By Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee El Dorado Irrigation District officials caution wintertime visitors to be careful if they venture onto the ice at Echo, Silver or Caples lakes. The district’s winter drawdown of the lakes is in effect, which means water levels under the ice will fluctuate, creating potentially dangerous conditions. Read the whole story
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By Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee Red Hawk Casino opened a year ago on the Shingle Springs Rancheria amid dire predictions that it would produce gridlock on Highway 50 and cause crime to soar in El Dorado County. But as the casino celebrated its first anniversary last week, law enforcement and emergency services officials gave the […]
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By Lindsey Sine, USSA STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — The snow falling on Steamboat’s Voo Doo run couldn’t hold back World Champion Patrick Deneen (Cle Elum, WA) and World Cup moguls champion Hannah Kearney (Norwich, VT) on Wednesday as each won Olympic Trials, securing a nomination to the U.S. Olympic Team in the moguls discipline. “This is […]
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The boat launch facility at Cave Rock will be open from 6-11am on Christmas Day. The hours are because of holiday staff reductions in the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency’s watercraft inspection program. Watercraft inspectors are provided by the Tahoe Resource Conservation District and are important in protecting Lake Tahoe from the threat of aquatic invasive […]
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By Sam Stanton, Sacramento Bee The dispute over who will represent Nancy Garrido in the Jaycee Lee Dugard kidnapping trial is not settled yet, with an appellate court agreeing Tuesday to extend its deadline for a final decision. El Dorado Superior Court Judge Douglas Phimister had removed court-appointed attorney Gilbert Maines from representing her, apparently […]
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Wendy Stueck, Globe and Mail In the end, they couldn’t fly far enough. A group of determined female ski jumpers that launched a landmark legal battle for the right to compete in the 2010 Olympic Games yesterday landed short, their dreams ended by the Supreme Court of Canada’s refusal to hear an appeal of lower-court […]
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A few people in the North Tahoe-Truckee-Reno area were jostled by a minor earthquake Tuesday night. The 3.7 temblor was recorded at 9:59pm about six miles from Incline Village, according to the UNR Seismological Lab.
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Bundle up because the morning is starting off with single digits. Here is the ski report brought to you by Curtis Fong, the Guy from Tahoe.
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Tom Kelly, USSA STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — There was a nervous air at the top of Voo Doo on Tuesday as some of the best moguls skiers in the world came to the start to try their stuff on the bump run that could determine the fate of the U.S. Olympic Team 24 hours later. It […]
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Lake Tahoe has one less Olympic hopeful. Joanie Anderson, who skis for Sierra-at-Tahoe, will not be competing in the next three World Cup races, which are qualifiers for the Vancouver Winter Games. “I’ll be racing in X Games at the end of January, and that’s about it for boardercross,” Anderson said in an email to […]
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