By USSA WINTER PARK, Colo. — Olympic gold medalist Julia Mancuso of Squaw Valley powered through exhaustively soft snow at the Nature Valley U.S. Alpine Championships to take giant slalom gold and up her own national title record to 15. Nineteen-year-old Norwegian Kristine Gjelsten Haugen was second ahead of 17-year-old Mikaela Shiffrin of Vail. It […]
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By Jill Oberly, Reno Gazette-Journal Drive by Sky Tavern on a weekday afternoon and the hill is quiet, the parking lot empty. But stop in on a Saturday or Sunday and the mountain is buzzing. A handful of chairlifts and even more trails are filled with some 2,500 kids learning how to ski under the […]
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By Cheryl Millham As I look out the window and see it snow, it is hard to remember that last week was the start of spring. But in the world of wildlife, life goes on and spring is the start of new “wild” beginnings. Coyotes and raccoons are breeding in the months of February, March […]
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Wind will be the word most likely to describe the storm that is blowing toward Lake Tahoe. The low pressure system will bring a cold front to the region starting Friday night. Winds from the south to southwest are expected, with a lake wind advisory in effect. Sustained winds are forecast to be about 30 […]
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By Matt Weiser, Sacramento Bee It was January 2010 when Shawn O’Brien visited her favorite paddling spot on Cache Creek, in Yolo County’s scenic Capay Valley, and noticed something wasn’t right. The path to the water alongside Rumsey Bridge, which she had used for a decade to launch her canoe, was obstructed. Tree limbs, stumps […]
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By USSA WINTER PARK, Colo. — Julia Mancuso of Squaw Valley landed a massive 1.2 second super G victory at the Nature Valley U.S. Alpine Championships Friday to extend her national title record to 14 in spring-like Winter Park. Leanne Smith of North Conway, N.H., nabbed silver with Laurenne Ross of Bend, Ore., bronze. It […]
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Discover dabblers, divers, and other feathered friends on an early morning walk with Jim Woods, local birder and member of the Lahontan Audubon Society. See what species are coming and going during the annual spring migration, and what birds will stick around all year. In May, the males will be singing their territorial and nesting […]
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By Kathryn Reed No. 8626 is home. While still small at 35 pounds, this black bear left Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care at the break of dawn Thursday headed for Soda Lake near San Luis Obispo. This is the area where she was picked up in September and where California Department of Fish and Game officials […]
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By Kathryn Reed In a 4-0 decision, the Lake Tahoe Unified School District board voted to launch the South Lake Tahoe Mountain Sports Academy. Board member Judy Cefalu was recused because her son, Chris Cefalu, is one of the owners of Tahoe Sports & Entertainment. TSE will bring the hockey and figure skating components to […]
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By Ted Parkhill The Pee Wee hockey team from the South Tahoe Amateur Hockey Association had what officials are calling an amazing weekend of playoff hockey in Oakland. They placed second overall across Northern California. With this strong finish, the team qualified to compete at the California State Hockey Championships in San Jose April 13-15. […]
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