By Melinda Myers Keeping your garden looking its best throughout the growing season and into fall is possible with the help of low maintenance spring planted bulbs. Plant them in spring among other annuals or perennials and watch as these bulbs brighten the garden, adding new life to your late season gardens. Whether your gardens […]
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By Emily Starbuck Crone, NerdWallet Move over, Marriott. Hotels were once the default lodging option for travelers, but in recent years, demand has boomed for vacation rentals in private homes. And travelers aren’t the only ones who stand to benefit from this trend; homeowners who rent out their house can turn a handsome profit, especially […]
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By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal Douglas Stoup has emerged unscathed from close encounters with polar bears and plunges into icy crevasses. The polar adventurer from Olympic Valley can’t say the same for an unfortunate incident with a chocolate bar during a 2007 expedition in Antarctica. Like the polar bears and crevasse falls it was the […]
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The Tahoe XC Junior Mountain Riders Program provides children with an opportunity to experience and grow in the sport of mountain biking. Weekly club rides focus on developing strong, responsible riders through instruction, practice, and fun in a healthy, supportive environment. The six-week program runs April 18-May 23 from 4-5:30pm. Cost is $45 per child. […]
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Lake Tahoe Community College is having auditions for the Tony Award-winning musical “Cabaret” on April 4 at 7pm in the Duke Theatre. Community members and student actors, singers, and dancers of various ages and types are welcome to audition. Actors are required to sing pieces from the show. This multiple Tony-winning musical is a classic […]
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By Jessie Marchesseau This summer, South Lake Tahoe youth will have the opportunity to participate in a new, free, non-competitive baseball program. The city has been chosen to host one of nearly a hundred Junior Giants baseball leagues across Northern California, Nevada and Oregon. The program, designed to provide a safe and positive outdoor […]
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By Joe Mathews Wherever you live in California, your county probably doesn’t fit you. Many counties are too small; 24 of the 58 California counties have populations less than 140,000, the population of my hometown of Pasadena. Some counties are too sprawling; it can take more than three hours to get across Riverside and San […]
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By Ian McMahan, Outside If you’ve ever experienced that sensation of powering up the last hill of a long run— when your legs feel like cement and your lungs are heaving, you’ve probably wondered how much your body can actually take. Could you dig deeper, even when your legs are telling you to stop? Your […]
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By David Perlman, San Francisco Chronicle Millions of Americans living along the nation’s coasts will be forced to move inland by the end of the century as sea levels rise and storm surges become more frequent in this era of global climate change, a team of demographers foresees. And nearly 700,000 coastal residents in the […]
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· Late-Nite Productions presents a free show with Drinking With Clowns from Reno. A Latin Funk Experience is happening March 26 at Whiskey Dicks Saloon in South Lake Tahoe for those 21 and older. Doors open at 9pm · Alpine Meadows’ annual Snow Golf Tournament is April 9. More info is online. · Tahoe Expedition Academy […]
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