The California Emergency Management Agency is urging residents throughout the state to accelerate their winter weather preparedness efforts in response to a forecast by the National Weather Service for temperatures in the 20s to low 30s and possibly lower later this week. It’s not just the Lake Tahoe area that is feeling the big chill. […]
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By Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee The California Department of Fish and Game is accepting registration for the 28th annual Nature Bowl, an activity-based competition for elementary school students in third through sixth grade. The event, held each spring, is open to students from any school, group or organized youth club in the Sacramento Valley and […]
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Tahoe Resource Conservation District has released a series of educational posters which identify some of the biggest threats to Lake Tahoe Basin, as well as what visitors, residents and even kids can do to help. Titled “Tahoe’s Most un-Wanted,” the first three posters feature aquatic invasive species, fine sediments from runoff and invasive weeds, and […]
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By Terry McDonell, Sports Illustrated In the fall of 1980, when SI senior writer Lars Anderson was nine years old and living in Lincoln, his father took him to the Florida State–Nebraska game. With less than a minute left in the fourth quarter, the highly favored Cornhuskers had the ball on the Seminoles’ three-yard line, […]
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By USSA LAKE LOUISE, Alberta — Lindsey Vonn of Vail completed a historic clean sweep in Lake Louise, topping the Audi FIS Alpine World Cup super G podium with Julia Mancuso of Squaw Valley third. It was Vonn’s 45th career World Cup win and 11th in Lake Louise. Following a season opening giant slalom victory […]
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Each fall El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office recognizes the achievements of search and rescue volunteers. There are approximately 200 registered SAR volunteers throughout El Dorado County who are organized into teams and respond to searches countywide and to mutual aid requests. In any given year, volunteers in El Dorado County respond to more than incidents […]
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Backcountry gates linking Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows are getting closer to being a reality. This season the two resorts, operated by the same company since earlier this fall, are working with the U.S. Forest Service to study the practically of opening the area. A press release says, “If successful, the pilot study would result […]
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By Joshua Emerson Smith, Merced Sun-Star A well-intentioned plan to preserve the natural beauty of the Merced River may wind up limiting the number of visitors U.S. national parks can have at any one time. A 1987 federal law designated the river as a “wild and scenic” location that needed to be preserved. To do […]
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By USSA LAKE LOUISE, Alberta — Lindsey Vonn of Vail rocketed to her second Audi FIS Alpine World Cup downhill win in as many days Saturday to notch the 44th victory of her career and 10th in Lake Louise. Vonn has now stood on the top of the podium in three of the four World […]
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By Matt Weiser, Sacramento Bee Conservation groups are warning that Gov. Jerry Brown’s plan to slash the state’s vehicle fleet could have consequences for California wildlife and their habitats. The Department of Fish and Game is slated to lose 527 vehicles in the fleet-reduction program, according to preliminary data obtained by the Bee. Unlike the […]
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