The curtain finally came down on the ski season at Squaw Valley. The popular Tahoe ski resort closed Sunday (July 7), ending the fourth largest season of operating days in the resort’s history. The season lasted nearly eight months and there were 212 operating days this season. Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows opened for the 2018-19 […]
Lake Tahoe a fabulous golfing region
Lake Tahoe needs no introducing in the winter months. Travelers regularly arrive from around the country and internationally, making the gorgeous Tahoe basin their home for a week or more. Tahoe has the largest concentration of alpine ski resorts in North America with 14, and roughly a dozen cross-country ski centers in the majestic Sierra […]
Squaw Valley remains open through July 7
The only Tahoe ski resort still open, Squaw Valley will offer skiing and snowboarding through the Fourth of July weekend and has a closing date of Sunday, July 7. Squaw Valley is open July 3-7 and just concluded $5 Fridays on June 28. Squaw offered $5 advance-purchase lift tickets every Friday in June with all […]
2019 Volkswagen Jetta gets redesign
Let’s face it, this is not the most exciting car in the Volkswagen lineup. It’s tough to exhibit a lot of enthusiasm for the Jetta, a solid yet very unspectacular compact sedan. However, this somewhat stodgy sedan has made the folks at Volkswagen tons of money over nearly four decades. The Jetta was introduced to […]
Olympic Club’s Finlen new GM at Winchester Country Club
A fixture for more than three decades at the famed Olympic Club in San Francisco, Pat Finlen has found a new home in the foothills near Sacramento. Finlen, the longtime Olympic Club and golf profession leader, has assumed the role of general manager at Winchester Country Club in Meadow Vista, Calif. Finlen, 60, will utilize […]
2019 Volkswagen Golf lacks performance
We’re not sure what Volkswagen was thinking, but smaller is not better when it comes to an engine. Yet that’s exactly what the Volkswagen brain trust decided to do with the 2019 Golf. The new VW compact hatchback has a turbocharged 1.4-liter engine with a mere 147 horsepower, a reduction of 23 hp from last […]
2019 Ford Edge gets facelift
When first introduced in 2007, the Ford Edge was indeed on the cutting edge. It was a competent midsize crossover sport utility vehicle that became one of the industry’s trailblazers as SUVs veered away from being truck-based to delivering a sedan-like ride. The Edge became one of the initial crossover leaders and a dozen years […]
New 2020 Kia Telluride a hit
There’s virtually no chance of the new Kia Telluride suffering the same fate as the Kia Borrego. Kia was a little late to the party with the truck-like Borrego, a hefty midsize sport utility vehicle that was unveiled late in 2008. Due to a sagging economy, American car buyers were rarely buying larger SUVs, preferring […]
2019 Volvo XC90 sophisticated SUV
The 2019 Volvo XC90 is a sophisticated luxury crossover sport utility vehicle. It’s a very attractive vehicle with a bold, yet classy look that would make any owner proud to have the XC90 parked in the driveway for the neighbors to admire. For technological geeks, there’s plenty to explore. And it starts with merely turning […]
2019 Lexus LS 500 still stylish sedan
Last year, Lexus bid farewell to the popular LS 460 and unveiled the all-new LS 500, an elegant full-size luxury sedan. We sampled the gas-powered LS 500 a year ago and this year we spent a week with the 2019 Lexus LS 500 hybrid. The latest version of the LS has a rather bold exterior […]