award-winning film “Dirtbag” and free catered food from Café Zenon. The film will be followed by a question and answer session with local climbers Dave Nettle and Todd […]
Read more
Lake Tahoe South Shore Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a nine-day trip to northern Italy starting Oct. 15. The trip is $3,399 if booked by March 31. Details will be presented at an informational session on April 3 from 5:30-7pm at the chamber office in Stateline. Attendees will hear from travel expert Oliver Bergeron with […]
Read more
By Michael Scott Davidson, Las Vegas Review-Journal Former state Sen. Mark Manendo sexually harassed more than a dozen women over his years in the Nevada Legislature, leading to his resignation. The transgressions were documented in a $67,000 taxpayer-funded investigation, but the public can’t see the report. Former Henderson Police Chief Patrick Moers retired with full […]
Read more
· Former El Dorado County Superior Court Judge Steve Bailey has responded to allegations of misconduct. Here are his answers. · Sara Colborn is now principal of Truckee Elementary School. · The Zephyr Cove Library is hosting a movie program on March 17 at 2pm. “Matilda” (rated PG) will be shown on a big screen […]
Read more
El Dorado County will have three new elected officials this year. Recorder-Clerk Bill Schultz announced last year he would be retiring when his term expires. Also not filing for the June election are the surveyor and treasurer/tax collector. This means the filing deadline for those three seats has been extended to March 14 at 5pm. […]
Read more
Olympic champion Jamie Anderson of Meyers took the victory – her seventh U.S. Open title – to lead three U.S. Snowboard Team riders onto the podium in the slopestyle finals at the Burton U.S. Open in Vail on Friday. Due to high winds, competitors voted to cancel the women’s slopestyle finals and let the semi-final […]
Read more
By Kathryn Reed CARSON CITY – We were held captive on our hike at Prison Hill. Captive by the beauty and number of trails we could explore. It was a first for the three of us to experience this section of Carson City. There are so many trails in the Prison Hill Recreation Area and […]
Read more
By Latria Graham, Outside If you’ve ever seen a pro men’s cycling race, you know the image: a lycra-clad athlete clambers onto the stage flanked by two beautiful women—so-called “podium girls”—in slinky dresses and heels. As he accepts his flowers and a signature colored jersey, he receives a kiss on both cheeks from his female escorts. […]
Read more
By Sami Emory, Outside It’s a bright winter morning and Bob Coomber, better known as 4WheelBob, is taking it slow up a trail in Redwood Regional Park, near Oakland. His gloved hands keep tireless pace with each other on the wheels of his wheelchair. His long, sinewy arms tense and twist in response to every […]
Read more
By Jane Braxton Little, Sacramento Bee State wildlife biologists researching the rare Sierra Nevada red fox have been trying to capture one for over a decade. On Tuesday, they caught the second one in three weeks. A nearly nine-pound female walked into a box trap near Manzanita Lake in Lassen Volcanic National Park. She joins […]
Read more