
A Tahoe Toy Story
Running a toy store certainly doesn’t seem like rocket science, but for Dennis Michal there are more similarities than one might think. The owner and operator of Toy Maniacs, a toy and hobby store in South Lake Tahoe, has been able to channel experience from a background in nuclear engineering into more than two... Read More

Keep Tahoe Bears Wild: Tips for Co-Existing with Black Bears
People come to South Lake Tahoe for plenty of reasons, but a highlight is often seeing a black bear in the wild. Bear sightings in neighborhoods are on the rise because these animals have been displaced and their habitat reduced due to the two wildland fires near the city in 2021.
“During evacuations last year... Read More

Fun for the Whole Family, 44 Years and Counting
With miles and miles of paved bike trails on both sides of the lake as well as world-class mountain biking trails and road cycling opportunities, Lake Tahoe is a two-wheel wonderland. And one family in South Lake Tahoe, the Andersons, has been helping people experience the fun of biking Tahoe for 44 years.
I went to... Read More

Taking Care of Tahoe
Based in Incline Village, Nevada, Sun Bear Realty has decades of experience with buying and selling Tahoe real estate as well as managing a plethora of vacation and long-term rentals to accommodate any length of stay in Tahoe’s paradise. So, whether you want to make Tahoe your home sweet home or simply want to find... Read More

From Building Luxury Homes to Selling Them: The Evolution of the Gemme Group
David Gemme (“gem”), a top-producing luxury real estate broker in the Tahoe region for nearly two decades, started his career in the luxury home business right after college in 1996, but not in the way that you’d expect.
With an educational background in environmental science, recreation and architecture, David moved... Read More