By Christina Hansen For any family, safety is paramount – especially related to fire and carbon monoxide poisoning. With their proven ability to double a family’s chance of surviving a residential fire, smoke detectors are one of the most valuable fire safety tools on the market – yet we tend to take them for granted. […]
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For the 2010 Home Tour, South Lake Tahoe AAUW Branch is featuring seven rebuilt and renovated homes in the North Upper Truckee Road neighborhood. Ranging from cozy to spacious, these homes are filled with carefully thought out details, fine craftsmanship, and environmentally friendly features. Light refreshments will be served in the garden of an eighth […]
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Rocky Mountain Vacation Rentals added Lake Tahoe this month to its inventory of vacation rental units. “By extending our online availability to these new locations, our customers will gain access to an additional 2,000 rental units that can all be reserved online,” Rocky Mountain Vacation Rentals owner and founder Tommy Z. Hoffman said in a […]
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By Kathryn Reed FALLEN LEAF LAKE — Not a cloud in the sky — it’s a bluebird day. Boats fill the slips. Children run around; some getting wetter than their parents would like. Ice cream is one of the most sought after items in the store. Hikers are in short-sleeves. Those from off the hill […]
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The National Geographic Society has partnered with the Sierra Nevada Conservancy and Sierra Business Council to capture the history and heritage of the Sierra Nevada in order to create an interactive Web site and print map. The project partners are inviting the public to make nominations inspiring history buffs and adventurers, backpackers and foodies, birders […]
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The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit has partnered with the newly formed Tahoe Institute for Natural Science to bring an International Migratory Bird Day Festival to Lake Tahoe. The event is from 9:30am-3:30pm June 5 at the Taylor Creek Visitor Center on Emerald Bay Road in South Lake Tahoe. The festival will […]
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By Dale Kasler, Sacramento Bee A judge kept intact the freeze on former CalPERS board member Alfred Villalobos’ assets Friday, dealing a setback to the man accused of bribing top officials with the pension fund. Villalobos’ gambling habits weighed heavily on Los Angeles Superior Court Judge John Reid, who refused the Lake Tahoe businessman’s attempt […]
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Clean Tahoe Program’s Annual Community Cleanup Day – known by locals as “Dump Day” — is June 5 from 8am-4pm at the South Tahoe Refuse Transfer Station at 2140 Ruth Ave. in South Lake Tahoe. Clean Tahoe sponsors this community event where local residents can dispose of a truckload of unwanted household and bulk items […]
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• Squaw Valley will have beginning and intermediate terrain open May 29-30. • Motorists may want to avoid driving around Lake Tahoe the morning of June 6 because America’s Most Beautiful Bike Ride is that day. • The 2010 North Lake Tahoe Travel Planner, a collaborative marketing piece of the Incline Village Crystal Bay Visitors […]
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By Mark Harden, Denver Business Journal Vail Resorts Inc. said Friday it has acquired Mountain News Corp. (MNC), which operates the snow-sports website OnTheSnow.com. In a statement, the Broomfield-based ski-resort operator and real estate company (NYSE: MTN) said it will operate Orinda, Calif.-based MNC as a separate business, and that its editorial content “will be […]
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