Jude Bischoff’s wildlife paintings are far from the average bear Abstract blocks and squiggles forming a buffalo, speeding horses made of spirals and pyramids, a boulder-dotted stream flowing within the shape of a bear—this is the art of painter Jude Bischoff, whose works are bright, bold...
How a 1979 ascent near South Lake Tahoe changed rock climbing for future generations Sometimes rules should be broken—especially when ethics, standards and traditions slow the progress of an entire sport. Tony Yaniro illustrated just how valuable it can be to break rules when in 1979 he...
Designed for friends and family, this Martis Camp home showcases expansive vistas On the amble from the master bedroom out to the kitchen to cook breakfast, Gabe and Debbie Whelan can stop and look up and to the right, out a clerestory window perfectly framing the...
Although traditionally vilified, some scientists say non-native species deserve a second look Officials at Lake Tahoe are once again ratcheting up the battle against aquatic invasive species. In language indicative of the war-like mindset taken toward invasives in the Basin, Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) director...
In a remote granite bowl on the western Sierra Crest, unassuming snowfields melt into small braided streams among mule’s ear flowers and pines, slowly gathering together and gaining force, cutting deeper and deeper into the soil and rock, eventually forming the mighty American River. Lying on...
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...
California’s coastal region, linked by the San Andreas Fault and populated by big cities like Los Angeles and San Francisco, tends to get all the attention for western earthquakes. A long-standing history—to include the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco, the 1994 Northridge earthquake in the...
The sun-sodden shores of serene Lake Tahoe and the violence-ridden sands of rural Iraq are about as far away as worlds get on planet Earth. But those disparate worlds collide with explosive force in a new addition to America’s pantheon of war literature—Youngblood, written by...
It’s the Lake Tahoe lifestyle—and its promise of bluebird powder days on the mountain or a sunny afternoon on the water—that draws both locals and tourists to the area. This same lifestyle is what local brands try to capture in products like sweatshirts, hats, T-shirts...