Auditions for Missoula Children’s Theatre production of “The Jungle Book” are Jan. 12 at Sierra House Elementary School’s multipurpose room from 4-6pm. Plan to stay for the full two hours. Some of the cast members will be asked to stay for a rehearsal immediately following the auditions. Auditions are free. If cast, there is a […]
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By Leona Allen The Tahoe Fire and Fuels Team would like to remind everyone that extra precautions need to be taken while traveling during the winter. Along with potential hazardous road conditions, motorists can expect extreme delays due to snow conditions or accidents. We recommend following these tips to ensure a safe trip to your […]
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By Anita Creamer, Sacramento Bee At the barbershop on Florin Road where he works, Chris Matsumoto was trimming a customer’s hair one day in 2006. He’d taken time off work a couple of weeks earlier after having dizzy spells. Suddenly, the severe dizziness returned. “I got dizzy again, so dizzy,” he said. “And then I […]
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By KCRA-TV OAKLAND — Safeway Inc. has agreed to pay nearly $10 million in civil penalties to settle a environmental protection lawsuit filed in Oakland alleging that the grocery store chain failed to properly dispose of hazardous waste at more than 500 California facilities over seven years. The San Francisco and Alameda County district attorney’s […]
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Tahoe freeskier Meghan Kelly will talk this month about her 2014 sailing and skiing expedition that began in Iceland and finished along the rugged southwest coast of Greenland. The trip was created in cooperation with the Climate Reality Project and Polar Bears International in order to document the severe climate change of the region. Along the […]
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The Tahoe Derby Dames, theSouth Lake Tahoe’s all-female amateur flat track roller derby league, is looking for skaters for its eighth season. All skating abilities are invited. The Dames offer general training for the new-on-your-skates to the well seasoned derby girl transferring to the lake. Practices are coed (offering everyone the chance to skate) while […]
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By Jeff DeLong, Reno Gazette-Journal That Christmas visitor to Troy Brown’s place wasn’t Santa, it was a bear. And that bear captured by wildlife officials in South Reno, like another in the same spot six days before, was demonstrating behavior noted by wildlife experts for more than a decade now – at a time of […]
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By Ski Racing SOELDEN, Austria – The U.S. Ski Team is mourning the loss of two promising development level ski racers killed Monday morning in an avalanche in Soelden. The two were among a group of six athletes freeskiing at the Austrian resort. The other four skied out of the slide and were not injured. […]
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El Dorado County has launched a website to provide people with interactive maps, news, events and alerts about trails and parklands. ParkWatchReport also has a tool for reporting illegal activity, conflicts, safety hazards and/or maintenance issues. To make a report a user must log in and cannot report information anonymously. The website went live in December. […]
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By Candice Choi, AP NEW YORK — Fast-food chains have a New Year’s resolution: Drop the junk. As people express distaste for food they think is overly processed, McDonald’s, Taco Bell and other chains are trying to shed their reputation for serving reheated meals that are loaded with chemicals. That includes rethinking the use of […]
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