Terren Gomez unlocks the faded red door to his Eloise Avenue workshop. Inside, the smell of sawdust, varnish and wood glue drifts under yellow fluorescent lights. A 10-foot slab of freshly glued black walnut lies on one surface, clamps squeezing drops of adhesive from its...
It’s easy to get lost in aisles of pine log furniture and bear paraphernalia here in Tahoe. But when it comes to your home, an eclectic and personal mix of décor can speak volumes. We’ve collected a mix of modern, trendy and classic items from...
The lot at 3530 South Lake Tahoe Boulevard seemed perfect for an assisted living facility, says Lynn Humphries, a senior living and placement consultant based in the Sacramento Valley. Listed on the online real estate market LoopNet for $2.5 million, it was the site of...
The controversial approval of a unique conservation/development project has elicited pushback from environmental groups, some of which helped forge the initial approach. While the Martis Valley West project was approved by a county board, a lawsuit filed by one of the original architects of the...
Inspired by lake Tahoe’s cool, clear waters, Matt Levitt founded Tahoe Blue Vodka in South Lake Tahoe in March 2012. From the beginning, Tahoe Blue Vodka has been the little spirits company that can, with sales doubling in the last year as the brand expands...
When most people think of Antarctica, they think of a pristine, untouched landscape of snow and ice. But those who have passed through King George Island know a starkly different reality exists—a landscape littered with rusting vehicles, deteriorating fuel tanks and heaps of scrap metal. ...
In the winter of 2001–02, Anthony Cupaiuolo spent days in Tahoe’s snowy backcountry with a video camera locked in his frozen fingers. He was gathering grainy footage for his first snowboarding film, Sick Day, which featured highlights of his friends’ riding talents. The movie, released...
“I have never been here before,” the keynote speaker says to an eager audience braving the relentless sun of a seasonably hot afternoon in South Lake Tahoe. “It’s not like I didn’t want to come. Nobody invited me.” The audience laughs in unison. The...
David Kelly was supposed to die at age 6. “My mother took me to the hospital in 1949. I got the last rights and the whole bit, and they put me on the iron lung, and three years later I was out of the iron...
Save 225 miles, Jerod Haase’s career in basketball has nearly come full circle. That’s the distance between Haase’s childhood home in South Lake Tahoe—where he shoveled snow off a blacktop to put up shots—and the palm-lined boulevards of Palo Alto, where Stanford University officials named...