SF News New Report Blames Back-Country Guides For Choosing Highly Avalanche-Prone Route In Tahoe Tragedy A new report by an avalanche education organization describes in detail the events of February 17, and the avalanche conditions that were present as a group of 11 skiers and four guides headed on a dangerous route out of the back country near Donner Summit.
SF News Saturday Links: Two Skiers Die in Separate Incidents at Lake Tahoe’s Heavenly Resort SFUSD is expected to announce preliminary layoffs for 42 employees; a celebration of life for Betty Reid Soskin, who died in December at 104, is set to take place in Oakland March 1; and two skiers died in separate incidents at Heavenly Resort in Lake Tahoe Friday.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Oakland to Celebrate Black History Month With Black Joy Parade MAHA proponents are turning against RFK Jr. after Trump ordered a boost in the production of weedkiller glyphosate; authorities are investigating the ski guide company involved in the deadly Lake Tahoe avalanche; and Oakland’s ninth annual Black Joy Parade takes place Sunday.
SF News Six Women Who Loved the Outdoors Identified as Victims In Avalanche Six of the nine victims' names have now been released from Tuesday's avalanche tragedy in Nevada County, and they were a group of women who'd bonded over their love of skiing and the outdoors.
SF News How a Three-Day Back-County Ski Expedition Turned Deadly in the Sierra More details have been released about a group of back-country ski guides and their 11 clients who were hiking through an avalanche-prone area Tuesday morning as we learned that eight have been found dead and one remains missing.
SF News Several Back-Country Skiers Missing After Tuesday Morning Avalanche Near Tahoe An unknown number of back-country skiers are missing after an avalanche hit Tuesday morning in the Castle Peak area near Donner Pass, as some parts of the Sierra experience their harshest winter conditions in three years.
SF News Tahoe and Sierra Ski Resorts Get Much-Needed Snow, But With It Comes Avalanche and Dangerous Traffic Conditions The snow finally arrived in time for Christmas for powder-staved Tahoe skiers, but with that snow came some very treacherous driving conditions, and an avalanche that hospitalized two Mammoth Mountain ski patrollers.
SF News Tahoe Black Bear Makes Self at Home on Holiday Ice Rink at Heavenly Ski Resort Before the ice rink at the Tahoe ski resort Heavenly had even opened to the public, a well-known local bear named Charlie decided to test the ice out for himself, and no one was going to tell him he had to leave.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Tahoe Likely to See Early-Season Snow Next Week The Sierra is likely to see some snow next week (and we will get rain); a person was struck by a BART train in Oakland Wednesday evening; and thieves stole dozens of rose bushes from Oakland's Morcom Rose Garden.
SF News Sunday Links: Bystander Hit by Stray Bullets in SF While Walking Past Group of Strangers A man accused of sending death threats to Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee will go on trial; LA Dodgers fans were pretty well behaved after the team’s World Series win Saturday; and a man was shot multiple times in SF's Polk Gulch while walking by people who may have been fighting.
SF Politics WTF, South Lake Tahoe? Mayor Pro Tem Arrested for Assault, One Day After Mayor Admits Embezzlement Just one day after the Mayor of South Lake Tahoe admitted to embezzling money from a church, we learn that the city’s second highest-ranking elected official was arrested for assaulting an employee at a bar he had been 86’d from.
SF News Tahoe Community Torn as State Plans to Euthanize Mama Bear That Keeps Breaking Into Homes A bear nicknamed “Hope” is slated for euthanization after a reported dozen incursions into people’s homes in just the last three months, but Tahoe bear activists are fighting back, while concerned about what will happen with Hope’s young cub.
SF News Black Bear Commandeers Tahoe Ice Cream Shop, Woofs Down Strawberry Ice Cream An ice cream bear jamboree was broken up by El Dorado County Sheriff’s deputies in South Lake Tahoe early Sunday morning, but not before that bear put a serious dent in the strawberry ice cream supply.
SF News Saturday Links: Oakland Police Seize 27 Guns in Weeklong East Oakland Arrest Sweep California and several other states are suing the federal government over its restrictions on gender-affirming youth care; Oakland's animal shelter can no longer accept all animals due to a 40% surge; and 27 guns were seized and multiple felony arrests were made in East Oakland this week.
SF News Federal Report Offers Several New Details About Capsize Incident That Left 8 Dead at Lake Tahoe Extreme waves, a dead engine, unworn life jackets, and a tragically poor position on the lake all contributed to the deaths of eight people on Lake Tahoe, according to a newly released preliminary report.
SF News Other Boaters In Distress Describe Dramatic Sudden Storm That Left Eight Dead In Tahoe While Lake Tahoe had experienced some high winds and choppy waters on Friday, by Saturday morning, more normal-seeming, springlike weather had taken hold, giving boaters a false sense of calm before a sudden storm rolled through.
SF News SF-Based DoorDash Executive and His Parents Among Victims ID'd In Tahoe Boating Tragedy The eight victims in Saturday's boat-capsize tragedy on Lake Tahoe were publicly identified for the first time Tuesday, and among them was a 37-year-old DoorDash executive.
SF News [Update] Coast Guard Suspends Search After Lake Tahoe Boat Capsizing, 7 Confirmed Dead With One Still Missing The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for two people still missing after a 27-foot powerboat capsized during a sudden storm on Lake Tahoe Saturday around 3 p.m. The incident resulted in six confirmed deaths and two hospitalizations, with a total of ten people onboard.
Politics From Yosemite to Big Sur, Millions of Acres Eligible for Sale Under Senate's Proposed ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ The Senate is expected to vote by July 4 on the “Big Beautiful” bill, which could allow the sale of up to 3 million acres of public land across 11 western states. In California, 16 million acres are eligible, including land near Yosemite and Lake Tahoe.
SF News Sunday Links: Top SF Law Enforcement Official Arrested, Under Investigation for Hit-and-Run Six people are dead and two missing after a 27-foot boat capsized during a storm on Lake Tahoe; a motorcyclist who taunted CHP during a high-speed chase was arrested in Berkeley; and a high-ranking SF Sheriff’s official was arrested for hit-and-run.
SF News Saturday Links: At Tahoe Trial, Former Lover Says Ex-MLB Player Admitted to Shooting Wife’s Mom A Florida man nabbed at SFO was convicted of wire fraud after posing as a flight attendant to score free flights; the CA Farm Bureau is condemning ICE raids targeting farmworkers; and the Tahoe murder trial of ex-MLB player Daniel Serafini has brought new details to light.
Arts & Entertainment Actor Jeremy Renner Describes Tahoe Near-Death Experience In New Memoir Oscar-nominated actor Jeremy Renner was as close to death as one can get after his 2023 snowplow accident in Tahoe, as he describes in his new memoir My Next Breath — and he may have, in fact, briefly died.
SF News 7-Year-Old Girl Killed By Falling Boulder at Tahoe Resort We're now learning some details about a tragic accident that took place Saturday at a Tahoe area ski resort, in which a young girl lost her life.
SF News Five Seriously Injured After Two Ski Lift Chairs Collide at Tahoe's Heavenly Resort A nightmare came true for several skiers at the Tahoe ski resort Heavenly Monday morning, as their ski lift chairs collided, and some victims reportedly fell 30 feet to the ground before being rushed to a hospital.
SF News Lake Tahoe Is Getting An Electric ‘Hydrofoil’ To Speed You Across the Lake In 30 Minutes Time The first ever electric hydrofoil watercraft in the US is coming to Lake Tahoe, promising to be the fastest craft on the water with "hydrofoil wings” that appear to make it fly.
