The Ioniq brand continues to expand. Obviously, it’s a major focus for Hyundai, which is developing quite the reputation for building quality electric vehicles. For the second time in three years, we sampled the Ioniq 5. The 2025 Hyundai Ioniq 5 is an appealing compact crossover SUV that offers considerable value for the starting price […]
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Will new Toyota Crown Signia find a niche?
Toyota loves its sport utility vehicles. It offers eight different SUVs, and that’s not counting all four versions of both the RAV4 and Highlander. We contemplate why it wanted to insert the new 2025 Toyota Crown Signia into the SUV lineup. When we heard Toyota was discontinuing the Venza – this time for good – […]
Weekend snow delivers surprise POW Day at Tahoe ski resorts
After several weeks of seasonably high temperatures and no trace of new snow, Mother Nature tossed the remaining open Tahoe ski resorts a late-season gift – Snow! Reacting to the change in the weather, many avid skiers and snowboarders will be abandoning their original plans and instead visiting the slopes this weekend in Lake Tahoe […]
Truckee-Tahoe Pet Lodge provides superior care for visiting dogs, cats
There are numerous luxury accommodations for guests to lodge in the Lake Tahoe region. And there’s at least one noteworthy luxury location for your pet as well. Located in Truckee, the Truckee-Tahoe Pet Lodge is frequently recommended by veterinarians and pet owners in the Lake Tahoe area. It’s a tremendous location for families seeking a […]
Ski season winding down in Lake Tahoe
In case you hadn’t noticed, the ski season is winding down in Lake Tahoe. It’s mid-April, so that shouldn’t come as a surprise to any skiers or snowboarders, since Tahoe ski season typically extends longer than many other U.S. ski areas. This is the last major weekend for heading down the slopes at many Tahoe […]
Honda Pilot still among top midsize SUVs
Two years ago, the Honda Pilot was completely restyled with slightly larger dimensions. Apparently, the company was satisfied with the changes, because the midsize SUV is essentially unchanged. Part of the fourth generation, the 2025 Honda Pilot arrived minus the base LX model that the company decided to discontinue. In its place Honda added the […]
Homewood announces plans to open next ski season
Amidst speculation that it might close for good, Homewood Mountain ski resort in Lake Tahoe cleared up any conjecture by announcing this week it would be open for the 2025-26 season. Clouded in controversy regarding expansion plans for more than a decade, last October Homewood made the decision to shut down for the 2024-25 season […]
Kirkwood, Northstar extend ski season
Winter weather recently returned in the Lake Tahoe region, dropping a sizable amount of snow, resulting in two ski resorts extending their season by one week. With more than 2½ feet of fresh snow blanketing the Tahoe region in the past week, two Vail Resorts – Northstar California, Kirkwood – are extending their seasons by […]
Sierra snowpack at 90% of normal
Snowstorms were not abundant this ski season. However, enough winter storms hit the Lake Tahoe region to provide a nearly normal season for snowpack. The Department of Water Resources (DWR) did its final snowpack survey of the season Friday (March 28) and announced that it was 90% of normal, a good sign for California’s water […]
Mazda CX-5 among top compact SUVs
It only took this compact crossover SUV four years to earn its place among the top-tier of its class. Since cracking the 100,000 mark in U.S. sales four years after inception, the Mazda CX-5 hasn’t slipped back over the past decade. Last year the sales total reached 134,088. The numbers reveal the story – the […]