By Terra Breeden The Crystal Basin Recreation Area is getting a $150 million makeover that could affect Tahoe while renovations are under way. In an effort funded by the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD), the recreation area is being updated with new campsites, facilities, and installments. The massive renovation project is expected to take place […]
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By James Raia, Sacramento Bee Climbers, sprinters, all-arounders, Olympic medalists, Tour de France stage winners, world titlists, new pros and peloton veterans. The 17 men’s teams and 15 women’s squads in the 13th annual Amgen Tour of California are as diverse as the fields in any pro bike race. The women and men will be […]
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By Tom Stienstra, San Francisco Chronicle The first summer tease, with temperatures in the 80s, arrived last week in the Sierra foothills. But the real treats are in the rivers that cascade down the flank of the Sierra Nevada for rafting, water sports and camping. Memorial Day weekend is two weeks away and the rafting […]
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By Pete Williams, NBC News WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court acted Monday to bust Nevada’s monopoly on legal sports betting, allowing more states to get in on the action and reap the tax benefits. The court, in a 6-3 ruling, struck down a federal law that required states to ban gambling on the […]
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By Linda Fine Conaboy OLYMPIC VALLEY – One of the popular terms heard during the River Network’s River Rally was “citizen scientist.” In workshop titled Restoring and Connecting a Wild & Scenic River, presenter Carrie Banks from Massachusetts said that she uses citizen scientists to prioritize projects, secure funding, document crossing and stream function, among […]
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It must be time for the Amgen bike race because the weather forecast for Lake Tahoe has changed from summer back to winter-ish. While it’s a week out for the cyclists to hit South Lake Tahoe, it’s too far away to definitively say rain will be part of the mix. But wet weather is going […]
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Zephyr Cove Tennis Club with second year head pro Dave Nostrant is putting a greater emphasis on getting kids onto the court. The summer starts with a free session for ages 4-12 on June 9 from 11am-1pm. Registration information for this event will be available soon online. For more intense instruction in June there will […]
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By Kendra Pierre-Louis, New York Times There are certain axioms about the natural world we learn as children. The sea is salty. Plants grow toward light. Bears hibernate in winter. But as climate change leads to warmer winters, later falls and earlier springs — which can disrupt both food supplies and biological rhythms — American […]
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By Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Review-Journal Online poker may be making a comeback. Years of legal wrangling led to the nation’s first regulated web poker industry when Nevada introduced it in April 2013. It took a long time for that launch because critics for years had pointed to the federal Wire Act, which […]
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Roland Garros may have names like Williams, Federer and Nadal, but the tournament doesn’t have players who made it to district and sectional tournaments in Northern California this spring. That’s because those tennis stars will be at Viva La Tennis at Zephyr Cove Tennis Club on May 26 – the eve of the French Open. […]
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