Each year the Rotary Club of Truckee selects a local nonprofit group to run the silent auction at the annual Crab and Pasta Feed which is slated for March 19. The High Fives Foundation is this year’s group. In addition to the traditional live auction, this year’s event will include a performance by comedian Rick […]
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By Tom Knudson, Sacramento Bee Five harrowing days after becoming stuck on a remote backcountry road in Death Valley National Park in August 2009, Alicia Sanchez lay down next to her Jeep Cherokee and prepared to die. Then she heard a voice. “I called as I approached, asking if she was okay,” wrote Ranger Amber […]
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U.S. Forest Service fuels management crews will be conducting prescribed fire operations near the Lake Tahoe Airport in South Tahoe on Feb. 14. The project is approximately 17 acres.. Residents and travelers can expect to see smoke from prescribed fire project areas. State and local fire management agencies may also be conducting prescribed fire work […]
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By Jessie Marchesseau KIRKWOOD — It is the day after a powder day, another blue bird day at Kirkwood. The sun is shining and not a cloud in the sky. No lift lines in sight and plenty of fresh tracks still to be had. Untracked snow can often be found here for days after a […]
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To the community, When a tragedy occurs, our community steps forward and envelopes those who have been impacted with strong, caring arms. Last week we in El Dorado County experienced such an event. When Sam LaCara died in a senseless shooting on Feb. 2, we lost a wonderful husband, father, principal, and community leader. Even […]
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By Lindsey Sine, U.S. Ski Team OGDEN, Utah o– Brita Sigourney of Carmel, Devin Logan of Dover, Vt., and Jen Hudak of Salt Lake City went one, two, three for a U.S. women’s sweep of the halfpipe skiing podium at the Winter Dew Tour on Saturday at Snowbasin in Ogden. Reno’s David Wise led for […]
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By Lindsey Sine, U.S. Snowboarding PARK CITY -– Lindsey Jacobellis of Stratton Mountain, Vt., and home mountain rider Jonathan Cheever of Saugus, Mass., took charge of a technical snowboardcross course Saturday, landing a pair of U.S. Championship titles at the Sprint U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix at Park City’s Canyons Resort. Cheever and Jacobellis were presented […]
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James Henry Tilley Jr., supportive and loving father, amazing and fun husband, fan of 40s music and the Chicago Bears, died in his Zephyr Heights home on Feb. 8, 2011. He was 70. Jim was born to Louise and James Tilley Sr. on April 13, 1040, in the kitchen of their central Illinois home. He […]
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By Freddy Perryman, U.S. Ski Team MOSCOW -– Olympic veteran Emily Cook of Belmont, Mass., returned to the scene of her only previous World Cup win using experience and strategy to win again Saturday in downtown Moscow. Scotty Bahrke of Tahoe City led the U.S. men in eighth as World Championship bronze medalist Anton Kushnir […]
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By Robert Lewis, Sacramento Bee In what might be a sign that the recession ended for the rich faster than the rest of us, new real estate figures show mansion sales increased in 2010 across California even as total home sales fell. Last year, 22,529 California homes sold for $1 million or more – a […]
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