By Kim Wyatt STATELINE – Tahoe is going to have some sore knees, and it’s no thanks to snow. The English Beat brought its signature ska to a lively show at the newly opened Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Saturday night. The almost two-hour set was packed with crowd-pleasing tunes that afforded the largely middle-aged […]
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By Libby Nelson, Vox British author Roald Dahl is best known for his beloved, weird classic children’s books — Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, and James and the Giant Peach among them. But one of the most powerful and frightening things he ever wrote was for a public health pamphlet on vaccination, where he […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – Mental health isn’t a laughing matter until one hears Lewis Black’s rant about the system. It’s not that he finds mental illness humorous, but he pokes fun at how people in the United States deal with it. Black, the king of angry humor, brought his show to a full house […]
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With winter returning and the temperatures dropping, frozen pipes can be a household situation that you may want to get ahead of before you incur damage. Tahoe Fire Fuels Team offers these steps to prevent frozen pipes and thaw those that are already frozen: Insulate all water pipes away from cold moving air and keep […]
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By Peter Whoriskey, Washington Post In a book, “The Conversation”, physician Angelo E. Volandes argues that the the U.S. healthcare system is failing patients in their final acts: Americans are botching death. The problem is that hospitals and doctors are pre-programmed to “do everything” for dying patients – that is, attempt every last measure to […]
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By Ed Koch, Las Vegas Sun Stan Irwin may have had his roots in old-time Vaudeville, but after he got to Las Vegas in 1946 he became renowned for being a forward-thinking entertainment innovator, decades ahead of his time. When Las Vegas was firmly the domain of Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack, Irwin, working […]
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By Scott A. Lukas STATELINE – As someone who studies themed and immersive spaces from around the world, I have always felt that Tahoe (and its many consumer spaces) needs a theme … besides itself. In this case, music is the theme of choice. In so many ways, the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino is […]
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By Larry Weitzman Toyota as of late, at least ever since the Camry unintended acceleration problem five years ago, has been flying under the radar while still maintaining its No. 1 position in the world. (Although the government bludgeoned Toyota into a large fine, data still shows that the problem was caused by driver error, […]
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By Suzy Strutner, Huffington Post There’s something utterly delicious about hotel beds… and towels… and robes. They’re so decadently fluffy and epically cozy, we’d totally steal them if we could. And much of the time, we do. Towels are among the most-stolen items in hotels, The Telegraph reports. We could’ve guessed that. But we never […]
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By Susan Wood TWIN BRIDGES – Two guitars, skis, books, cards and pictures in an office that looks toward Grandview chairlift tell a colorful story of the leader of the band at Sierra-at-Tahoe. John Rice is a fixture in these parts – a quasi cross between a Tony Robbins and Deepak Chopra for the ski […]
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