By Reno Gazette-Journal Incline’s Grace Dolan on Tuesday repeated the feat she accomplished last year, winning a state skiing championship. The junior Dolan claimed the Tahoe Basin League’s state slalom title by nine-hundredths of a second at Sierra-at-Tahoe to secure the overall championship, after she won the giant slalom title on Monday. Dolan won the […]
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By Rachel Levin, New York Times Bumping along a freshly plowed road in Lake Tahoe, I felt oddly unburdened. No skis were locked on top of my car, no clunky boots rattled in the trunk. After more than a decade of ski trips to the region, I kept feeling as if I were missing something. […]
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• South Lake Tahoe officials are putting together a festival along the Amgen Tour of California route through town on May 15. Check out the flyer for more information about getting your business or nonprofit a booth during the cycling event. • A 6-foot-tall, nearly1,000-pound copper kettle made in 1914 was stolen from outside the […]
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By Jim Sanders, Sacramento Bee Justin Jachens learned of California’s soaring traffic penalties when he got slapped for a red-light violation. Ticketed drivers have been squeezed hard during the budget crisis, perhaps because few complain until they get fined – then it’s too late. “We’re the ones taking the brunt for everything,” said Jachens, 21, […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the Feb. 25, 2011, Sacramento Bee. Unwilling (in the case of most Republicans) or unable (in the case of most Democrats) to approve new taxes, state lawmakers are squeezing citizens to raise revenue in less obvious but nonetheless onerous ways. We are talking about soaring traffic fines that have […]
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Publisher’s note: The Peace Corps turns 50 this month. Two 2005 South Tahoe High School grads are in the Peace Corps having different experiences. Jessica Wackenhut today weighs in with her thoughts from Paraguay. On March 11, Michelle Aguilar will share her opinions from Panama. By Jessica Wackenhut ENCARNACION, Paraguay — When one thinks of […]
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By Jessie Marchesseau KIRKWOOD — Last weekend’s Subaru North American Freeskiing Championships was quintessential Kirkwood. Postponed two days due to a gnarly storm, Day 1 boasted blue skies, 4 feet of fresh powder and the steep, rocky, forbidden terrain of the Cirque. Freeskiers traveled from as far away as New Zealand, Chile, Sweden and France […]
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A South Lake Tahoe couple was arrested Wednesday on child abuse charges. Demetrius and Leann Jones have been under investigation since the beginning of the year by South Lake Tahoe police officer after bringing their 3-month-old daughter to Barton Memorial Hospital alleging she became unresponsive at home. Because of the severity of her injuries, the […]
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Mountaineer, climber, skier, and award-winning author Doug Robinson will speak in Reno on March 10 at a special benefit for the Reno-based advocacy group Snowlands Network. The lecture and slideshow “Wild in the Sierra: Backcountry Skiing the Highest Sierra” will feature Robinson’s reflections about his 50 years of climbing and skiing throughout the Sierra. Robinson, […]
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By Neetu Puranikmath, Daily Cal UC Merced Professor Roger Bales realizes that California has a dire problem: a water problem. According to Bales, California is currently in a drought. But with 70 to 90 percent of the state’s water supply coming from snow in the state’s mountains, Bales said scientists have traditionally been unable to […]
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