By Kathryn Reed SAN FRANCISCO — Torture never felt so good. It’s stressful being a Giants fan. For a game with two stellar pitchers – Tim Lincecum and Cliff Lee – it was touted to be a low scoring pitchers duel. Not exactly. The Giants rocked the Texas Rangers 11-7 Wednesday in the opening game […]
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Each year Ski magazine publishes what it thinks are the best resorts in the country. It’s divided by East and West. The 23rd annual edition is on newsstands now. Several Sierra Nevada resorts are mentioned in various categories. On the last page of the compilation of stats are results for readers. Here are the “local” […]
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The Far West Ski Association has received a grant from the California Skin Cancer Prevention Program to develop a program to inform young snow sports enthusiasts and their parents on the danger of skin cancer. The Slip, Slop, Slide & Slither program featuring informative brochures, decals, and a sunscreen partner is being developed and administered […]
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There are 18 girls signed up from third to fifth grade 3-on-3 girls basketball league at Kahle Community Cente in Stateline. One more volunteer coach is needed to make this league work. If you can coach (or know someone who can), call Traci Dill at (775) 586.7271. Sign-ups are under way for sixth- to eighth-grade […]
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By Emerson Marcus, Reno Gazette-Journal Kevin Rivera cut a four-inch gash in his head and sustained a concussion during a soccer game Sept. 18. The McQueen senior only remembers going for the ball before slowly regaining consciousness as he was escorted to a hospital by an ambulance. “It was scary,” said Rivera, who will return […]
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By Marjie Lundstrom and Matt Weiser, Sacramento Bee They were left to the people of California, gifts of natural beauty and magnificence to be passed through the generations. For California’s 278 state parks, that heritage is becoming an iffy proposition. Amid a sagging economy and chronic state budget deficit, California’s parks – like other state […]
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By Carlos Alcalá, Sacramento Bee El Dorado County supervisors voted 5-0 Tuesday to approve a plan to apply for a U.S. Forest Service easement along the Rubicon Trail offroad vehicle route. The county has had a road along the route for more than 100 years, but the U.S. Forest Service has demanded the easement request […]
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The San Francisco Giants won game six of the NLCS 3-2 tonight to send them to the World Series for the first time since 2002. The first game against the Texas Rangers is Oct. 27 in San Francisco.
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Julia Mancuso of Squaw Valley Tweets that she finished 12th today in Soelden, Austria, is more than satisfied with her race, and that it’s a great gondola ride. Check out the video of her run.
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By Colin Nicholson, Independent As we drove through the desert state of Nevada, it seemed both practical and reassuring that our car’s global positioning system (GPS) could find its way to a ski resort in this arid landscape of cacti and rolling tumbleweed. Sure enough, turning a corner, I caught sight of the snowy peaks […]
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