By USSA LAKE LOUISE, Alberta -– Despite another day of flat light and a late start number, Travis Ganong (Squaw Valley) powered through light snow to finish 22nd at the Audi FIS Alpine World Cup super G opener Sunday. Two-time World Cup overall champion Bode Miller (Franconia, N.H.) finished right behind Ganong in 23rd with […]
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The Kings Beach Commercial Core Improvement Project continues to move forward. AT&T has completed the utility relocation work at the Bear Street intersection and all traffic control equipment has been removed from that site. For the next two weeks starting Dec. 2, road work will continue in the Kings Beach area near Plumas Bank. Highway […]
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By Debbie Arrington, Sacramento Bee Farm to fork? These farmers specialize in field to floor. “We’re growing something that’s sustainable,” said Dee Kobervig, president of the El Dorado County Christmas Tree Growers Association. “We’re trying to grow something for our (Northern California) Christmas tree market, something that people want.” On Apple Hill, it’s looking a […]
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By USSA BEAVER CREEK -– Slalom world champion Mikaela Shiffrin (Eagle-Vail, Colo.) earned her first Audi FIS Alpine World Cup giant slalom podium Sunday, taking second during the final event of the Nature Valley Raptor women’s World Cup week. After laying down an inspired first run for the roaring hometown crowd, Shiffrin produced a fluid […]
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• To ensure holiday mail and packages are delivered on time, the Postal Service recommends the following deadlines: Dec. 2 priority mail international; Dec. 10 APO/FPO military priority mail and first-class mail; Dec. 20 first-class mail; Dec. 21 priority mail; and Dec. 23 priority mail express. • The Herbert Bail Orchestra will be at the […]
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By Hugo Martin, Los Angeles Times After a nasty storm ripped through the East Coast on the busiest travel day of the year, you might think that buying travel insurance for holiday travel would be a no-brainer. Not so much. The 114-year-old National Consumers League concluded recently that travel insurance is usually a bad deal […]
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South Lake Tahoe and the Tahoe Tri Club are partnering to put on Jingle Jog. The Dec. 15 event starts at 10am at Lake Tahoe Community College, 1 College Way, South Lake Tahoe. Awards will be given to participants in holiday themed attire. Register online.
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By Warner C. Greene I saw my first AIDS case in 1981, the year the disease was identified. And for most of the time since then, I’ve conducted laboratory research to better understand the precise mechanisms by which the virus HIV causes AIDS. Lately, however, I’ve been equally worried about a related condition that is […]
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By Stephanie Baker and Ilya Arkhipov, Bloomberg In August, Russian President Vladimir Putin flew to the Black Sea resort of Sochi, where his country is spending a record $48 billion on the 2014 Winter Olympics. A regular visitor, with an official residence in town, Putin watched mixed-martial-arts contests at Oblaka nightclub with Russian Prime Minister […]
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Truckee police detectives expect to soon forward the carbon monoxide death case to the Nevada County District Attorneys Office. Albert Senzatimore, 69, of San Jose and Gary Trovinger, 57, of Los Gatos died in October from carbon monoxide poisoning. The heater in the Tahoe Donner house Trovinger owned was the source of the gas, according […]
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