Publisher’s note: Bill and Jean Lane have had a home at Cascade Lake for many years. By Paul Rogers and Mack Lundstrom, San Jose Mercury News Bill Lane, who built Sunset magazine into an icon of Western living, helped found the town of Portola Valley and donated millions to Stanford University and environmental causes from […]
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Come see what Saturday Mornings at SNC (formerly Senior Saturdays), the award-winning joint offering of Sierra Nevada College and Incline Village Parks & Recreation Senior Programs, are all about. Share coffee with SNC’s faculty and other knowledgeable locals as they present bite-size offerings of intellectual material. An optional continental breakfast will be provided for $3. […]
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By Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Sun The National Football League has unveiled its advertising, sponsorship and promotion guidelines for 2010, and the good news for Las Vegas is that some changes will allow the city to be shown off in TV ads during the upcoming regular season. The bad news for the city’s promoters […]
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“Masters of Magic,” a high-energy, family-friendly show featuring four headliner magicians with grand illusions, sleight of hand, and a splash of comedy, will appear at MontBleu casino in Stateline Aug. 4–Sept. 5. Tickets are $19.95 for adults and $12.95 for children 17 and under. Starring in this production is world champion master magician Tony Clark. […]
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By Susan Wood INCLINE VILLAGE – The wind in my hair, a tight grip on the steering wheel and the cozy comfort of being framed into my seat – the feeling was electrifying. My first adventure behind the wheel of the new Tesla Roadster Sport electric car on a recent summer night seemed so natural. […]
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Jim Burgett returns to Lake Tahoe for a night of good old, roof poppin’ rock in the South Shore Room at Harrah’s Lake Tahoe on Aug. 14. “Jim Burgett’s Legendary Rock ‘n’ Roll Reunion” brings together a host of musicians and singers, many of whom were mainstays in the lounges and showrooms of Reno and […]
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By Guy Clifton, Reno Gazette-Journal Reno’s Russ Sheltra has participated in every Hot August Nights for one simple reason. “For one week out of the year, we get to be kids again,” said Sheltra, 68, who will be entering his prized 1963 Corvette and 1957 Chevy in this year’s Hot August Nights, which starts today […]
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By Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Sun When gambling went from being a pastime largely offered by organized crime to a leading entertainment industry, academia took notice and wanted to study it. Thus began the University of Nevada, Reno’s Institute for the Study of Gambling and Commercial Gaming in 1989. Its leader is William Eadington, […]
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After learning a distant cousin whom he’d never met had been convicted of murder and then meeting Ray Krone on Death Row, Jim Rix began investigating the case. Rix’s diligence eventually led to his cousin’s freedom. It wasn’t easy. It took 10 years, two trials and an eye-opening odyssey through the criminal justice system that […]
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Todd Borg, Lake Tahoe’s award winning mystery writer, is on the book signing circuit. His latest thriller – “Tahoe Heat” – will be in bookstores starting in August. The series of books follow the exploits of Detective Owen McKenna. No need to read them in order to know what is going on. For people who […]
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