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Sierra Nevada Mountain Towns Mobilize to Support LA Wildfire Victims with Caravan of Provisions
When wildfires strike, the impact reverberates throughout California, demonstrating the interconnectedness of our communities. In moments of crisis, the strength of unity shines brightest, and the...
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SNOW Sports Museum and Coolfire Studios present three local showings of the documentary “Magic in the Mountains,” which follows the story of how a little-known ski area won the bid for the 1960 Winter Olympics in Olympic Valley. Tahoe Art …
Over the past few years, the residents and businesses of Markleeville have been to hell and back. First, the Covid-19 pandemic shut down tourism for nearly two years, a mainstay of the town’s economy. In 2021 the massive Tamarack Fire …
There is an adage: “Behind every great man is a great woman.” That couldn’t be truer than in the relationship between the famous 19th Century Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson and his beloved wife and muse Fanny Osbourne. Stevenson was …
Solar power, and a network of giant battery storage facilities, are playing an essential role in moving California toward its goal of exclusive reliance on renewable energy sources.
R. Stanley Dollar Jr. had a distinguished career racing powerful speedboats in Tahoe Yacht Club’s summer regattas in the 1930s, 40s and 50s. He was also the perfect ambassador to represent the best of American racing on the international circuit. …
Tucked away off the beaten path are the remnants of a Basque sheepherders’ camp. One early evening just before sunset, I set out to find a Basque oven with Nicole Dreon, a local photographer and writer. Dreon’s friend, Kimmie Bennett, …
Ten of the greatest athletes born or raised in California.
Greenwich Entertainment has acquired U.S. and Canadian rights to the documentary “Buried: The 1982 Alpine Meadows Avalanche,” a gripping account of the deadliest avalanche in U.S. ski resort history. Greenwich plans to release the documentary — winner of the Audience …
Everyone who passes through North Lake Tahoe on Highway 28 has driven, jogged or cycled over Dollar Hill, while maritime interests, including the Tahoe City-based paddle wheeler “Tahoe Gal,” cruise past protruding, rock-studded Dollar Point on a regular basis. Like …
During the early 1930s, Chicago-based gangsters were always streaming into Reno, Nev., a small but bustling city where William “Curly” Graham had police and politicians in his pocket. It was also easy to go unnoticed among the hordes of gamblers …
The chances of a 'biblical' megastorm devastating California have doubled over the past century, thanks to climate change, a new study warns. And as the globe continues to warm, the possibility of disaster only gets worse.
Basketball legend Bill Russell and iconic baseball play-by-play broadcaster Vin Scully will be remembered as two of the most monumental figures in California sports history.
The restoration of the 104-year-old Pioneer Monument at Donner Memorial State Park in Truckee was recently completed, according to the Sierra State Parks Foundation. The Pioneer Monument was dedicated on June 6, 1918, and was erected in honor of all …
Looking back at the Sixties and Seventies in Santa Cruz
Sara Rubin here, thinking about how thousands of years before Monterey County as a jurisdiction even existed as an idea, it was inhabited by thousands of Indigenous people who called this place home. Numerous villages all over the region were…
Peter Goin presents a photographic history of the Tahoe Basin over a 100-year period in “The Nature of Lake Tahoe: A Photographic History, 1860-1960.” With more than 200 duotone and color photographs, this collection showcases Tahoe’s elemental identity, including photographs …
California's assault weapons ban, in place since 1989, may not stand up to a new Supreme Court decision that makes it much harder for states to impose gun control. A federal court brief filed June 30 aims to strike down …
One hundred fifty years ago this year, Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) published this emotion-filled word-painting of Lake Tahoe in his memoir and travelogue “Roughing It.” While the beauty and serenity of the lake deeply moved Twain, his first visit …
In June 1859, Dr. Henry De Groot journeyed from San Francisco to the newly discovered Comstock silver lode in western Utah Territory (Nevada). De Groot studied law and medicine, wrote for technical mining journals and worked as correspondent for “The …
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is turning his sights on one of the most important press freedom cases, 'New York Times v. Sullivan.' Thomas says he wants to make it easier to sue media companies.
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