Hunger is one of nature’s most potent motivators. Just ask the Donner Party. But while these starving settlers might be the most famous Sierra residents to seek out “alternative” food sources to survive, they were not the first. Hidden in mosquito-infested wetlands, carnivorous plants of the...
Tahoe Donner residents have seemingly been keeping a tasty little tidbit all to themselves—the Lodge Restaurant & Pub, tucked into the upper reaches of the 7,000-acre Truckee subdivision. Designed by award-winning Ryan Group Architects and built as a clubhouse-style amenity for its some 6,500 properties’...
I was almost 7 years old when World War II ended in 1945, and my mom, dad and I lived very different lives during the previous four years. Dad was in charge of a military warehouse on Guam, mom lived with two of her sisters...
Hundreds of people spread out on blankets and beach chairs are swaying in the sun, smiling as they stare at the stage, fascinated with the band. A crowd of dancers moving to the beat forms up front, cheering and spinning in rhythm to the music....
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....
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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,...