Burglars stole an undisclosed amount of cash from the Incline Village Cinema last week. At approximately 5:30pm Jan. 1 a manager at the movie theater notice one of the glass entry doors was smashed in. The theater was secure the previous evening at about 11:30pm when the manager closed for the night. Washoe County sheriff’s […]
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North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District’s fuels crew will continue the hazardous fuels reduction project in the Galena and Davis Creek Park areas starting Jan. 8 and continuing through the week of Jan. 14, weather permitting. This project is a cooperative effort between North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District, Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District, Washoe […]
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A four-week after school workshop is designed to prepare kids ages 10-12 to take an interactive role with the family meal-planning process. Youngsters will learn the six nutrient principles of preparing and eating quality nourishing meals. They will be taught how to shop for healthy food, read and follow recipes, and use basic kitchen tools […]
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By Autoweek Culminating a deal that has been in the works for the last year, Sal Fish, longtime president of desert racing sanctioning body SCORE International, has sold the organization to racer and businessman Roger Norman. The sale marks the culmination of a lifetime of work for the seller. Fish got his start in desert […]
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By Laurel Rosenhall, Sacramento Bee With the cost of going to college already more than $30,000 a year at many California campuses, is it possible to earn a bachelor’s degree for just $10,000 – total? Assemblyman Dan Logue, R-Marysville, hopes so. Borrowing an idea being promoted by Republican governors in Texas and Florida, the GOP […]
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By Matt Richtel, New York Times Tristan Walach has a tattoo of the famous Las Vegas welcome sign on his neck. He goes by the name Ant. He teaches people how to make coffee, professionally. I have come to learn from him. “People like you are the best to train,” he says, sizing me up. […]
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Some fresh powder and continued snow showers today. Hope all have enjoyed the past holiday weeks at Lake Tahoe. Here is the Jan. 6 ski report — Curtis Fong
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Updated Jan. 6 6:55am: One person is dead in South Lake Tahoe from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Shots rang out behind the Jack-in-the-Box north of Highway 50 at about 9:30pm Saturday after a fight between unknown persons erupted at an apartment complex near the streets of Rubicon, Brockway and Sussex. South Lake Tahoe police Chief […]
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By Debbie Arrington, Sacramento Bee Snow – so beautiful, so tempting, so dangerous. Drawn by its sparkling presence, thousands of outdoor enthusiasts will trek to the Sierra Nevada this season to experience snow’s magic. But with more than 16 feet of snow at many resorts so far, this season already has had tragic reminders that […]
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Alpenglow Sports’ third installment of the annual Winter Film Series on Jan. 17 features local mountain guide Adrian Ballinger talking about skiing 8,000-meter peaks in the Himalaya. Find out what happens when you combine a Russian who lives in Chamonix with a Brit who lives in Squaw Valley attempt to ski the fifth and eighth […]
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