The Heavenly Ski and Snowboard Foundation’s 22nd annual Ski and Snowboard Swap at MontBleu in Stateline is Nov. 19 and 20. Proceeds benefit the foundation, a nonprofit organization providing skiing and snowboarding programs for regional youth, local middle school students, and the S.O.S. program. The swap opens with Moonlight Madness on Nov. 19 from 6 […]
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Publisher’s note: A bruised Manny Pacquiao will be at Harrah’s Lake Tahoe Nov. 16 with his band. By Barry Horn, Dallas Morning News Perhaps the five kind souls on the California athletic commission were doing Antonio Margarito a favor when they refused to license him to fight Manny Pacquiao. Here in Texas, boxing’s regulatory body […]
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A 272-acre ranch in El Dorado County was bought by the American River Conservancy for $3.3 million. This area near Coloma is thought to be the first North American site settled by Japanese colonists. A public park and museum are planned. The former Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Farm Colony was used for silk worm farming […]
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Torstein Horgmo, one of the world’s top riders, has joined the Northstar-at-Tahoe Resort Professional Freestyle Team and will represent the resort in competitions including the Winter Dew Tour, Winter X Games and other high profile winter events. Horgmo, who is from Norway, was the first to land a triple cork off a park jump. Horgmo […]
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By Joel Gratz “Hey La Nina, what’s in it for me?” When geek-speak goes mainstream, you know the nerds must have a hot topic on their hands. You might think that I’m talking about The Facebook Movie (“The Social Network”), where geeks write computer code over shots of Tequila. But not quite. I’m actually talking […]
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South Tahoe High School’s boys’ and girls’ soccer teams were in action this weekend. Both teams have much to celebrate. At the class 3A Boys State Tournament in Mesquite on Friday the guys beat Boulder City 5-0, while Sparks needed overtime to top Truckee 1-0. In Saturday’s championship match, South Tahoe beat Sparks 3-1. In […]
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By Lisa Ramsey-Simpson The American Youth Soccer Organization has been a fixture in South Lake Tahoe youth soccer for some time, providing a way for local youth to learn about the game of soccer, sportsmanship and the value of working together as a team. Each year South Lake Tahoe sends one to two All-Star teams […]
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By Kathryn Reed INCLINE VILLAGE — A case was made Friday to start a pilot waterborne transit project on the North and West shores as early as next summer. “Essentially it would be public transit on the lake,” explained Gordon Shaw of LSC Consultants. “This is not going to be a big ferry.” He was […]
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By Heather Hansman, Ski Nervous about your kid falling off the chairlift? Do their short legs make them ride precariously close to the edge? Good news. Now, you can magnetically stick them to the back of the chair. French company Magnestick has been installing magnetized chairs in Europe for the past three years, and this […]
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By Emi Urabe and naoko Fujimura, Bloomberg News Forget the ice ax and $500 climbing boots. The mode du jour for today’s female mountain hikers in Japan is a miniskirt and leggings. The North Face, the San Leandro maker of Gore-Tex waterproof jackets, and Alpine Tour Service Co. are targeting “yama girls,” or mountain girls, […]
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