By Associated Press California lawmakers are sending Gov. Jerry Brown a bill that would recognize competitive cheerleading as a high school sport. The state Senate on Monday unanimously approved a bill requiring the California Interscholastic Federation to oversee competitive cheerleading as it does other high school sports. Democratic Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez of San Diego says […]
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Live animals will be taking over the Lake of the Sky Amphitheater on Aug. 28. Wild Things Inc. is a nonprofit that provides homes for displaced wildlife and shares these animals as wildlife ambassadors in a public education form. All the animals housed with Wild Things either have injuries that keep them surviving in the wild […]
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The upper part of the Richardson Lake Road in the Eldorado National Forest is open for motorized vehicle use, completing the final phase of corrective work on this route. Richardson Lake Road is on the far northeastern end of the forest, and must be accessed through roads leading from the Lake Tahoe area. This 2.65 […]
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By USSA QUEENTOWN, New Zealand — The men’s snowboard slopestyle final of the Audi quattro Winter Games NZ 2015 saw dramatic changes of fortune in a very tight contest that wasn’t decided until the last trick. Chris Corning (Arvada, Colo.) made the very last qualifying spot for the FIS Snowboard World Cup, and shocked the […]
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Stand Up to Cancer is an opportunity to help the South Lake Tahoe Cancer League. The Sept. 12 event is supported by SUP Paddle South Lake Tahoe. The $50 fee includes lunch. The event is form 9am to 3pm. Meet up at El Dorado Beach. Boards are $15 to rent. Registration begins at 9am and paddling will […]
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Alpine Watershed Group needs volunteers to participate in the 16th annual Markleeville Creek Day on Sept. 12 from 9am-2pm. This is a community work day that focuses on stabilizing stream banks, removing invasive weeds and other environmental restoration projects. This year’s projects include: Willow planting and stream bank stabilization in Hope Valley Invasive weed removal, stream […]
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By Grayson Schaffer, Outside On Aug. 7, President Obama signed into law a bill that converted just over 275,000 acres among the Boulder and White Cloud Mountains into federal wilderness — three separate areas collectively known as the Boulder–White Clouds. For years, it’s been obscure and sparsely trafficked by hikers, mountain bikers, off-road motorcyclists, skiers, […]
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By Kathryn Reed Seneca Pond is no more. The 51-year-old manmade lake has been drained, and excavators are moving dirt and vegetation with the goal of the site being restored this fall. Today it is a mudflat. In a couple years U.S. Forest Service officials hope it will be hard to tell they had heavy […]
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Caltrans is advising motorists to expect delays this weekend on Highway 89 along the West Shore during the Lake Tahoe Triathlon. There are four events scheduled – a sprint course Saturday; and Olympic, half and duathlon courses Sunday. All events start from Sugar Pine Point State Park and all will use Highway 89 for the […]
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The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has photographic evidence of five gray wolf pups and two adults in Northern California. After trail cameras recorded a lone canid in May and July, CDFW deployed additional cameras, one of which took multiple photos showing five pups, which appear to be a few months old and others […]
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