Tahoetopia

Winterizing Your Computer

Your computer probably didn't even cross your mind when you started thinking about winterizing. But that little machine that you've come to rely on more than you've ever imagined is vulnerable in the winter months, just like your engine. And like your car, there are simple, proactive things that you can do to protect it.

650 Turn Out for 10th Annual Truckee River Day

"The community came out like never before," said Wallace. "It was a reflection of this community's passion for rivers, creeks, and streams."

PLACES: Fall Fun Outdoors

Tree Carvings
The carvings at Spooner Summit (7,100') on highway 50 to Carson City were put there by Basque sheepherders at the turn of the 20th century. The art, on the white trunks of aspens, is an early example of graffiti. Look high on the trees; time has passed!

Kokonee Salmon

Will Tahoe End up like Easter Island?

Sierra Sun carried the same piece headlined: "Sawing for Sierra sprawl." The two newspapers and the writer (David Bunker) are flashing an S-O-S to the Tahoe Truckee community: We are allowing our future to be devoured.

Ski Area That Didn’t Happen #1—Independence Lake

Palisades Tahoe opened as a ski area in 1949. Mt. Shasta opened in 1958. Alpine Meadows opened in 1961. It was a major new resort located in the next valley south of Palisades Tahoe. Alpine Meadows was the dream of John Reily, then the treasurer of the Carnation Company, and later a full-time resident of Tahoe City. Reily hired Peter Klaussen to build and operate the resort.

Ski Area That Did Not Happen #2: Hope Valley

Schnebelen was a crafty entrepreneur known for brokering several resort deals in France, including the development of Tignes and Megeve. He was looking for opportunities in America.

Unreal Estate: Watch What You SIgn

Meanwhile, the median price of a single-family home in the Lake Tahoe Basin was $732,875 the past quarter, according to a quarterly analysis by real estate agency, Chase International.

What Business Are You In?

Businesses are organs of society that perform tasks associated with providing most goods and services the public decides it wishes to own and use. Under this capitalistic system, a business can prosper to the extent that it performs its particular tasks effectively and efficiently within the law. The nature of the tasks to be performed usually changes over time as those served change.

Mammoth Mountain Ski Area Sold: $365 Million

Tahoe Mothers' Club

Gardner turned to the Internet to research mothers' clubs in the area. She couldn't find any.

"I swore to myself I would do something to change it when I could manage it," said Gardner.

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