Category: Personalities
The Man Behind the Bomb
Harvey’s bomb remains a teaching tool for FBI more than 30 years later Written by Matthew Renda In the early morning of August 26, 1980, three men dressed in blue worker’s coveralls wheeled an object roughly the size of a copy machine through a side entrance of Harveys Resort Hotel at Stateline, Nevada, perched on […]
Push it to the Limit
Tahoe’s history of skiers and riders pushing it harder and higher has led to triumph and tragedy Written by Alison Bender Tahoe’s athletes and terrain push the boundries of skiing. In late February, 60 of the world’s best big mountain skiers and riders gathered at Kirkwood Mountain Resort to compete on its Cirque terrain: a […]
The Top 25 Athletes in Tahoe/Reno History
By Kyle Magin Our panel of local sports experts ranked the greatest Tahoe/Reno athletes of all time, individuals outstanding for both their stats and impact on their sports. 1. Greg LeMond, 1961— There exists two different eras in the Tour de France the American conscience—before Greg Lemond and after. Cycling’s most prestigious race barely registered […]
Chopping Block
12 questions for Julia Walter, Executive chef, River Ranch Lodge & Restaurant Born and raised in Danville, a small town in central Kentucky, Julia Walter is a graduate of Johnson & Wales University’s School of Culinary Arts in Charlotte, South Carolina. Former chef de cuisine at Truckee’s Moody’s Bistro, Walter has presided over the kitchen at River Ranch Lodge […]
From Bozen to Boating
Five generations and more than 100 years separate Jakob Obexer—who emigrated from Austria in 1906 at age 20—from Jacob Fields, a seven-year-old now running around the marina that his great-great-grandfather established. “There’s not a day that goes by that I do not feel blessed to be part of a family that is so rich and deeply rooted in Tahoe’s history,” […]
