Squaw Valley News

SQUAW VALLEY, Calif. - Today, Squaw Valley is officially opening the world's first ski-in/ski-out Starbucks location.

Wadsworth, a longtime French teacher at Petaluma High School, personified the French expression of enjoying a hearty and carefree life.

TAHOE, Calif. - Cozy up with your Valentine in the mountains. Celebrate your love or find that special someone at Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows.

The rain storm coming to the Bay Area in the next couple days is expected to bring just a little bit of snow to Lake Tahoe.

Marquese Scott has appeared on "America's Got Talent" and "So You Think You Can Dance," and yet most people had never heard of him until last September.

Sarah Wadsworth, a Petaluma High School teacher and coach and last year's Teacher of the Year, is near death following a brain injury she suffered Tuesday.

This week, the Squaw Valley Institute in cooperation with Truckee Donner Land Trust and the Resort at Squaw Creek is hosting legendary alpinist Conrad Anker and award winning author and artist Jennifer Lowe-Anker, for a special presentation on the connection between individual spirit, family, philanthropy and adventure.

A motorcyclist died Tuesday night after he tried to avoid an oncoming vehicle and drove off Ruth Hill Road in Squaw Valley, the California Highway Patrol said.

The last storm that swept through the Sierra dropped enough snow for the resorts just east of Sacramento to open more trails.

Further evidence of the fortunate, snowy position Whistler is in this winter, while other ski areas have been thirsting for the stuff, came on a trip to San Francisco last weekend.

The gender ratio on Portola Valley's five-member architecture review board has changed to three men and two women from a male-heavy ratio that has prevailed for much of the panel's history.

Atlantis Casino Resort Spa will host a screening of 'Skiing Everest,' a documentary about an elite group of skiers who scale the world's highest mountain, at 6:30 p.m. Feb.

Snow across the nation in the past week has dramatically increased the amount of available skiing terrain.

The first winter storm of the 2011-12 winter season brought as much as 6 feet of snow to the Truckee/Tahoe region, according to some ski resorts.

The gender ratio on Portola Valley's five-member architecture review board has changed to three men and two women from a male-heavy ratio that has prevailed for much of the panel's history.

George and Irma LeBard will move to Belize in February. George's last day at Project MANA will be on Friday, Jan.

Lake Tahoe resorts, which have been relying on snow-making machines to stay open, reported the storms have dropped 1 to 2 feet of snow since Thursday.

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To welcome the first snowfall of 2012, some Northern California resorts are offering great deals this weekend.

Behind the lens: Here are a few shots I took on a road trip just before Thanksgiving.