By Kathryn Reed A lagoon that looks more like a mudflat became a wealth of scientific discovery for Tahoe Valley Elementary School students. “I learned how to keep water clean,” third-grader Sabrieo Parker said. She also learned that certain weeds could be bad for native fish. Students throughout Lake Tahoe Unified School District spent last […]
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By CBS News Player safety has football’s spotlight, from the NFL to Pop Warner football for little kids. While the focus has been on concussions and discouraging helmet-to-helmet hits, tackling is often lower on the body, from the shoulders to the knees — and that opens up a different, potentially fatal worry. Brian and Kathy […]
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“Sometime it’s better to be lucky than to be good” is how Victor Uriz summed up sinking a hole in one at Lake Tahoe Golf Course in Meyers. The South Shore resident who has being playing golf for about eight years hit the shot Oct. 2 on hole 17. Uriz’s sister, Cathy Darrough, and her […]
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By Susan Wood It may take as much dedication, stamina and love for the sport to run marathon operations as it does to compete in one. When athlete extraordinaire Julie Moss finished the marathon of the Ironman in Hawaii in 1982 by crawling, six-time champion Mark Allen was so moved, he married her. It was […]
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The Tahoe Fire and Fuels Team, which includes numerous fire and land management agencies in the Lake Tahoe Basin, will begin fall prescribed fire operations as soon as weather conditions are favorable. Each prescribed fire operation follows a burn plan that considers temperature, humidity, wind, moisture of the vegetation, and conditions for the dispersal of smoke. This […]
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By Hugo Martin, Los Angeles Times Forecasts of an approaching El Niño winter have ski resort operators dreaming of the kind of snowy peaks that were a common sight in California before a four-year drought dried up the state’s $3-billion ski industry. But optimistic talk of powder-covered slopes may not be enough to persuade […]
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With the onset of cooler, wetter weather, the Tahoe National Forest is beginning preparations for prescribed burns that will occur throughout the fall, winter and spring, as conditions allow. Planned projects include burning piles of stacked vegetation and low to moderate intensity understory burns of vegetation on the forest floor. The primary goals of these […]
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By Jason Blevins, Denver Post Colorado’s Supreme Court on Tuesday heard oral arguments in a wrongful-death case that could shake the foundation of the law that shields ski areas from liability for on-slope injuries and deaths. Lawyers were grilled by the justices weighing this question: Are avalanches an inherent risk of skiing or should resorts be […]
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Eldorado National Forest will begin controlled burns as soon as weather conditions are favorable. Approximately 4,660 acres of National Forest land are slated to be burned this fall, winter and spring. The prescribed burns that are planned will occur in the following Eldorado National Forest locations over the fall, winter and spring: Amador Ranger District: […]
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The Fall Fish Festival is Oct. 3-4 at the Taylor Creek Visitor Center on the South Shore. Hosted by the U.S. Forest Service and the Tahoe Heritage Foundation, the festival is an opportunity to learn about the variety of fish species that live in Lake Tahoe and its streams including the federally threatened Lahontan cutthroat trout. […]
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