By USSA OSLO, Norway – Chas Guldemond of Reno won men’s slopestyle finals and the overall Ticket To Ride World Champion title on Sunday. Guldemond’s run was smooth and had a huge backside 1080 to an even bugger cab 1260. Jamie Anderson of South Lake Tahoe took second place for the women, while Canadian Spencer […]
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Stories about the Tahoe Rim Trail are being sought by Bona Fide Books for a future book. Hikers, backpackers, cyclists, equestrians, trail builders and anyone else with an experience from the 165-mile trail that wraps around Lake Tahoe is invited to submit a story. It may be humorous, about natural history, epiphanies, trials and tribulations, […]
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By Jan Ferris Heenan, Sacramento Bee It could easily have been a two-Tylenol day when Jill Brackmann’s 83-year-old mother had to pack up her Carmichael home of 55 years last spring. The house sold within a week, mom was in a wheelchair and a lifetime of memories was stashed in rafters and closets. Instead, Joan […]
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By Russell Hancock and Emmett D. Carson Ever since its passage, Proposition 13 has been the “third rail” of California politics: Political leaders touch it at their peril. We think it’s time to take a fresh look. Our two organizations released last week the 2012 Silicon Valley Index, a comprehensive analysis of our region’s health. […]
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By Sean Whaley, Nevada News Bureau CARSON CITY — Nevada’s tough financial situation is holding up two interim studies approved by the Legislature because of the requirement for alternative funding sources to assist in conducting the reviews. One is a study of the state Public Employees’ Retirement System and the other is a study of […]
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By Susan Wood She may be cold sometimes, but she’ll warm up fast – then take you for a real ride. If you push her buttons just right, she’ll raise her big blade – then cover her tracks behind her. She’ll light up your night man. And to the one who knows her best, she […]
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By Joe Mozingo, Los Angeles Times The tech broke the bud of marijuana into small flakes, measuring 200 milligrams into a vial. He had picked up the strain, Ghost, earlier that day from a dispensary in the Valley and guessed by its pungency and visible resin glands that it was potent. He could have determined […]
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By USSA OSLO, Norway – Kelly Clark of West Dover, Vt., earned her 15th straight win taking the Ticket To Ride title at the World Snowboarding Championships halfpipe finals on Saturday. Matt Ladley of Chicago had a huge frontside 1260 and a great run that scored him second place in the men’s competition, while Iouri […]
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Fireside Pizza Company in the Squaw Valley Village has partnered with Skiing and Snowboarding for Disabled and Underprivileged Children and older Kids (SkiDUCK) by providing a meal for each program member during their day of alpine adventure. SkiDUCK is a grassroots nonprofit organization dedicated to enhancing the lives of disabled and underprivileged children by making […]
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“Green Fire: Aldo Leopold and a Land Ethic for Our Time” will be shown at the Duke Theatre at Lake Tahoe Community College in South Lake Tahoe on March 28 at 7pm. Admission is free. Doors open at 6:30pm. A question and answer session will follow the documentary about this legendary conservationist.
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