By Kathryn Reed When you go swimming in Lake Tahoe you aren’t alone. Besides the fish that call this body of water home, so do a handful of aquatic mammals. Many of these critters are elusive and seldom seen. The work of some, like the beaver, is more apt to be visible than the actual animal. […]
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The Nature Conservancy, federal, state and local agencies, as well as a private landowner are collaborating on a forest restoration project designed to reduce the risk of catastrophic fires, protect onsite and neighboring structures, protect water supplies for people and enhance wildlife habitat near Carson City. The restoration work will include thinning trees on at […]
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The Tahoe Area Sierra Club is guiding two hikes. The first one is on May 13 to Dardanelles Lake. It is approximately 7 miles round-trip and starts at the Big Meadows trailhead on Highway 89. Start time is 9am. Space is limited. Please RSVP to tahoehikers@gmail.com. The next hike is on June 5 and is to […]
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The High Fives Foundation is awarding Jason Abraham, 35, an empowerment grant to help aid in his recovery from a life-altering injury he sustained while skiing in the Palisades at Squaw Valley in April. The injury happened when Abraham fell while skiing in Main Chute. The impact broke his neck and resulted in a subluxation of his C5/C6 vertebrae, causing temporary […]
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Whittell High School’s baseball team will be traveling to Las Vegas this week in a quest to become state champions. The Whittell softball and South Tahoe High School baseball teams did not make it past the Northern League Softball Tournament this weekend. Seeded second in the tournament, the Warriors will face Pahranagat Valley on May […]
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The overall race leader changed three times Sunday, with Velocio-SRAM’s Trixi Worrack’s winning the inaugural three-day, three-stage Amgen Tour of California women’s race. Sixty-five cyclists battled in Sacramento in a 17 lap all-out race totaling 34 miles. Worrack, the 2013 German National Road Race Champion who placed third Saturday in South Lake Tahoe, swept the first three of […]
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By Bradley Stulberg, Outside In an until-recently classified report funded by the UK’s Ministry of Defence, researchers revealed something remarkable: you can reap enormous performance gains by altering your perception of effort—and anyone can do it. Historically, scientists and athletes have thought of the stress that leads to fitness gains as being physical—training longer, running […]
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By Nigel Duara, Los Angeles Times American Lands Council promises cash-strapped Western communities a chance to win back federal acreage Utah has passed legislation demanding return of all federal land; experts say it will never happen Proponent sums up Western land transfer movement: ‘It’s the principle’ Spread over 6,500 miles of sparse scrub and alkaline […]
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By Blair Anthony Robertson, Sacramento Bee If you’re one of the 50,000 spectators expected to turn out for the Amgen Tour of California’s Sacramento stage on Sunday, you’ll notice that pro road racing amounts to very lean athletes riding bikes with very skinny tires. But those tires are not as skinny as they used to […]
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Zephyr Cove Tennis Club kicks off its season May 23 at noon with the second annual Viva La Tennis mixer. The doubles tennis event is for current, new and perspective players of all levels. The kickoff party is free for 2015 club members, $10 for others. It includes a barbecue and lots of tennis. Membership is $80 […]
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