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Tahoe Bears in the crosshairs: Area residents, bruins sometimes uneasy relationship
By Jackie Ginley Ten years ago, when Alpine Meadows was divided over the question of what to do with a well-known local bear, Tahoe Quarterly took a hard look at the conflicts between humans and black bears in the Basin. Residents had fed the bear as a cub, and in the space of a few [...]
Tahoe Weather Watch: March 26 “Easter Treats”
By Giovanni Paredes Big changes! Looks like the Easter Bunny may bring snowballs instead of chocolate eggs Sunday. Looking outside right now may not look too menacing as we enjoy another day with partly cloudy skies with maybe a couple flurries along the crest. Tricky forecast ahead as we transition to a wet springtime pattern [...]
That 70s Show: MontBleu’s weekly Boogie Nights costume party takes you waaaay back
One night a week Tahoe’s Club Blu revisits two long-gone decades By Dylan Silver If You Go Where: Blu Nightclub inside MontBleu Casino Resort & Spa, South Lake Tahoe When: Every Saturday / Doors at 8 p.m. Cost: Free admission in 70s and 80s attire For more information: www.Montbleuresort.com When faced with a man [...]
Tahoe Weather Watch: Thursday, March 14 “Switcheroo?”
By Giovanni Paredes Hello Springtime weather! Temps around The Lake today in the low 60s are a sure sign of what’s to come in a few weeks. We can thank a surprisingly strong ridge of high pressure for this early taste of Spring. Sacramento Valley temps will range in the 80s this week and will [...]
Tahoe Weather Watch March 5: “Incoming”
By Giovanni Paredes Winter is back. (Ed.- Let that set in.) A very well put together pacific storm is bearing down on Northern California. Forecast models are in consensus in dropping 1-2 feet of snow at resort level and 6-9 inches at lake level over a 12-18 hour period once the storm arrives late tonight [...]
Updates from Tahoe #Snowcial 2013
By Milena Regos Out & About Marketing Out & About Marketing’s Milena Regos attended Tahoe Snowcial 2013 for TQ–the event, in its fifth year, connects some of the best minds in national social media marketing at Lake Tahoe for speakers, seminars, and, of course, skiing. The overall message was clear–for businesses and brands hoping to [...]
Tahoe Weather Watch: Jan. 31 “Sunshine on my Shoulders”
Ed’s note: Welcome to Tahoe Weather Watch, TQ’s weekly look ahead to the weekend travel and snow forecast. We’ve teamed with www.nevadacountyweather.com‘s Giovanni Paredes to bring you this feature. Paredes has been an official National Weather Service Weather Observer since 2001 and has operated a professional weather station since 2002. Each week we’ll look at [...]
Tony Hawk lands in Tahoe
By Kyle Magin At 4 p.m. on Wednesday, July 18, Tony Hawk and his Birdhouse Skateboards posse are scheduled to ride in a demonstration at Woodward Tahoe at Boreal Mountain. You probably know him from his years of professional skateboarding, his Tony Hawk Pro Skater video game series or as that other famous boarder from [...]
Winter Fest 2012— Peggy Fleming, the 49ers and curling come to Tahoe
By Kyle Magin Tahoe is nothing if not eclectic. On Friday, Gold Medalist Peggy Fleming gave impromptu skating lessons on the Resort at Squaw Creek skating rink, where just hours later San Francisco 49ers greats past and present practiced their hand at curling alongside members of the U.S. National Team. What a place. The team [...]
Q&A with Julia Mancuso; talking lingerie, tiaras, podiums and Sochi
Raised on the slopes of Squaw Valley USA, skier Julia Mancuso has three Olympic medals (more than any other American female alpine skier) and a fistful of World Championship and World Cup podium finishes to her name. When not flying down a snow-covered mountain, “Super Jules,” as she is known to her fellow U.S. Ski [...]
