Former Sierra Ski Ranch owner Vernon Dewayne Sprock has died. He was 92. Mr. Sprock, who was living in Bozeman, Mont., died Feb. 10. Mr. Sprock along with his wife, Bobbie, owned and operated Sierra Ski Ranch for 40 years. In 1953, the couple took over the financially troubled ski area that is now known […]
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By David Brooks, New York Times We’re clearly heading into an age of brilliant technology. Computers are already impressively good at guiding driverless cars and beating humans at chess and Jeopardy. As Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology point out in their book “The Second Machine Age,” computers are increasingly […]
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Travis Ganong of Squaw Valley, who is skiing in his first Olympics, finished the super G in 23rd place with a time of 1:20.02. Four medals were handed out in Sunday’s event. Kjetil Jansrud of Norway took the gold with a 1:18.14. Andrew Weibrecht of Lake Placid, N.Y., won bronze four years ago in Vancouver. […]
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The Mental Health Division of the El Dorado County Health and Human Services Agency wants input on the county’s Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) Programs Plan for fiscal year 2014-15. Community members may provide input via email or at one of the community meetings this month or in March. MHSA’s primary focus is on the […]
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U.S. Forest Service fuels management crews may resume prescribed fire operations in several locations around the Lake Tahoe Basin beginning Feb. 18. Operations may take place in the Luther Pass Campground off of Highway 89 near South Lake Tahoe, on the west side of Highway 89 near Tahoma, and in Slaughterhouse Canyon on Lake Tahoe’s […]
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It’s been 10 years since Nevada Department of Wildlife officials needed to stock rivers so early with fish. It’s all because of the drought that stocking will start this month instead of the end of March. “Mother Nature is not being very good to us this winter so we’re trying to look ahead,” Kim Tisdale, […]
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By Norimitsu Onishi and Coral Davenport, New York Times FRESNO — President Obama arrived in the heart of California’s parched farmland on Friday afternoon to offer tens of millions of dollars in federal assistance to the state, where the lack of rain and snow this winter has led to the severest drought in its modern […]
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By Phillip Reese and Cynthia Hubert, Sacramento Bee A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a civil lawsuit brought on behalf of a patient who was bused to Sacramento from a Nevada state psychiatric hospital in Las Vegas. Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital discharged James Flavy Coy Brown via Greyhound bus last February to Sacramento, where he had […]
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Random Acts of Improv is the resident improvisation company of the Theater Arts Department at Lake Tahoe Community College. They will be performing Feb. 21 at 7:30pm in the Duke Theatre. Tickets are $5 at the door. This family-friendly show will feature seasoned improvisation performers, as well as a few fresh faces. For more information, […]
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By Maura Dolan and Tony Perry, Los Angeles Times SAN FRANCISCO — In a significant victory for gun owners, a divided federal appeals court Thursday struck down California rules that permit counties to restrict as they see fit the right to carry a concealed weapon in public. The 2-1 ruling by a U.S. 9th Circuit […]
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