To the community, As many of you know, I am vocal critic of SnowGlobe. Well, after another year I feel like it’s kind of tradition for me to write my letter and vent about the event. I will preface this letter with a reminder that I am not against events in the area. I just […]
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By Matt Blitz, Food & Wine With winter upon us and snow coming down in delicious flakes (in some parts of the country), it’s hard to fault the hungry people who are racing outside to scoop up the fluffy white stuff by the spoonful. OK, maybe you haven’t filled up a natural snow cone yet […]
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Photographer/filmmaker Chris Burkard has captured some of the most beautiful places and committed people on the planet. He will be giving a talk Jan. 5 as part of the Ski Run speaker series. Doors open at 6:30pm upstairs at Blue Angel Cafe in South Lake Tahoe, with the show at 7:30pm. Tickets are $20, $10 […]
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By U.S. Ski & Snowboard Mark Engel of Truckee matched a career-best FIS Ski World Cup slalom result in 24th on a soft, grooved and punchy course under the lights in the capital of Croatia on Thursday night. But most important, he maintained a World Cup start position for the United States. Austria’s Marcel Hirscher […]
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By Kevin Johnson and Trevor Hughes, USA Today WASHINGTON – As part of a crackdown on legal marijuana, the Justice Department is set to roll back an Obama administration policy to not challenge state laws that allow people to use pot for medical and recreational uses an official familiar with matter said Thursday. The move represents […]
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El Dorado County may enact an ordinance placing a moratorium on vacation home rentals in the Lake Tahoe Basin. The agenda for the Board of Supervisors’ Jan. 9 meeting in Placerville includes the proposal for such an urgency ordinance. It would mean no more VHR permits for the unincorporated portions of the county located within […]
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Jessana Joyce Walker is Barton Memorial Hospital’s first baby of 2018. She was born Jan. 2 at 8:03am; weighing 7 pounds, 11 ounces and measuring 19.5 inches. Her parents are Julia Gomez and Javier Walker of Markleeville. The couple named their daughter Jessana as a blend of their mothers’ names. Jessana is a second generation […]
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The first snow survey of 2018 at Phillips Station near Lake Tahoe was dismal.
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By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal It’s a new year and by now, hopefully, you’ve ushered the relatives out the door and taken down the holiday décor. Now it’s time to look ahead to 2018 and think about things to come. We’re not in the prediction business because, as anyone who lived through 2016 and 2017 […]
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By Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle As hotter and bigger fires blaze through the West and yet another year passes with a disastrous toll, America’s wildlands are having a harder time bouncing back. Some spots, from the singed valleys of Wine Country to the steep slopes of the Sierra, may never look the same. […]
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