The 5th annual Made in Tahoe Festival returns to the Village at Squaw Valley for Memorial Day Weekend, May 27-28. This event celebrates all things local and hosts an array of offerings that are made in or inspired by the Lake Tahoe Basin and Truckee areas. Local artisans, businesses, culinarians, organizations and entertainers will come together to celebrate music, food, art, clothing, […]
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By Chris Macias, Sacramento Bee Those in search of a classic “squeeze with cheese” burger might’ve noticed something amiss over the last few months. The name “Squeeze Inn” no longer marks the sign at its flagship location on Power Inn Road, and the moniker has also been removed from all but two of its franchised […]
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Tahoe Women’s Community Fund grant celebration is May 18. This year’s recipients are: St. Joseph’s Community Land Trust — $10,000 NAMI of El Dorado County — $5,500 Between Horses and Humans — $4,500 Juvenile Service Council — $3,000 Tahoe Prosperity Center — $3,000 Habitat for Humanity (EDC) — $3,000. TWCF collected $29,000 is through annual […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – Ships ablaze and sinking fast. Winning poker hands with only four cards showing. Fast, fun and competitive. These machines are part video game, part slot machine. It’s definitely interactive because they can’t be played alone. While they are considered skill-based, fast reaction time is the biggest asset to winning. And, […]
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By Molly Selvin, Sacramento Bee The abortion restrictions that conservative Republicans shoehorned into Paul Ryan’s American Health Care Act were just the latest volley in their ongoing, grim war on reproductive choice. Notwithstanding the Ryan bill’s spectacular collapse, President Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans could well succeed in banning abortion or further squeezing off […]
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By Cecilie Rohwedder, Wall Street Journal When Joshua Bryan leaves his apartment to go to work, he travels up three stories, to the 40th floor of his building in Chicago’s South Loop neighborhood. There, he settles into a workspace with television screens, a kitchenette and sweeping views of Lake Michigan. For meetings, Bryan books a […]
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The president of South Tahoe Pop Warner and Cheer Association is accused of stealing a significant amount of money from the nonprofit. Christopher Klug, 25, became president of organization this year. Money has been missing since he took office, according to local police officers. Klug has skipped town and police are looking for him. A […]
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By Tom Stienstra, San Francisco Chronicle From a perch above a boulder-strewn ravine, we peered with binoculars up canyon walls and across a steep jumble of rocks and dirt for endangered Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep. The arrival of spring in the high country is when Sierra bighorns feast on fresh, water-saturated forage in the front […]
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By Larry Weitzman Honda has some great selling cars, the new Civic, which now outsells every other compact and the new CR-V which is also the best-selling compact CUV. In the past year, Honda has introduced a bunch of new rides and they are all fantastic. The new Civic blew me away with performance, handling, […]
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“Saving the Donner Party” by Richard F. Kaufman tells the story of how the storm of the century in 1846 trapped 81 men, women, and children in the Sierra Nevada Mountains and how they were saved. Focusing on the rescue of the Donner Party, Kaufman will join the Sierra State Parks Foundation for a free […]
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