Daron Rahlves left the world of downhill competition to start a second career in skiercross. The 36-year-old trains at Sugar Bowl. Why did you choose this resort?: For the skiing and to work with the Sugar Bowl Ski Team and Academy. Sugar Bowl has an outstanding race arena for training and the team has full […]
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By Kathryn Reed Forty-five of the 58 counties in California are sharing millions of dollars in state grants to combat fraud in In-Home Supportive Services programs. El Dorado County is not one of them. This is because the county did not apply for grant, not because the county doesn’t have fraud. “(Fraud) is definitely out […]
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By Kathryn Reed A strip club. That’s what Bill’s Casino may become. Potential proprietor Mike Laub and Douglas County Sheriff Ron Pierini met Monday to discuss the idea. The sheriff’s department issues alcohol and adult entertainment licenses. But it’s the county commissioners who first must approve the licenses. When Laub tried to open a strip […]
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By Mark Earnest, Reno Gazette-Journal MC Hammer spent some more time in the spotlight this past year, with a reality show about his family, the start of a dance-oriented Web site, frequent updates on Twitter and his blog, and a new album in the works titled “DanceJam: The Music.” Yet, like other musical artists who […]
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Jamie Anderson, 19, is one of the top female snowboarders in the world. She dominates slopestyle events. She is aiming for the Olympic halfpipe team — slopestyle is not an Olympic event. Home resort: Sierra-at-Tahoe Why did you choose this resort?: Because it’s close to home and it happens to be the best! How often […]
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By Kathryn Reed A two-hour sentencing hearing may have seemed long for the more than 50 people in the courtroom, but for those who had to wait 24 years to hear a judge say Ulysses Roberson would spend 15 years to life in prison, it was time well spent Wednesday afternoon. Roberson, who last month […]
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By Kathryn Reed A $211,000 shortfall is requiring BlueGo to tweak bus routes in South Lake Tahoe — again. It seems like every few months officials from the South Shore bus agency come before the South Lake Tahoe City Council with either proposed route changes or fare increases. On Tuesday there will be a public […]
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Elena Hight finished sixth in the halfpipe at the 2006 Olympic Games. At 20, she hopes to improve upon that accomplishment in Vancouver next month. Home resort: Northstar-at-Tahoe Why did you choose this resort?: Northstar always is so much fun to ride. They always make great park and pipe and no matter what are maintaining […]
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By Kathryn Reed Alex Cushing left his East Coast law practice to move to Squaw Valley in the 1940s, soon convinced PanAm pilot Wayne Poulson to sell him 600 acres in what is now Olympic Valley and then spent $100,000 to build a ski lodge near what is KT-22. By 1954, Cushing was entertaining the […]
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Andy Finch, 28, hopes to make Vancouver his second consecutive Winter Olympics in the snowboard halfpipe competition. Home resort: Northstar-at-Tahoe Why did you choose this resort?: I can look out my window and see how good it is at Northstar. Also, it’s the best park and pipe. How often are you in Lake Tahoe?: Unfortunately, […]
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