By Jack Sommars, AAHA The folks at the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals’ (ASPCA) Poison Control Center don’t need a calendar to know when it’s Christmas or Valentine’s Day. Their phones ring off the hook. Yet another pet — most likely a dog — has gotten into some chocolate. “We actually […]
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By Kathryn Reed A blueprint for how South Lake Tahoe will conduct business is taking shape, with adoption of the formal strategic plan expected at the March 1 council meeting. The City Council spent about 90 minutes last week creating substance for the five priorities the group agreed to at the prior meeting. Besides what […]
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Reno Gazette Journal Environmentalists are suing the U.S. Forest Service to try to block logging at Lake Tahoe that the agency says is needed to help guard against another wildfire like the one that destroyed 254 homes three years ago. In addition to removing downed logs that hamper firefighting efforts, the Forest Service says the […]
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By Colin Bane, ESPN Action Sports Nobody was more surprised than 34-year-old Janna Meyen-Weatherby when she won the Women’s Slopestyle contest at Snowbasin Sunday, beating out South Lake Tahoe’s Jamie Anderson and Spencer O’Brien for the win at the last stop of the Winter Dew Tour. Weatherby blazed through the top section of the course […]
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To combat potential public outcry when the 50-acre Lake Christopher fuels reduction project starts this summer, officials have scheduled an outreach meeting for Feb. 16 at 6pm at Lake Tahoe Airport in council chambers. South Lake Tahoe firefighters plans to use hand crews and low-impact equipment, including a helicopter, around the Trout and Cold creek […]
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By Denny Walsh and Rick Daysog, Sacramento Bee Consumer advocates were celebrating, and retailers were shocked Thursday, when the California Supreme Court declared that state law bars a merchant from asking for a customer’s ZIP code and recording it as part of a credit card purchase. As part of an address, a ZIP code qualifies […]
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By Lindsey Sine, U.S. Snowboarding OGDEN, Utah — It was Kelly Clark’s world, and we were all just observers Saturday night as the two-time Olympic medalist from Vermont threw down her newly patented 1080 to take the win and overall title in halfpipe at the Winter Dew Tour at Snowbasin in Utah. Luke Mitrani of […]
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By U.S. Ski Racing GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany — There is great joy in Austria today. Elisabeth Goergl picked up her second World Championship of the week, bringing Austria her 22nd global downhill title (men and women) and first since 2003 with a beautifully executed run that set the tone for a Murder’s Row of top competitors […]
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Time to do a snow dance to make sure the storm headed this way arrives mid-week as scheduled. Here is the ski report from Curtis Fong, the Guy from Tahoe.
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Join Annie Caires in an exploration of the deepest areas of Lake Tahoe and learn about the biological community that lives within its abyss. Caires will present a public lecture from 6-7pm March 1 at the Tahoe Center for Environmental Sciences. The event will be held in the assembly room 139-141, 291 Country Club Drive, […]
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