27 Jun More Than an ‘Art Car’
It’s not a car, nor does it scream “art.” At first blush, James Cole’s gargantuan 1993 C4000L Amertek is more a military surplus aficionado’s fantasy than a groovy art car aiding and abetting a Burner’s dream state....
27 Jun Truckee-Tahoe Goes Gravel
I started riding gravel in the spring of 2017 when, on a bit of a whim, I registered for the Lost and Found Gravel Grinder. This 100-mile gravel race was part of the Lost Sierra Triple Crown Series put on by the Sierra Buttes Trail...
27 Jun Recruiting a Forestry Workforce
The Sierra Nevada and the rest of the West have a big forest fire problem—not for any single reason, but rather numerous compounding factors that have created the highly combustible landscape we see today. The good news: Agencies responsible for managing our forests understand this well,...
27 Jun Fresh Start in a Familiar Neighborhood
In the late 1970s, Karen Torres’ parents built a home in Truckee’s Tahoe Donner subdivision, where she and her brother Steve made countless special memories during their childhood. So when Karen and her husband Joe Naylor decided to buy a vacation home in the Sierra...
27 Jun New Spots
Former owners of popular San Francisco sports bar Giordanos Bros., Alexa and Adam DeMezza completely renovated this Raley’s shopping center storefront previously occupied by Bertie’s Hot Chicken, Alebrijes Mexican and Wild Alaska Fish Company. The small menu focuses on salads and sandwiches at lunch and...
27 Jun Side Dish
Gavin Lubben is the new chef de cuisine at Six Peaks Grille, the signature restaurant at the recently renamed Everline Resort & Spa (formerly the Resort at Squaw Creek) in Olympic Valley. Originally from Tucson, Lubben comes to Tahoe from Miraval Berkshire in Lennox, Massachusetts,...
26 Apr The Crowd-Pleasing Workhorse of Winter
They are nearly 100 years old, weigh 288,000 pounds and move at 4 miles per hour. And you can go a decade or more without seeing them in action. But when historic snowstorms pound the Sierra Nevada, the legendary rotary snowplows come out of hibernation...
26 Apr Crystal Bay Club: From the Brink of Oblivion
Things weren’t looking great for the Crystal Bay Club in the spring of 2002. In early April the casino—just steps away from the California-Nevada border on Lake Tahoe’s North Shore—was forced to file Chapter 11 bankruptcy....
26 Apr Springing Into Mountain Bike Season
It seems like just yesterday we were hanging up our bikes for a much-needed rest after a long riding season. But as the calendar and warming weather indicate, spring is back in full swing in Tahoe, where outdoor pursuits shift from resort laps and skin...
26 Apr Creating a Lake-Inspired Legacy
For a family who had vacationed in an unspoiled Lake Tahoe community for years, the driving forces behind creating their own Tahoe home were threefold: location, legacy and character....