By Jason Green, Bay Area News Group Detectives have arrested a 34-year-old San Jose man suspected of exposing himself to more than half a dozen children in Santa Clara and at ski resorts in the Lake Tahoe area. Santa Clara police kicked off an investigation on July 17 after a man reportedly called a 9-year-old […]
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By Amy Graff, San Francisco Chronicle Lake Tahoe is brimming, nearly full for the first time in 11 years. On July 9, the lake level peaked at 6,229 feet, a hair shy of 6,229.1 feet above sea level, the point when it reaches full capacity. The last time it reached near full capacity was 11 […]
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Reno 1868 FC midfielder Matheus Silva on Saturday returned to Greater Nevada Field for the first time since nearly drowning at Zephyr Cove on July 4. Silva met with the people who helped pull him from the water and received a standing ovation from the Greater Nevada Field crowd. Head coach Ian Russell said, “I […]
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· Need to know where the breweries are on the South Shore? Check out this map. · Campfires will be banned at the Bear River Park and Campground in Placer County from July 24-Oct. 1 to reduce the risk of wildfires. · Homewood Mountain Resort and its sister resort Red Lodge Mountain in Montana have partnered with […]
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By Kathryn Reed California and Colorado-based Vail Resorts on Tuesday each took significant steps in the fight against climate change. Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation to extend the state’s cap-and-trade program to 2030. The legislation, which gives companies incentives to pollute less, was set to expire in 2020. Vail Resorts is implementing a plan at […]
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By Roger Turner You’ve probably never heard of the Air Resources Laboratory. I hadn’t until two years ago, when I was hired to preserve a trove of oral histories recorded in the early 1990s. Those audio cassettes held a history of hidden science, full of amazing stories about nuclear explosions, air pollution, and volcanoes. I […]
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By Michael Easter, Outside I spent the first few years of my life in Idaho and have always eaten potatoes—white, usually baked, sometimes mashed or sautéed with eggs. This alone doesn’t make me unique—potatoes are the largest vegetable crop in the United States—but the rate at which I eat the root vegetable might make me […]
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A six-day tennis class is being offered for youth ages 4-12 at Zephyr Cove Tennis Club. Instruction is provided by Dave Nostrant, who has been teaching for more than 30 years. Nostrant is a highly sought after pro who is in his first year at Zephyr Cove. He is popular with youngsters because he is […]
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By Angela Hart, Sacramento Bee Regina Bateson was one of 750 people who at an April town hall listened to Republican Congressman Tom McClintock voice support for efforts by leaders of his party to scrap Obamacare, question the science behind climate change and dismiss the need for an investigation into Russian meddling in the […]
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Guests at Lake Tahoe Vacation Resort in South Lake Tahoe were evacuated briefly Tuesday night when a fire alarm went off. Firefighters said soldering in the wall on the fifth floor activated the alarm on July 25. Soldering is used to connected electronic components. As of 6:30pm all the guests were allowed to return to […]
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