Tahoe Report 03-31-23 Meet the man who can send Lake Tahoe into panic mode

Reference something like AccuWeather or the Weather Channel to a Tahoe local, and you'll get scoffs and complaints about how those sites never get it right.

Reference OpenSnow — or, better yet, name-drop Bryan Allegretto — and you'll be on your way to making a Tahoe friend for life. 

Allegretto is the author and local celebrity behind Lake Tahoe's OpenSnow forecasting site; for many, it's the equivalent of Tahoe's snow bible.

Allegretto knows he has the power to send Lake Tahoe into full panic mode, spurring mass hotel cancellations, panic-buying at the grocery stores, and runs on gas stations with just one word.

That word? "Snowpocalypse."

But for Allegretto, that's not a word to throw around lightly... Read more »

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Road conditions for driving to Tahoe from Bay Area are clear, but a storm nears. 'You'll get there OK, but err on the side of caution by heading home early on Sunday.' Read more.

Gwyneth Paltrow's ski trial immortalized in Tahoe-made garb. 'It’s our job as an outdoor culture magazine to kindly poke fun at this stuff.' Read more.

Houston Rockets billionaire to acquire Hard Rock Lake Tahoe. It's the next chapter for a property that has operated as a casino and hotel since 1965. Read more.

One dead in daytime Lake Tahoe casino shooting. After fleeing the casino, two suspects were stopped and arrested in El Dorado County. Read more.

This week's Tahoe Report is curated by newsletter editor Cole Chapman. Contact him at Cole.Chapman@sfgate.com.