Just a few minutes from Truckee, nestled mid-mountain at Northstar California Resort, is a fantasy-like Ritz-Carlton property many compare to Hogwarts. The hotel just completed a huge, intentional transformation, updating rooms into luxe pockets of comfort, and adding two Topgolf Swing Suites and pool cabanas, which become Veuve Clicquot Cabana Chalets in the wintertime. They also did some dining concept overhauls, including the classy Manzanita restaurant and panoramic Living Room Lodge, which feels like a giant cozy den.
Yvett Bañares-Tala and Ruben Tala, a local staff sergeant, were heading to Lake Tahoe for their annual holiday trip when Ruben suddenly noticed a black vehicle sliding off the road. He quickly stopped his car, put it in park, and ran out to help. In the video, you can see Ruben anchoring himself to the car to speak to the passenger and driver in the car.
Just after 8 a.m., Bay Area residents received a MyShake alert warning of magnitude 5.9 quake hitting east of Carson City, Nevada, close to the Lake Tahoe region. The quake also appeared on the USGS map of latest earthquakes. But within minutes, the report of the quake disappeared from the USGS page.
For almost 50 years, streams of people have stepped through the restaurant's towering glass door into its light-filled threshold, where a series of polished wooden steps unfolds, leading to the dining room with its walls of windows and the brass-topped bar where a waterfall gently spills behind rows of neatly shelved bottles. Outside, a two-tiered deck overlooks the Tahoe City Marina and, beyond the boat slips, a panoramic view of Lake Tahoe.
The makings of a midnight mouse snack were left in the middle of the living room floor of our vacation rental in Lake Tahoe: shredded paper and bits of granola, taken from an open backpack. The evidence was enough to lead some of my family to believe we weren't the only ones in the house. I'd seen similar rodent leftovers before, and my mind was made up.
The National Weather Service issued a weather alert at 6:57 p.m. on Sunday for strong thunderstorms in effect until 7:30 p.m. for the Greater Lake Tahoe Area. Wind gusts of up to 40 mph and pea-sized hail (0.25 inches) are expected. At 6:56 p.m., Doppler radar tracked a strong thunderstorm over Emerald Bay, or near South Lake Tahoe, moving east at 20 mph, the NWS Reno NV said.
The eight people who died in a tragic boat accident on Lake Tahoe on June 21 were not wearing personal flotation devices, according to a federal investigation. Emergency responders found four unused personal flotation devices, and one life ring at the site. New details surfaced in a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board, which included interviews with eyewitnesses, a lifeguard, and one of the two survivors on board the vessel.
No roadside parking is permitted in the Emerald Bay area of the Tahoe loop highway from July 15 to Oct. 15, affecting a 5-mile stretch between D.L. Bliss State Park and Cascade Lake.
Steph Curry and Mardy Fish are co-favorites at +240 for the American Century Championship in Lake Tahoe, having previously battled in an epic 2023 showdown. Curry won his first tournament at Edgewood Tahoe Resort with a decisive 18-foot putt on the final hole against Fish.
