By Jim Carlton, Wall Street Journal Lake Tahoe’s ski resorts are reporting their best business in four years, buoyed by unusually abundant snow and an improving Northern California economy. The number of skier visits at the Sugar Bowl Ski Resort, for example, has jumped 21% so far this season compared with the prior one, while […]
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A vacation rental partially went up in flames Saturday night in South Lake Tahoe. The kitchen and living room of the two-story house at 1361 June Way was engulfed in flames and smoke when firefighters arrived. “An aggressive interior attack limited the damage to heavy fire damage to the kitchen and living room, with moderate […]
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By USSA ST. MORITZ, Switzerland -– In her last race before the Vancouver Olympics, Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO) won her third consecutive Audi FIS Alpine World Cup super G to lock up her second straight discipline title Sunday in Switzerland. “I skied aggressively and that’s exactly what I wanted to do, not only for today, […]
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By Lindsey Sine, USSA ASPEN — With thousands of her hometown fans cheering her on, the first lady of Aspen, Gretchen Bleiler threw down a huge 900 on the first hit of her second run to win her fourth Winter X Games gold. In what will hopefully be a prelude to what they have in […]
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More sunshine than clouds is filling the Lake Tahoe Basin this morning. Here is the ski report from Curtis Fong, the Guy from Tahoe.
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By Kathryn Reed The $6 million question is: When will the state have that sum to give to the California Tahoe Conservancy so South Lake Tahoe can go forward with the Lakeview Commons project? It’s possible the state will try to sell bonds this spring before the governor’s May budget revision comes out. Bond sales […]
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The dates are set for another summer under the stars at the Lake Tahoe Music Festival — July 22–Aug. 7. The North Shore festival annually draws more than 12,000 concert-goers for an unmatched outdoor concert experience with tickets from $25 and a lineup of nationally recognized artists. Concerts include a variety of musical genres from […]
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By Susan Wood TAHOE CITY — Granlibakken means “hillside sheltered by fir trees: in Norwegian, but it should stand for recreation meets relaxation in English. One of the Lake Tahoe Basin’s best kept secrets, the 74-acre resort nestled in a mountain valley a half mile south of Tahoe City is a kids’ paradise where the […]
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On Feb. 4 www.7×7.com will have a party for the launch of the Stoli Winter Cocktails at PlumpJack Cafe at Squaw. There will be complimentary bites and Stoli cocktails. The party is from 4-6pm and there will be a photographer and a photo booth. In addition to the complimentary Stoli cocktails, PlumpJack will be collecting […]
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On Feb. 4 www.7×7.com will have a party for the launch of the Stoli Winter Cocktails at PlumpJack Cafe at Squaw. There will be complimentary bites and Stoli cocktails. The party is from 4-6pm and there will be a photographer and a photo booth. In addition to the complimentary Stoli cocktails, PlumpJack will be collecting […]
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