ELANCOURT, France — Haley Batten was fined by the Olympic mountain bike judges for breaking a rule on the final lap of her race Sunday, though she will no doubt gladly pay the modest penalty after her silver medal marked the best finish ever by an American rider. Batten was jockeying for second place with Sweden’s Jenny Rissveds, well behind …
Preparing for the threat of massive flooding during California’s “Big Melt,” federal engineers have been releasing more Kern River water from Lake Isabella than is flowing into the reservoir from the snowbound peaks of the southern Sierra Nevada. Brad Vieselmeyer, left, Sean Comey and Wade Nicholson stand near riprap lining the banks of the Kern River as it flows through …
