Arts & Entertainment Mammoth Mountain Opens Ski Season, But Heavenly, Boreal, and Northstar Just Delayed Their Openings Mammoth Mountain opened its ski resort today, and Mount Rose opens Friday, but a slew of Tahoe ski resorts have pushed back their openings indefinitely because there’s just not enough snow at the moment.
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 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 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 Placer County Approves Massive, 85-Acre New Development at Palisades Tahoe Ski Resort Despite major community objections, Palisades Tahoe won approval on Tuesday for a gigantic, 85-acre expansion that would add 1,500 hotel rooms, plus shops, restaurants, and a movie theater to their resort.
Arts & Entertainment The First Tahoe Ski Resort Is Open, and the Rest Have Announced Their (Approximate) Opening Dates Pow! The powder of Mount Rose ski resort officially opened to skiers for the season Friday, and a flurry of other ski resorts have announced their prospective opening dates for the weeks to come.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Two SF Giants Just Got Named to This Year’s MLB All-Star Team We have some new details on the Channing Tatum movie that’s been shooting near Golden Gate Park; a couple dozen East Bay parks that were closed for the heat wave have reopened; and the SF Giants just got a pitcher and outfielder named to the NL All-Star team for next week’s game.
SF News Snowfall Totals Are In For Tahoe Area; Sugar Bowl Got 10 Feet The snowfall totals are in for this past weekend's blizzard up in Tahoe. And while it sounds like major records were not broken, it was still a whole ton of snow that no one knows what to do with — except the ski resorts.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: I-80 Reopens Near Tahoe After Four Days Closed Travel around the Tahoe area remains difficult as I-80 remains closed; a shooting at a house party in Monterey County killed four people; and the Supreme Court has ruled in Trump's favor in the Colorado ballot case.
SF News Man Shot By Sheriff's Deputy at Palisades Tahoe Identified as Jamaican National A man who was fatally shot by a Placer County Sheriff's deputy last week at the Palisades Tahoe ski resort has been identified, and we're now learning more about the circumstances that led to the shooting.
SF News Man Killed In Tahoe Avalanche Identified as Marin County Resident; Survivors Describe Scene The man who was killed Wednesday morning in an avalanche at Palisades Tahoe has been identified as a Bay Area resident who also had a home in Truckee.
SF News [Update] One Confirmed Dead In Avalanche at Palisades Tahoe There was an avalanche Wednesday morning at Palisades Tahoe that reportedly buried multiple skiers who were among the first down a trail, and a search and rescue operation is underway.
SF News Shortest Day of the Year Around the Bay: Not Much Snow in Tahoe This Christmas Santa Clara and the 49ers are in another dispute over that big Christmas Night game; a police chase rattled the Precita Park area last night; and the Christmas weekend snow depth at Tahoe will likely disappoint skiers.
SF News Ski Season Is Officially Here as First Tahoe Ski Resort Opens on Friday Lake Tahoe-area ski season has its first ski slope opening set for Friday, as Tahoe’s highest base elevation resort Mount Rose opens Friday, November 10, and more ski resort openings are scheduled for the weeks to follow.
SF News Get Ready for 'The Big Melt,' as This Weekend's Warm Weather Could Start Melting the Sierras' Massive Snowpack Snowmelt season is here, and the western slope of the Sierra Nevada, particularly the southern Sierra, is at high risk of flooding, as are San Joaquin Valley and the Tulare Lake regions.
SF News Winter Storm Bonus: Lake Tahoe Bluer Than It’s Been In Nearly 40 Years A combination of fresh precipitation and a resurgence in the population of zooplankton has Lake Tahoe appearing bluer than it has since the 1980s, according to UC Davis researchers who measure the lake’s water clarity levels.
SF News Tahoe Bears Are Waking Up From Hibernation Hungry and Buried In Snow. Watch Out. Wildlife officials are bracing for more human-bear encounters than ever as this snow-covered spring in the Tahoe area is going to make for more challenging foraging for the hungry animals.
SF News Tahoe Sees Second-Snowiest Winter on Record; Snow Buries Ski Lifts in Sierras Even the tops of the ski lifts are buried in snow in the Lake Tahoe area, as this winter is now officially the second-snowiest season ever since records began being kept in 1946.
SF News Avalanche Buries Tahoe Apartment Building, Several Areas Evacuated Over Avalanche Risk The first two floors of this three-story apartment building near Palisades Tahoe were completely engulfed by an avalanche Tuesday night, and while everyone inside was rescued, avalanche orders remain in effect in parts of the Lake Tahoe area.
SF News Day Around the Bay: First Tahoe Ski Resort Slated to Open This Weekend, Everybody Live election results are already pouring in, Dr. Peter Chin-Hong says go ahead and have Thanksgiving with your vaccinated family, and the Lake Tahoe ski resorts will indeed open for your shredding pleasure this weekend.
SF News Snowy, Slippery Roads Near Tahoe Led to Six-Truck Pile-Up Wednesday Morning The passing weather system that brought SF some rain brought snow and ice to the Sierra, and I-80 saw a multi-vehicle crash near Truckee Wednesday morning.
SF News Helmet Cam Video Captures Near-Death Tahoe Ski Stunt Gone Wrong, as Skier Nearly Suffocates Immersed in Snow This daring ski jump and flip nearly turned fatal at Palisades Tahoe, and the skier’s helmet cam video is both exhilarating and absolutely terrifying.
SF News East Bay Woman Describes Bear-Mauling In Her Tahoe Kitchen That Nearly Killed Her An East Bay woman was attacked by a bear in the kitchen of her North Lake Tahoe home last weekend, and she's speaking out to warn other people about the dangers of bears who are becoming more accustomed to having humans in their midst.
SF News Roof Avalanche That Buried Truckee Teen For Hours Highlights Snow Dangers Up North People traveling to Tahoe this weekend to take advantage of the massive snowfall this week are being warned of major avalanche potential. And the story of a Truckee boy who was buried alive in a roof avalanche last night can serve as a warning.
