Residents of California and Nevada have the option to renew their license plates with the Tahoe Fund’s option and get two free lift tickets out of the deal. So when you think “license plates,” don’t think “prisoners in orange jumpsuits at work.” Think “Tahoe.” On another note, it’s odd that California got the cool-looking plate [ more... ]

While the conditions this year haven’t been so hot in Lake Tahoe the resorts are still reporting a rise in income based on their poor-person-taxes, also known as their “casinos.” The yearly increase in profits raised by casinos was about 1.5%, which doesn’t sound like much until you hear that it’s a nearly $11 billion [ more... ]

  A judge blocked a proposed expansion of Homewood Mountain Resort on the west shore of Lake Tahoe yesterday, saying that the developers had not adequately considered a smaller and less environmentally intrusive overhaul. The group had planned to add condos, shops, and a large, four-story hotel, hoping to turn the local-friendly (and money-losing) resort [ more... ]

Lake Tahoe skier Josh “Baby J” Daiek had been hitting a natural jump in the Tahoe backcountry all year. It kicks the skier into a gap between trees. He lined up the jump and hit it last week, but on takeoff things went awry. He hit a chunk of ice and flew off-axis. He collided [ more... ]