Luxury

Sierra Sotheby’s International Realty is pleased to announce the appointment of Jeff Hamilton as their new Vice President of North Tahoe Operations. As a highly successful and respected real estate broker with a long history in the Tahoe region, Jeff is a welcome addition to the leadership team at Sierra Sotheby’s North Tahoe group of real estate offices encompassing Tahoe City, Squaw Valley, Truckee and Tahoe Donner.

Starting pitching stood out for the Western Nevada College baseball team in its annual Player World Series on Oct. 15-18 at John L. Harvey Field in Carson City. Six of the Wildcats’ eight starting pitchers surrendered two runs or less in the four games of a series won by Team Lichty, 3-1.

“Both coaches did a great job and both rosters competed reasonably well. Overall, it was as lopsided a series as I can remember watching,” said WNC skipper D.J. Whittemore.

With more than $100 million in revitalization efforts this year, a mountain of changes are underway at Tahoe South, the “No. 1 Ski Destination” (USA Today 2014), providing more upscale lodging, entertainment, shopping, skiing and outdoor recreation for the 2014-15 winter season.

The resort-to-recreation renaissance includes the planned winter opening of the $60 million remodel of Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Lake Tahoe, $24 million remodel of MontBleu Resort Casino & Spa, $3 million at Lake Tahoe Resort Hotel and $15 million for the Château shopping center across from Heavenly Village.

On Tuesday, Sept. 16 at 7:30 p.m., Mr. Whittell will pay a visit to the Gold Hill Hotel from his summer retreat at the Thunderbird Lodge on Lake Tahoe. He will undoubtedly have some stories that include Bill the Lion, his elephant Mingo, surviving World Wars I and II, and his six custom Duesenberg luxury cars.

Whittell is played by Steve Hale in first person and costume. In the Chautauqua you may be the first to hear about his big plans for his 30,000 acre estate and 27 miles of shoreline on the Lake!

Monday, Sept. 1 will be the last chance to receive the early-season rate on Lake Tahoe Local, Tahoe Value, and Epic season passes — all of which offer access to Heavenly Mountain, Kirkwood and Northstar California resorts.

Well-appointed and luxurious living at Lake Tahoe is the overarching theme of Sierra Sotheby’s International Lifestyle Tour set for 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, August 16, 2014. Open to the public, this year’s tour showcases exquisite architecture and beautiful landscapes that will inspire and awe.

This year’s Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival comes to the Sand Harbor State Park shore July 11-August 24, with William Shakespeare’s As You Like It as the featured production of the summer.

Randy Roesch with Sierra Sotheby’s International Realty recently completed a luxury home marketing training offered by the Institute for Luxury Home Marketing, as well as a sales strategy study conducted by the Council of Residential Specialists of the National Association of Realtors in response to the growing need for high-level real estate marketing demands in Reno and Lake Tahoe markets.

RENO, NV - Building on the success of his luxury sedan Model S, Tesla founder Elon Musk has his sights set on becoming a major player in the automotive industry producing electric cars everyone can afford.

Charlyn Enstad of Coldwell Banker Select Real Estate, already a Previews Property International Specialist, now has more to celebrate in her already successful real estate career.

She has earned the Certified International Property Specialist (CIPS) designation, a course developed by the Global Business and Alliances of the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) and taught by Jeni Temen of Coldwell Banker Select Real Estate.

Coldwell Banker Select in Reno has more recognition under its belt with one of their agents earning a very prestigious designation in the real estate industry.

Kathy Williams, of the McCarran office, has earned the impressive title of Previews Property Specialist for the Coldwell Banker Previews International® division, an enormous milestone in the world of real estate. To become Previews Certified Kathy had to show top-notch experience and service in helping her clients buy and sell luxury properties, as well as attend luxury training.

Coldwell Banker Select Real Estate in conjunction with Stanford Mortgage and First American Title Company had a tremendous turnout for their recent Luxury Home Tour event in the Reno area.

REALTORS® and other Real Estate Professionals were invited to go on a tour of four luxury Coldwell Banker listings and to gain insight into the world of luxury home sales.

Kathy Williams of Reno has another reason to celebrate her success thus far with Coldwell Banker Select. Kathy has been awarded the prestigious Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist (CLHMS) designation. In addition, she has earned membership within the Million Dollar Guild in recognition of her knowledge, experience and expertise in the luxury home arena.

A one week stay in a luxury home on the island of Kauai will be a featured lot item during the live auction at this summer’s Concert Under the Stars in Carson City.

The event takes place July 9, outdoors behind Café at Adele’s. Legendary Rock Band “War” will headline the Concert, local favorites Notch 8 and CW and Mr. Spoons will open the show. The gates open at 5 p.m. and the music begins at 6:30 p.m.

The plan for making downtown more pedestrian, bike, and business friendly was presented and voted on at the Board of Supervisors meeting on the evening of April 18. It was a special session that made it more for convenient for the public to attend. The Mayor chose not to hold speakers to a time limit, giving everyone a chance to speak their mind. And that they did.  The meeting began at 6:30 PM with an overview of the project from Public Works, followed by public commentary, and didn’t wrap up with the final vote until 10:30 PM.

Chase International recently closed the sale of the Osprey Estate in Incline Village, Nev., a deal which marks the largest sale in Lake Tahoe since January 2008.

It might have been raining across much of Northern California, but last week’s storm brought snow to Lake Tahoe ski resorts – more than 3.5 feet of the white stuff, making for a great ski weekend.

“You just never know how these storms are going to play out,” said Chief Marketing Officer Andy Chapman of the North Lake Tahoe Chamber/CVB/Resort Association. “But Mother Nature cooperated and we’ve got new snow on the mountains.”

Get into the Spirit of Christmas by attending the third annual Cookies with Santa benefit event for the Ron Wood Family Resource Center Saturday, Dec. 15 at Café at Adele’s in Carson City. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., families are invited to dine on cookies, cocoa and cider and meet with Santa, while providing for children in need in the community.

Powerful early-season storms combined with the area’s largest and most advanced snowmaking operations have allowed Vail Resorts’ Lake Tahoe mountains – Heavenly Mountain Resort, Northstar California Resort and Kirkwood Mountain Resort – to open early with 111 acres. Heavenly and Northstar will open on Wednesday, Nov. 14 with a combined seven lifts and eight trails, totaling 51 acres.

Proscenium Players and Gold Dust West Hotel and Casino in Carson City will hold open auditions for their 2013 mystery dinner theater production of "Murder on the Lust Boat" on Thursday and Friday, Nov. 1-2, 7 to 9 p.m. inside the casino's Juniper Room.

Imagine working at the place where you normally play. Heavenly Mountain Resort and Kirkwood Mountain Resort in Lake Tahoe are giving candidates that opportunity by hiring 1,500 employees and 750 employees, respectively, for the 2012-13 winter season. On Saturday, October 20, the annual job fair will be held jointly for Heavenly and Kirkwood at the California Main Lodge at Heavenly from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

A parent walks alongside her child. She grips his hand tightly. She is excited, to be sure, but she will shed some tears today as she leaves her child for his first day of kindergarten. Thirteen years later, she will watch that same child walk across a stage, accept a diploma and end his journey through the K-12 educational system. For many Americans, these two engrained images serve as the cultural bookends of our educational continuum. The emotions parents often feel; excitement and fear, hope and anxiety, are similar in both experiences.

Vail Resorts, Inc. which has three ski resorts in the Lake Tahoe area, announced Thursday an unprecedented partnership with Verbier, Switzerland, that will enhance the already incredible value of Vail Resorts’ Epic Season Pass, providing three days of free access to the Verbier ski resort, including Les 4 Vallées, the largest ski area in Switzerland, for new and renewing 2012-2013 Epic Season Pass holders.

CARSON CITY – They have names like “A Better Nevada PAC”, “A Bolder Nevada” and “The Nevada Hispanic Legislative Caucus”.

They are all political action committees formed or renewed by state lawmakers this year to help promote their parties, push their candidates and protect their ranks in an effort to maintain and/or win control of the Assembly and Senate.

The blockbuster film "The Hunger Games," now at the Fandango Galaxy cineplex in Carson City, is an entertaining sci-fi film that has broken box-office records nationwide.

Planned Parenthood evokes strong reactions in most people. The name has been in the media a lot lately; from the many attempts to rescind their funding at a federal level to the recent fiasco with the Susan G. Komen Foundation, nearly everyone has the name at the tip of their tongue these days. With that in mind, it's not too surprising that 100 to 150 people crowded into the new Carson City Planned Parenthood clinic to check out the new digs at their open house Monday night.

The movie "Haywire,"currently screening at the Fandango Galaxy cineplex in Carson City, is a spy thriller with a twist. The top spy is a woman, Mallory Kane, played by Gina Carano, in her first major starring role.

Those who know the Northern Nevada area might recognize the name Carano from the casinos the family owns and operates. Gina's father Glenn Carano was a backup quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys, and no doubt passed on some toughness to his daughter.

Mallory opens the movie with a expletive that is repeated at the close. Can't say director Steven Soderbergh isn't neat.

The latest take on the popular teen-aimed "Twilight" sci-fi-fantasy-horror film series is in town and it's playing at the Fandango Galaxy cineplex.

It's called 'Twilight Saga, Breaking Dawn Part 1," and it brings back most of the cast of the earlier movies, although this is P-13 stuff with a lot of eroticism as well as all those fanged wolves. A teen film it is not, but you can bet a lot of teens are going to see it.

I have a friend here in Carson City who will soon be losing her home. She's not the first, and probably not the last.

She bought her house back near the height of the boom. It's a fairly small, modest home, but fits her needs almost perfectly. At the time, her income from her sales job easily covered her mortgage and expenses. Times were good.

Strange how fiction (or movies) sometime match up accidentally with the real world. An example of this is "In Time," a film currently playing at the Fandango Galaxy multiplex in Carson City.