The 17th Owen McKenna mystery is now available on Kindle Pre-order! TAHOE DEEP is about the famous SS Tahoe Steamer. Here's a...

People who live in or near South Lake Tahoe are sometimes exasperated by the perception of some tourists that "South Lake Tahoe is wher...

It is a lucky community that has a college. Colleges provide a huge positive input to a town. Education, culture, jobs, and a huge draw for ...

In many, if not most, towns, the cultural center is the library. Incline Village library Tahoe and Truckee are especially fortunate in...

As I write this, the snow has mostly melted at lake level. But we still have over 4000 vertical feet of white stuff above us on the mountain...

I remember as a kid learning that Lake Superior was, by surface area, the largest fresh water lake in the world. I don't recall talk abo...

When will resorts close this epic 2018-2019 ski season? Nearly all of the Tahoe resorts plan to be open through next Sunday, April 21s...

While April is a winter month in Tahoe, it is a glorious time for spring skiing. We have massive amounts of snow, but the weather is relati...

I had to make a trip to Folsom. What I noticed was glorious green grass. I came back up the mountain to winter. The snow has sunk a bit s...

Up on Echo and Donner summits, the current snow depth is around 15 feet (30 feet of snowfall compressed down over time). If you drive down t...

Let's see... By the end of February, Squaw Valley had set a record for total snow by that date of 393 inches. That's 32 feet, and we...

Tahoe has a large assortment of water birds. I was looking at this guy the other day, and I thought, not only can he fly, he can walk, and h...