By John Schumacher, Sacramento Bee After the climb up Donner Summit, the long descent toward Sacramento strongly suggests a familiar finish today in the second stage of the Amgen Tour of California. Get ready for another field sprint in front of the state Capitol. That’s the consensus among riders and team directors asked about the […]
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By John Schumacher, Sacramento Bee The consensus among riders ready to test the sixth annual Tour de California: This is the toughest course in the event’s history. The addition of two mountaintop finishes – one on Sierra Road in San Jose in Stage 4 and the other a climb up Mount Baldy to end Stage […]
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The Virginia and Truckee Railroad’s 2011 season begins May 28 with roundtrip and one-way excursions along the historic 14-mile Comstock route between Carson City and Virginia City. Tickets are on sale with rides departing Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through Oct. 30. The routes include scenic vistas of the Sierra Nevada and Carson River. For more […]
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By Heidi Hill Drum Finally it is here! The photo was taken several years back at the Amgen Tour stage leaving Sausalito and heading up to Santa Rosa. We waited in the back of our car on the side of a super steep, windy hill in Marin County. Drawing pictures on the closed road kept […]
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The National Weather Service in Reno has issued a winter weather advisory for the Lake Tahoe Basin from 3-11am Sunday. Snow is expected to begin late tonight and continue through Sunday morning, then taper to showers through the afternoon. Forecasters are calling for 1 to 3 inches below 7,000 feet and 2 to 4 inches […]
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By Agence France-Presse LOS ANGELES – One year after a 2010 edition rocked by the drugs accusations of Floyd Landis, the Tour de California starts on Sunday with RadioShack’s Levi Leipheimer heading the field in search of a fourth title. The eight-stage race starts Sunday in Lake Tahoe in the Sierra Nevada mountains and ends […]
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By Felicity Barringer, New York Times The Interior Department, facing an avalanche of petitions and lawsuits over proposed endangered species designations, said Tuesday that it had negotiated a settlement under which it will make decisions on 251 species over the next six years. Under the agreement, species that the department has already deemed to be […]
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By Carlos Alcalá, Sacramento Bee There was controversy but few surprises Tuesday as the California Department of Fish and Game held its final hearing on the contentious issue of suction dredging for gold in the state’s rivers and streams. The hearing attracted advocates and critics from El Dorado, Placer and Sierra counties – three of […]
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By Dennis Anderson, Star Tribune Department of Natural Resources conservation officer Lisa Kruse has extracted an angry raccoon from a suburban hot tub and thwarted the picture-window rampages of a kamikaze-style ruffed grouse — two unusual types of “invasive species.” Now she and the DNR’s 136 other conservation officers will focus their considerable enforcement powers […]
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By John Schumacher, Sacramento Bee The world’s best cycling races drip with tradition. The Tour de France started in 1903, the Giro d’Italia in 1909 and the Vuelta a España in 1935. Any discussion of the sport’s standout events begins with those three grand tours, each lasting three weeks and testing the skills and stamina […]
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