By Eric Pfanner, New York Times PARIS — A commercial and ideological clash is set for next week, when representatives of more than 190 governments, along with telecommunications companies and Internet groups, gather in Dubai for a once-in-a-generation meeting. The stated purpose of the World Conference on International Telecommunications is to update a global treaty […]
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By USSA BEAVER CREEK, Colo. — A record crowd packed the Audi Birds of Prey finish area Friday as Italian Christof Innerhofer took the win in the men’s downhill. Travis Ganong of Squaw Valley led the U.S. Ski Team in 16th. “I pushed the line, I really charged. I wanted to do something big today,” […]
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By USSA A still ailing Lindsey Vonn of Vail stormed to a 1.73 second downhill victory in foggy Lake Louise as teammate Stacey Cook from Mammoth was second to climb atop the first Audi FIS Alpine World Cup podium of her career. The weather-plagued race was stopped multiple times as fog drifted in and out. […]
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The South Lake Tahoe Police Department has teamed up with the California Office of Traffic Safety, U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, California Highway Patrol, and 36 other law enforcement agencies across the greater Sacramento region to eliminate motorists’ handheld cell phone use and texting. The effort is a special federally funded […]
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By Kathryn Reed When South Lake Tahoe’s vicious animal ordinance becomes law in mid-December, it will mean a loosening of government regulations. The city has been studying the ordinance for several months per the request of Councilman Bruce Grego. He with Councilman Tom Davis made up the subcommittee that worked with staff to come up […]
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NV Energy is warning people of a scam. Someone identifying themselves as employees of the company is calling customers threatening to disconnect power if a credit card payment or cash transfer is not made over the phone immediately. NV Energy does not call customers and solicit payments. If customers receive a call asking for a […]
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By Mehmet Oz, Time There’s nothing like a block of frozen spinach to make you feel bad about your family dinner. There’s good food and bad food and pretty food and ugly food–and then there’s the frozen-spinach block. By any rights, this is not something you should want to eat. The picture on the box […]
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With several strong systems of extreme weather delivering mixed precipitation, high winds and fluctuating snow levels, Sugar Bowl announced this morning that the resort will be closed Dec. 1. “These storms are actually great early-season base builders and it’s snowing pretty good up top,” resort operations director Scott Ferguson said in a statement. “But with […]
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By Hudson Sangree and Phillip Reese, Sacramento Bee An investment firm that owns the Waldorf Astoria hotel and the Weather Channel has bought more than 500 houses in Sacramento in the past few months, betting upward of $60 million that home prices will rise. Blackstone, a New York-based group with billions of dollars in investments […]
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Wind and weather are going to make for less than ideal conditions the slopes today. Heavenly is starting on wind hold. The upper mountains of Squaw Valley and Kirkwood are also on wind hold. Here is the Nov. 30 ski report. — Curtis Fong
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