By Megan Harrod, USSA Not only does Squaw Valley’s Marco Sullivan have the most inviting smile and demeanor on and off the mountain, he’s a four-time Olympian who has stood on top of the Audi FIS Ski World Cup podium in Chamonix, France. He also holds the record among American downhillers for the most downhill […]
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By Kathryn Reed The obstacle course known as dodge the pothole will eventually go away – at least in the city limits of South Lake Tahoe. An additional $300,000 was allocated for roads at Tuesday’s City Council meeting to deal with the nearly 400 potholes. And with water still covering some roads and more runoff […]
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By Joseph Serna, Los Angeles Times There were many dramatic images from California’s extreme winter: interstates flooded, bridged buckled, highways covered in mud, snowbanks blocking key highways. In Topanga Canyon, the lasting memory for many locals was the massive boulder that blocked Topanga Canyon Boulevard in January after one fierce rainstorm. The huge rock […]
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By Michael Rohm RENO – I could see the sharp S-curve approaching, but my vision was blurred and I hit the wall on the first corner. My body recoiled with the shock and I overcorrected, striking the opposite wall. With my peripherals reduced and the walls seemingly amorphous, I continued to bump my front fender, […]
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The Lake Tahoe Grizzlies Pee Wee A and Bantam B hockey teams won their respective divisions at the state tournament last weekend at Sharks Ice in San Jose. The wins represent the first time in California state championship history where two teams from one hockey club took home the gold in the same year. Mike […]
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By Christopher Cadelago, Sacramento Bee President Trump announced Sunday more than a half-billion dollars would be coming to California to help cover the damage from the winter storms, including $274 million for repairs to the Oroville Dam spillway. The fulfillment of the fourth presidential declaration for damage from the winter storms totals an estimated […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe’s public library is about to be transformed. Two generous donors are allowing the facility to rethink what it offers patrons in terms of materials and programs, hours of operations, and what it looks like. An anonymous donor wrote a check for $30,000 with the sole purpose of revamping the […]
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By Marcella Corona, Reno Gazette-Journal In the last 40 years, 160 Nevadans have been sentenced to death. Only 12 were ever executed. That’s a key argument proponents of a bill to effectively abolish the death penalty are using now that Assembly Bill 237 is making its initial steps through the Nevada Legislature. In short, […]
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By Daniel Rothberg, Las Vegas Sun Southern Nevada’s last coal plant closed March 16. That same day, a New Mexico power company said a plant on Navajo land might be next to shutter. And in a somewhat unexpected decision the month before, regional utilities announced the early shutdown of the West’s largest coal plant, also […]
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By Linda Fine Conaboy You might not expect a vascular surgeon to be dressed in a plaid, flannel shirt, with shirt sleeves rolled to the elbow and a bill cap hugging his head at a jaunty angle. But Irwin Berman isn’t your regular surgeon. And you probably wouldn’t expect the good doctor to call MontBleu […]
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