The Amador-El Dorado Unit of CalFire lifted the burn restrictions on state responsibility lands within the Lake Tahoe Basin. Homeowners may burn their debris piles that have accumulated over the summer. Door-yard burn permits, aka residential landscape debris burn permits, will still be required until the end of fire season has been declared, but burn […]
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By Kade Krichko, GrindTV As far as X Games gold medalists go, Maddie Bowman is about as unassuming as they come. The 19-year-old halfpipe skier doesn’t flaunt her accomplishments — two X Games medals and a handful of Dew Tour podiums, to name a few — and in many ways has retained a normal teenage […]
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By Brian K. Sullivan, Bloomberg Snow falling over Siberia is raising the prospect for frigid temperatures in New York come January. Enlarge image Snow in Siberia The weather half a world from Central Park can set off atmospheric events that result in icy air descending from the North Pole in December and January, driving U.S. […]
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U.S. Forest Service fuels management crews will begin prescribed fire operations in Slaughterhouse Canyon, north of Spooner Summit, on Oct. 30. The total unit size is 30 acres. Fuels management crews may burn as much of the unit as possible, weather and conditions permitting. Operations are likely to continue through the end of the week. […]
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Three black bears caught in west Reno were released into the mountains above Spooner Lake on Tuesday, while a bear in Incline Village on Monday was euthanized by the Nevada Department of Wildlife. A 2-year-old male black bear was positively identified as the bear that broke into the same house on Friday and Sunday nights. […]
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This fall the Tahoe National Forest plans 1,200 acres of pile burning and 300 acres of underburning on the Yuba River Ranger District within Nevada, Sierra, and Yuba counties. Prescribed burn operations will begin this week and will extend through the fall, depending on current and predicted weather. The planned pile burns are located in […]
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American Bill Johnson’s stunning Olympic downhill gold in 1984 is iconic in ski racing, having left an indelible mark in the annals of U.S. Ski Team history. ESPN’s news magazine program E:60 will look inside his story of triumph and tragedy in an episode airing Oct. 29 at 7pm. Johnson was a maverick who captured […]
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By Ed Fletcher, Sacramento Bee Built to accompany the long-delayed and never-completed Auburn Dam, the unusually long legs of the Foresthill Bridge has teased parachute daredevils for decades. With its forest-green deck 730 feet above the American River Canyon, the bridge is the fourth highest span in the United States. The bridge’s height, combined with […]
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By Lois M. Collins, Deseret News Parents who want their teens to do better in school might want to send them outside to play hard for a bit. Research from the United Kingdom indicates that moderate to vigorous exercise helps teens academically. And it’s especially good at helping girls do better in science. The study […]
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By USSA SOELDEN, Austria – Four-time Audi FIS Alpine World Cup giant slalom champion Ted Ligety (Park City) pulled out a historic win at the Soelden World Cup GS, becoming the first man in history to win three World Cup GS races in a row at Soelden. Ligety beat out Frenchman Alexis Pinturault by 0.79 […]
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