By Brad Brooks (Reuters) -One skier was killed and another received minor injuries in an avalanche at the Palisades Tahoe ski resort in California on Wednesday, officials said. The Placer County Sheriff’s Office said in a written statement that Kenneth Kidd, 66, was the person killed. Both Kidd and the injured skier were guests of the resort and not employees, resort officials said. Two other people were hit by the avalanche but not injured. “At this point in time, all search efforts have concluded,” said Placer County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson David Smith. “There is nobody else up on the …