By USSA KVITFJELL, Norway – One “crazy fast” turn got Travis Ganong (Squaw Valley) off on the wrong foot in Saturday’s Audi FIS Ski World Cup downhill won by Norway’s home-crowd favorite Kjetil Jansrud. Running the full-length 1994 Olympic downhill course, Jansrud edged out Italy’s Peter Fill by just 0.08 second. Switzerland’s Beat Fuez was […]
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By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal Reno is experiencing its wettest winter on record and Lake Tahoe-area ski resorts anticipate Fourth of July skiing and snowboarding. Lake Tahoe is likely to hit its storage limit for the first time since 2006. And that means water from the largest alpine lake in North America will spill into the […]
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· Placer County Board of Supervisors approved a $368,000 contract with Auerbach Engineering Corporation of Tahoe City to design a 1.6-mile reach of the Martis Valley Trail. · With three months of extreme freeze-thaw cycles and recent flooding in Douglas County, Tillman Road has been closed from Kimmerling Circle to Patricia due to unsafe road […]
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By Kathryn Reed By day three of eating the same thing I’m usually ready to move onto something else. Not with this recipe. I could have eaten it multiple times a day and for a week or more if I had had enough. For those who think mushrooms are just the white ones found in […]
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Caltrans is making progress on highways in El Dorado County that have been impacted by Mother Nature. Highway 89 around Emerald Bay was close to reopening, but then a large slide fell at Vikingsholm with snow and debris as high as 20 feet. Even so, crews hope to have the highway open today. A section of […]
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By Susan Wood The best of the best in the world of skiing will descend on the home of the 1960 Winter Games in Lake Tahoe next month, with Squaw Valley set to host the sport’s premier event. The top women’s alpine ski racers in the world are preparing for the Audi FIS Women’s World […]
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To the community, California’s educators believe all students deserve to feel safe and supported in their neighborhood public school. This is why the Trump administration’s first education action, to reverse protections for transgender students by rescinding the Title IX guidance, is disheartening. To take back basic rights of transgender students at public schools nationwide sends […]
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By Associated Press Americans shrugged off rising mortgage rates and bought existing homes in January at the fastest pace since 2007. Home sales rose 3.3 percent in January from December to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.69 million, the National Association of Realtors said Wednesday. Steady job gains, modest pay raises and rising consumer […]
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By Paul Rogers, San Jose Mercury News Why is it raining so much this year in California. In a typical year, California has between 10 to 15 “atmospheric river” storms — the fire hoses that rampage in from Hawaii and account for up to 50 percent of the state’s annual rainfall — and nearly […]
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A 43-year-old Connecticut man died Feb. 23 while snowboarding at Northstar. The name of the victim has not been released. He was skiing on advanced terrain, according to resort officials. Other skiers found the man in a tree well and summoned help. Attempts to revive him were unsuccessful. — Lake Tahoe News staff report
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