· Select El Dorado County wineries are giving Nevada residents discounts Oct. 27-19 in honor of Nevada Day. For more details, go online. · Beth Hart, a two-time Grammy-nominated artist, will be performing Feb. 10 at 8pm at MontBleu in Stateline. · Tahoe Adventure Film Festival brings together some of the industry’s best filmmakers to […]
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By Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle Many of the most powerful images coming out of the Wine Country fires last week depicted the wine industry as charred, its future threatened. A generations-old winery engulfed in flames and reduced to rubble. Symmetrical rows of grapevines, backlit by a bright line of approaching fire. Uncertainty and anxiety […]
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By Larry Weitzman Mazda is about the only auto manufacturer that has a real DNA in its entire product line. Every vehicle has killer style (Kodo-Soul in Motion), tight handling, incredible fuel economy coupled with outstanding performance, great build quality, an upscale, premium feel coupled with reasonable (low) pricing. Mazda CX-3 is just another example […]
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Tahoe Arts Project is bringing the Missoula Children’s Theater back to Tahoe from Oct. 23-28. Auditions for the production of ‘Beauty Lou and the Country Beast” are Oct. 23 at South Tahoe Middle School’s multipurpose room from 4-6pm. Those auditioning should arrive at 4pm and plan to stay for the full two hours. Some of […]
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The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit will soon begin closing recreational facilities and forest roads around the Lake Tahoe Basin for the winter season. Tahoe Valley and Zephyr Cove Resort campgrounds remain open year-round, along with Camp Richardson and Zephyr Cove resorts and beaches. Forest roads generally begin closing in mid-November for […]
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By Stuart Leavenworth, Sacramento Bee As portrayed in novels, the California of the future is barely habitable. Brutal storms alternate with crushing droughts. Mudslides and wildfires create waves of climate change refugees. Fiction, right? Perhaps less so after the last week. The wildfires in Northern California created scenes from a sci-fi horror movie: Obliterated neighborhoods; […]
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By Thomas Moore, Las Vegas Sun Online poker players in Nevada can now play against people in New Jersey after Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval announced Friday that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie signed the Multi-State Internet Gaming Agreement with Nevada and Delaware. Nevadans can already face online poker players in Delaware. “New innovations and technological […]
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By San Francisco Chronicle Latest developments in the North Bay fires: 7:25am. Deadliest of Northern California wildfires now 60 percent contained: The Tubbs Fire in Napa and Sonoma Counties burned through 35,470 acres and was 60 percent contained Sunday morning, according to the latest CalFire measurements. 7:05am. Hundreds of thousands lost power in wildfires, […]
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Truckee Police Department and the TT-FWDD (Tahoe Truckee Future Without Drug Dependence) on Oct. 28 from 9am-1pm will give the public an opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs. Bring your medications for disposal to the Gateway Shopping Center parking lot in […]
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By Susan Wood PARK CITY, Utah – When the kids go back to school, Park City goes to the dogs – or hikers, cyclists, foodies and thrill seekers searching for solace from the crowds. At 7,000 feet, the Utah ski town is best known for its monumental winters. It’s home to Ski magazine’s No. 1 […]
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