A carjacking suspect who was shot and killed Friday morning at Palisades Tahoe ski resort has been identified as an employee – Vinton Miller. In a post on Facebook, the Placer County Sheriff’s Office identified the 29-year-old Miller as the suspect. Authorities say he was staying in the Tahoe area on a work visa from […]
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Woman stuck overnight on Heavenly gondola
Sometimes skiing or snowboarding until the last lifts close is not such a good idea. It sure wasn’t Thursday (Jan. 25) for Monica Laso. The Chilean woman survived a cold night after being stranded in the Heavenly Gondola without any way to call for help. Laso was one of five friends from different countries who […]
Carjacker shot and killed Friday at Palisades Tahoe
This story has been updated with new information at 5 pm on Friday. There was a shooting incident Friday morning at Palisades Tahoe ski resort that led to an officer firing and killing a suspect who was involved in an area carjacking. Late Friday afternoon (Jan. 27), the California State Parks confirmed a fatal shooting […]
Update – Officer shot suspect Friday at Palisades Tahoe
This story has been updated with new information at 4 pm on Friday. There was a shooting incident Friday morning at Palisades Tahoe ski resort that led to an officer firing and injuring a suspect. The circumstances that led to the shooting are still unknown. There are no initial reports concerning deaths connected to the […]
Ski California’s Safety Day on Jan. 27
Because the slopes can be dangerous and even deadly at times, safety is something every skier and snowboarder should thoroughly understand. To encourage more safety on the slopes, Ski California will host its sixth annual Safety Day on Saturday, Jan. 27. Resorts in California and Nevada are planning to offer a variety of safety-themed activities […]
Tahoe ski resorts still awaiting big snow storm
Tahoe ski resorts are still awaiting that one huge dump, the kind that has the local skiers and snowboarders measuring the white stuff in feet, not inches. Although several Tahoe ski resorts did get some solid totals over the past two days, overall the weekend snowfall was disappointing. Warmer than usual daytime and evening temperatures […]
Disappointing snow totals at Tahoe ski resorts
Although the rain was heavy at times Saturday in the Sacramento region and its surrounding foothills, the snow totals were modest by Sunday morning for Tahoe ski resorts. While Boreal Mountain was reporting 10 inches at its summit, Heavenly ski resort in South Lake Tahoe was reporting no new snow in the previous 24-hour period. […]
Snow totals piling up at Tahoe ski resorts
While snowfall was infrequent early in the ski season at Tahoe ski resorts, Mother Nature has been making regular visits to start the New Year. Tahoe ski resorts received their fourth major January snowfall Saturday with five resorts getting 10 or more inches of snow. Unlike the first three storms, the latest one included rain […]
Second Palisades Tahoe avalanche results in no injuries
A second avalanche this week occurred Thursday at Palisades Tahoe. Fortunately, this time there were no skiers or snowboarders engulfed by the collapsing, fast-moving snow. The second avalanche came one day after a major avalanche roared down the KT-22 area of the Tahoe ski resort, trapping several people and killing a 66-year-old Kenneth Kidd, a […]
Mt. Rose gets 20 inches new snow
It’s been a good January in terms of snow totals thus far for Tahoe ski resorts. The Tahoe region experienced its third storm in the New Year on Wednesday, with totals exceeding a foot or more at six Tahoe ski resorts. The downside to the snow was the news early Wednesday (Jan. 10) at Palisades […]