The Eldorado National Forest is preparing for one of the biggest recreation weekends of the year. Other than the Wrights Lake, Woods Lake and Blue Lakes campgrounds, all recreation facilities in the forest will be open. “It is important that we all take responsibility to keep wildfire out of the forest,” Fire Prevention Officer Barbara […]
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The 26th Annual I-CAN Run/Walk kicks off at 8:15am on July 10 in Incline Village. Proceeds benefit two nonprofits; the Children’s Cabinet at Incline Village and Incline High School Athletics Program. This fun family tradition offers a 5K and 10K Run with chip timing, a 5K Walk, and a 1K Kids Run on a combination […]
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By Jim Krajewski, Reno Gazette-Journal Jon and Dorie Starich try to attend all the fight cards in Northern Nevada. They like to get dressed up and spring for the high-priced tickets. “We make a night of it,” Jon Starich, 34, said. “We get to pretend we’re rich. It’s definitely a lot of fun.” Starich became […]
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By Patricia Yollin Karen Rogers is one of the few females in the world who covets the physique of a well-blubbered walrus. That’s because she’ll be in the ocean at least 15 hours, if all goes well, when she tries on Friday to become the first woman to swim from the Farallon Islands to San […]
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By Sam McManis, Sacraemento Bee Summer is the season for charity cross-country bike rides, and one of the nation’s longest ones will be passing through Sacramento on Thursday. The Texas 4000 for Cancer, a 4,687-mile journey that began on June 5 in Austin, Texas, and is scheduled to finish in August in Anchorage, Alaska, will […]
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By Queenie Wong, Sacramento Bee Rafting companies are counting on higher-than-normal snowmelt to rescue their season after a chilly spring kept customers on shore. Gregg Armstrong, owner of the Lotus-based All-Outdoors California Whitewater Rafting, said his company’s spring reservations fell about 20 percent from last year, which was already slower than 2008, when he saw […]
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By Stephen Ward STATELINE — Advantage Basketball Camps, a national traveling camp that aims to teach children effective methods on the basketball court and beyond, is captivating the attention and spirit of Northern Nevada’s youth. The camp emphasizes teaching kids to handle the ball, along with proper shooting techniques. Looking around Kahle Community Center, the […]
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By Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee Amador and El Dorado county residents planning to burn piles of vegetation to prepare their property for the wildfire season have less than a week left. All burn permits in areas of Amador County’s and El Dorado County’s western slope served by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection’s […]
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Team Tahoe sent a group of swimmers and track athletes to the Northern California State Special Olympics this past weekend. Several medals were brought home by the local contingent. Events were on the campus of UC Davis. (Click on photo to see in full frame.)
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Bears are finding bird feeders to be a tempting treat this year. A bear on Margaret Avenue in South Lake Tahoe hopped the fence in hopes of finding some easy pickings with the bird feeder on top of the fence. The owner is taking the feeder down. With bears easily scampering over fences, this could […]
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