As the chairlifts at Kirkwood Mountain Resort came to a halt this past spring, the Snow Park Technologies snowcats were powering up. For 20 days, an SPT crew of seven logged 1,200 hours building the slopestyle course of Bobby Brown’s dreams. Three years ago the Denver-based professional skier was asking friends, “What’s next for slopestyle […]
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Washoe County’s Regional Animal Services will offer a free microchipping clinic at the Summit Mall during the inaugural Sheriff’s Office K9 Run on Sept. 28. The clinic will open at 8am and free microchipping will be available throughout the event. Pet owners are asked to bring dogs properly leashed and cats in appropriate carriers. The […]
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By Matt Weiser State water officials are urging residents and local water agencies to begin preparing for the possibility that 2014 could be a third dry year. The California Department of Water Resources issued the cautionary statement last week partly because the state will head into winter with hardly any surplus water in its reservoirs […]
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The 28th annual Autumn Food and Wine Festival ended Sept. 8 with more than 30 restaurants, wineries, brewers and distillers from across the region pouring more than 90 wines poured and cooking an assortment of food dishes as diverse as octopus soppressatta, rabbit and wild boar roulade and elk patty melts. The winners are: Blind […]
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In preparation for a winter, Barton Health is recommending people get vaccinated for the flu. Barton also suggests people visit their primary care physician to remain current with your annual physical, receive the flu shot plus other necessary vaccinations. El Dorado County Health and Human Service agency is also offering six community flu clinics in […]
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By Kathryn Reed HOMEWOOD – Straight up. That’s one way to define what a black diamond hiking trail is. Ski resort hiking is nothing like being in the forest or a state or national park. The routes don’t follow the contour of the mountain. Switchbacks are unheard of. Instead, many of the trails are straight […]
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Publisher’s note: This letter was sent Sept. 3 to the California Senate president pro tem and speaker of the California Assembly. Dear Senator Steinberg and Speaker Perez: This letter is in response to the letter dated Aug. 22, 2013, from the California appointees on the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency board addressed to members of the […]
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By Matt Townsend, Bloomberg Toddler-safe texting has arrived. Spurred by burgeoning demand for kid-styled tablets, LeapFrog Enterprises Inc. and VTech Holdings Ltd. revamped their tyke-targeted devices to add features that let three-year-olds send short messages to grandma and even watch online videos without stumbling across websites kids shouldn’t see. “Exposing our children to the Internet […]
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By Sabrina Tavernise, New York Times WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration announced Friday that it had found no evidence that current levels of arsenic in rice pose an immediate health risk. The finding comes two months after the agency proposed new limits on arsenic in apple juice. A public outcry had caused the […]
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By Sarah Burge, Press-Enterprise A former South Lake Tahoe resident was arrested on suspicion of murder last month at Patton State Hospital in San Bernardino after police say he fatally beat a fellow inmate. George Aaron Carver, 40, who had been serving a criminal commitment at the mental hospital since 2011, was booked into the […]
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