By Dennis Anderson, Star Tribune Department of Natural Resources conservation officer Lisa Kruse has extracted an angry raccoon from a suburban hot tub and thwarted the picture-window rampages of a kamikaze-style ruffed grouse — two unusual types of “invasive species.” Now she and the DNR’s 136 other conservation officers will focus their considerable enforcement powers […]
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By Greg Welter, Oroville Mercury-Register Charges have been dropped in El Dorado County against a Chico man arrested with a large amount of marijuana in his car, but he now faces prosecution in Butte County, where it was allegedly grown. Robert Daniels, 62, was arrested in October 2010 after California Highway Patrol officers reportedly found […]
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Slightly Stoopid plays at the Harveys Outdoor Concert Series in Stateline on July 27 at 6:30pm. Opening is Rebelution + Shwayze. Tickets are $37.50 through Ticketmaster.
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Steve Miller Band will play at Harveys Outdoor Concert series on July 30 at 7pm. Tickets range from $39.50 to $125. The are available through Ticketmaster. Dave Mason is opening.
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There is a new ride coming to town on June 11 that challenges kids and families alike. It will be quite different than the other big rides for hardcore cyclists in the area. As part of this year’s “Alta Alpina Challenge: Riding the Wild Sierra” cycling event, the Alta Alpina Cycling Club is organizing a […]
Read moreLaw enforcement will be closing Highway 50 through South Lake Tahoe and Highway 89 north of the South Shore for part of May 15 for the Amgen Tour de California bike race. These roads will be closed to all vehicular traffic from 10:10am to approximately 10:45am; and from approximately 12:45pm to 1:15pm. The timing for […]
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By Kathryn Reed Claire Fortier received nearly $10,000 from the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency last year. Now she is on the Governing Board of the bi-state regulatory agency and the League to Save to Lake Tahoe is going through TRPA documents to find out what all Fortier has done for TRPA. Since the League brought […]
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By Tim O’Reiley, Las Vegas Review-Journal Even as he promotes his vision for a high-flying airline called LV Air, Eneliko Smith continues to be dogged on the ground by what he terms “my stupid-ass mistakes in the past.” When he first announced the plan in February, Smith laid out a vision for luxury air service […]
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In a first step to fill a major void in diabetes sports research, global sports organization Team Type 1, the official parent company of the Team Type 1-sanofi aventis professional men’s cycling team, will launch a clinical study at the Amgen Tour de California. The pioneering study conducted by the TT1 Diabetes Sports Research Institute, […]
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By John Schumacher, Sacramento Bee The world’s best cycling races drip with tradition. The Tour de France started in 1903, the Giro d’Italia in 1909 and the Vuelta a España in 1935. Any discussion of the sport’s standout events begins with those three grand tours, each lasting three weeks and testing the skills and stamina […]
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