Driver loses traction

on wet road, rolls over

At 10:12 a.m. on Saturday, a teenager was driving a black Ford Explorer on McCourtney Road when he didn't see an oncoming vehicle and sped up to avoid a collision, Grass Valley police said. He lost traction on the wet road, went up an embankment and rolled over at the intersection of McCourt-ney Road and Brighton Street in Grass Valley. He suffered minor injuries and was taken to Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital, where he was treated and released, police said.



Sugar Bowl backs out

of lift link to Royal Gorge

Sugar Bowl officials have changed their minds about a lift connection between their ski resort and the proposed ski and housing development at Royal Gorge, saying this weekend that last summer's letter of intent on the arrangement was premature. "The full impact of the proposed project was not fully evaluated," officials said.