By Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle One way to bounce back from a disheartening loss in Game 7 of the NBA Finals: help your team successfully recruit free-agent forward Kevin Durant. Another way: Play golf on the shores of Lake Tahoe. Warriors guard Stephen Curry, with new teammate Durant now in place, soon will check […]
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Fire restrictions will go into effect July 11 within the Tahoe National Forest. Restrictions include: No open fires, campfires or charcoal fires are allowed on Tahoe National Forest lands outside of designated areas, even with a valid California Campfire Permit, except within the oven at Wheeler Sheep Camp. Lanterns and portable stoves using gas, jellied […]
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The youth of Lake Tahoe can help break in the newly resurfaced courts at Zephyr Cove Tennis Club by participating in the July-August junior program. Longtime teaching professional Deanne Larsell plans to keep groups small to provide more individualized instruction. Beginner and advanced beginner classes are available for those in grades 1-8. Each four-day, one-hour group […]
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Tahoe Area Mountain Biking Association is having a trail building day July 9. From 9am to 3pm crews will be helping to build the new Kingsbury Stinger Trail. Work will be on a new section of trail about one half mile from the trailhead. Meet at 9am at the end of North Benjamin/Andria Drive (Tahoe Rim Trail’s […]
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By Tony Berendsen Stargazing with the unaided eye provides a spectacular view of the cosmos. The broad vista our eyes give us yields a multitude of stars, the Milky Way’s hazy band, and maybe an occasional meteor. It’s breathtaking, but even though it is a four-dimensional view, the unaided glance seems very two-dimensional; a small […]
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By Elaine Glusac, New York Times Run or fight? That is the question prompted by a series of recent animal attacks on humans, including an alligator that dragged a 2-year-old to his death in an Orlando lake earlier this month. Last weekend, CNN reported that a mountain lion in Colorado attacked a 5-year-old boy, who […]
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Tahoe Outrigger (Kawai’ulu ‘O Tahoe) Canoe Club is having a canoe blessing ceremony on July 9. Hawaiian and Native American elders will be in attendance. Local Hula Halau has prepared a special ceremonial dance, including hula dancers and ukulele players. Potluck and canoe rides will follow ceremony. The event is at 10am at Lakeview commons […]
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By Chris Constantine, California Diver At 6,300 feet in elevation, Fallen Leaf Lake was carved out of granite by two massive glaciers that traveled northward down the Glen Alpine Valley, leaving behind a lake that is now 3 miles long, just under a mile wide, and 410 feet deep at its deepest point. Protected from […]
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Thinning of trees for fuels reduction and forest health will resume July 7, on approximately 178 acres of National Forest System lands on the northeast side of Highway 267, north of Lake Vista Road above Kings Beach and Tahoe Vista. Mechanical whole tree removal will take place off Forest Road 16N52 for the next several months. […]
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By Jason Bittel, National Geographic You might think that winter is the most dangerous time of the year for a young animal. But for Scandinavian brown bear cubs, these next few weeks may determine whether the animal lives or dies. That’s because early May to mid-July is breeding season for Sweden’s brown bears. The males, […]
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