To celebrate the 185th anniversary of Lewis Carroll’s birthday, the Douglas County Public Library will be having an Alice in Wonderland Tea Party. Tea and cookies will be served with Alice and the Mad Hatter at the Minden Library on Jan. 21 from 3-4:30pm. Children ages 4-10 are invited. The Minden Library is located at […]
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The Lake Tahoe Backcountry Demo Event, North America’s largest venue for all things alpine touring, telemark and splitboard, returns Jan. 21. Alpenglow Sports of Tahoe City has partnered with Alpine Meadows for the 11h annual Backcountry Demo Event. It will be from 9am-3pm that Saturday. Participating vendors will include DPS, Black Crows, Dynafit, Tecnica, Blizzard, […]
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By Kathryn Reed The Tahoe Queen is no more. The paddle-wheeler that sustained extensive fire damage in August was dismantled on Jan. 9. The engines were salvaged because they were new – part of the remodel that was occurring when the fire engulfed the vessel. Welders and painters had been working in the same area […]
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Updated 11:33pm: Lake Tahoe Community College will be closed Wednesday. Liberty Utilities was able to do some switching and get part of South Lake Tahoe out of the dark. About 1,726 customers on the lake side of Highway 50 in the Al Tahoe neighborhood are still without power. Updated 10:34pm: The North Tahoe Event Center […]
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By Kathryn Reed Parking can be a difficult thing to find in the winter for those who want to play outdoors. That is why there are sno-parks throughout California. The 19 sites, six of which are in the greater Lake Tahoe area, are regularly cleared of snow. The catch is that a permit is required […]
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By Dan Walters, Sacramento Bee It’s the economy, stupid. The line, uttered by James Carville as he managed Bill Clinton’s successful 1992 campaign for the White House, still holds true, as this year’s presidential election proved anew. Whatever we may hope for California in 2017, it all begins – or ends – with the state’s […]
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By Joe Jackson, Outside Dave Page knows a thing or two about boot care. He’s owned a boot repair shop in Seattle for the past 40 years (aptly named Dave Page, Cobbler). Dave and his employees have worked on thousands of hikers. They are also authorized repair agents for 18 outdoor brands. I recently called him to […]
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Is there something about snowstorms that makes us want to eat French toast and sit on the toilet? With every predicted blizzard, there’s a mad dash to load up on milk, bread, eggs and toilet paper. But why those particular items? Sure, there are some variations, including booze, snack foods […]
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By Mike Dunne, Sacramento Bee Not all the prospectors lured to the hills and hollows around John Sutter’s sawmill at Coloma in El Dorado County had as much luck finding gold as James W. Marshall. For that matter, not even Marshall made much of a fortune in digging for color. His celebrity rests largely on […]
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Olympian Marcus Nash is putting on a skate ski clinic at Tahoe Cross Country on Jan. 15. Nash is a nine-time national champion in cross country skiing, went to the Olympics in 1994 at Lillehammer, Norway, and 1998 in Nagano, Japan. He was a member of the U.S. Ski Team for seven years and is […]
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