If you live in Nevada (and if you don't), you've probably seen a picture of Lake Tahoe Nevada State Park, even if you haven't visited. You know the one: that picture of the turquoise blue waters of ...

Humorist Mark Twain called it "the fairest picture the whole earth affords." Naturalist John Muir said it was "so terrestrial yet so openly spiritual." Writer Isabella Bird described it as a ...

National parks get lots of love, but these state parks should too.

A view of Lake Tahoe from Emerald Bay State Park in South Lake Tahoe in 2023. Hector Amezcua hamezcua@sacbee.com After my son, Ken, was killed while serving his country in Iraq, I found solace in the ...