By Jeanine Benca and Caterina Mellinger, Contra Costa Times Kidnap victim Jaycee Dugard and her children have relocated to a safe, private location in a rural part of the East Bay, within driving distance of the house near Antioch where Dugard was kept most of her life, according to sources who have been helping the […]
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Forecast still calls for snow all day in Lake Tahoe. It’s dry at the lake on the South Shore this morning. Here’s the ski report from Curtis Fong, the Guy from Tahoe.
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By Case Keefer, Las Vegas Sun As far as Nevada is concerned, the 2006 Super Bowl comes in as the greatest ever. Super Bowl XL, which paired the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Seattle Seahawks, generated a record $94.5 million worth of sports wagers in the state. At least one prominent sports book director in town […]
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By Kathryn Reed El Dorado County Board of Supervisors has awarded two contracts for work to be done at the toxic Meyers Landfill on the outskirts of South Lake Tahoe. However, the decades-old lawsuit brought by the U.S. Forest Service against a slew of defendants must be resolved before work can begin. The feds own […]
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By Kathryn Reed TWIN BRIDGES — Riding the same boardercross route that has enabled Joanie Anderson to become a world-class athlete did not deter or intimidate these riders. This particular group went up and over the rollers on Friday like they may follow in her footsteps. The only difference is they will be doing it […]
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By Susan Skorupa, Reno Gazette-Journal One good thing came from the death by avalanche of miner William F. Weir near Poker Flat in the western Sierra Nevada on Dec. 17, 1852. Other miners learned that knowing how to ski could help them survive in the mountains. Skis and sleds, snowshoes and Olympic competition form the […]
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Homewood Mountain Resort’s Dress-Up Days’ dare skiers and riders to show up on Saturdays throughout spring clad in costume. Those who do will receive $5 off a full-day adult lift ticket. Homewood Dress-Up Day calendar: Feb. 13 – Retro Day (Decades flashback – 60s, 70s and 80s Feb. 27 – Old West Day (Cowboys vs. […]
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Helly Hansen’s renowned all-mountain competition returns to Squaw Valley Feb. 20. In its second year, this unique competition challenges teams of skiers and riders to explore their favorite resort from top to bottom for a chance to win an all-expense-paid trip to the finals in Aspen/Snowmass. The Squaw Big Mountain Battle is one of seven […]
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By Micah Abrams, ESPN Everybody can exhale. The Winter Dew Tour Slopestyle came to it’s final, inevitable, and thrilling conclusion Friday at Mount Snow in Vermont. In addition to handing out hardware for the tour’s third stop — the Toyota Championship — overall Dew Cup Slopestyle Champions were also named. Needless to say, excitement abounds. […]
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By Sam Stanton, Sacramento Bee Jaycee Lee Dugard and the couple accused of kidnapping her as a child eventually became a family, taking vacations together, spending time at the library, raising pets and running a family business, court documents filed late Thursday claim. The documents, made available this morning, were filed by Phillip Garrido’s defense […]
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