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SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The following is a list of calls the South Lake Tahoe Police Department responded to during the weeks of Apr. 8 - Apr. 14, 2024. Location Checks are when officers search an area at a certain address. Transient/Homeless arrests/citations and calls are those normally categorized in other columns (Drunk in Public, Trespassing, etc.) but stats are collected separately.

Log for April 8 - April 14, 2024

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Arrests
17:26 Brandishing - Occurred at Bijou Woods on Spruce Ave. Disposition: Felony Arrest

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Lake Tahoe Community College (LTCC) celebrated the kickoff of its 50th-anniversary party in March, and they will spend the next 18 months highlighting their achievements, academic and student support programs and showcasing the accomplishments of our students and staff.

To help them with this task, LTCC President/Superintendent Jeff DeFranco has announced the filling of the school's Marketing and Communications office, adding two professionals with experience and expertise to their respective roles who can hit the ground running.

LAKE TAHOE, Calif./Nev. - Members of the Tahoe Fire & Fuels Team (TFFT) will continue prescribed fire operations this week at Lake Tahoe, conditions and weather permitting. Smoke may be present throughout the Lake Tahoe Basin and surrounding areas. View smoke management tips and the current air quality index at AirNow and the U.S.

Bread & Broth is extremely fortunate to have Adopt A Day of Nourishment (AAD) sponsors who have faithfully hosted the organization’s Monday Meal regularly. Sierra Sotheby’s is one of the many sponsors that helps fund the weekly Monday hot, full-course, well-balanced meals. In addition, as an AAD sponsor, Sierra Sotheby’s sends a crew of volunteers to work alongside the B&B volunteers as they go about providing a hot meal, food giveaway bags, second servings, and meals-to-go to fellow community members.

INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. – Join Sand Harbor State Park this Earth Day, April 22nd, for their first annual clean-up event. Help celebrate the beauty of Lake Tahoe while working alongside park rangers and other members of the community to clean the beaches and spaces of Sand Harbor. Trash collected will be utilized in a new display at the Sand Harbor Visitor Center in collaboration with the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection.

Meet at the Sand Harbor Visitor Center to check-in. The cleanup event is from 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. and the public is welcome.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The Kiwanis Club of Tahoe Sierra is raffling off the chance to win $1,023 as the grand prize in the club’s Anniversary Raffle.

April 18, 2024, is the 23rd anniversary of the creation of the service club. In honor of their birthday, they are offering $1,023 to the person whose number is drawn from our drum ON the club’s anniversary.

The funds raised from this event will allow us the club to continue its financial support of various organizations in the South Lake Tahoe area.

Ticket prices are $5 per ticket; 5 tickets for $20; and 30 tickets for $100.

Dear community: Were you recently misled? Did you sign a petition recently to support a ballot measure that you now don't want to? If so, there is something you can do. A small group of newcomers to our Tahoe community have been in bars, grocery store parking lots, post offices, and at our schools, soliciting signatures for a tax on homeowners under the guise that the ballot measure they are pushing would be for affordable housing. Who doesn't support affordable housing? It is easy to be swayed by their argument, however, they are not telling the whole truth.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - A computer glitch caused a delay Monday morning for applications being accepted online for the South Lake Tahoe affordable housing project, Sugar Pine Village.

DOUGLAS COUNTY, Nev. - The four Douglas County School District (DCSD) board members who have been front and center through controversy since being elected in November 2022 all pulled out of a decision to accept a settlement agreement on a Writ of Mandamus during their meeting on Tuesday.

LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – Heavenly Mountain Resort has announced the retirement of its current Chief Operating Officer & Vice President, Tom Fortune, effective June 23. After 45 years in the industry, Fortune will pass the baton to his successor, Shaydar Edelmann, who returns to Tahoe with 25 years of industry experience, most recently serving as the Vice President of Mountain Operations at Park City Mountain.

EL DORADO COUNTY, Calif. - When George Sheetz wanted to add another home to his property for his grandchildren, little did he know his complaint of the $23,420 traffic impact fee on the project would end up in the U.S. Supreme Court.

Sheetz wanted to add a 1,800-square-foot manufactured home on his property south of US50 and Camino on Fort Jim Road.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Even though Sidestreet Boutique has not reopened since the roof collapse last winter, they will be open this prom season to help with tuxedo and suit rentals.

Both Whittell and South Tahoe High Schools will be having prom in the upcoming weeks, and those needing tuxedos and suits can get them in South Lake Tahoe and not have to travel off the hill.

The sizing, pickup, and returns of rented items will take place at 4000 Lake Tahoe Blvd. Suite 22 in The Village Center adjacent to Ace Hardware.

Measurement and order dates

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The friendship between a Heavenly Mountain resort snowboard instructor and a 10-year-old autistic South Lake Tahoe boy has flourished on the slopes this winter.

Kai Simon-Litton is in the fourth grade at Sierra House Elementary School and has always enjoyed snowboarding. His dad and grandpa take him up on the hill when they can, so he has good skills. Autism is a social and communication disorder, but those with it can have amazing gross motor skills as Kai does.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - After a cool weekend, the week ahead will see a warming and drying trend at Lake Tahoe. Is this the end of the Springtime roller coaster we've called the weather lately?

As the temperatures rise, the melting of the Sierra snowpack will increase. Water flows will be faster and colder on both rivers and streams.

The South Lake Tahoe forecast from the National Weather Service in Reno:

Monday - Mostly sunny, with a high near 53. Calm wind becoming northeast around 5 mph.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - With the first phase of the new affordable housing project in South Lake Tahoe nearing completion, applications will be accepted starting on Monday, April 15 for those interested in living there when they are finished in September 2024.

Applications are accepted first come, first served and can be done online. The City of South Lake Tahoe and its partners, Related CA, St. Joseph Community Land Trust, and the property management company, John Stewart Company, have been sharing the lease information with those on the housing waiting list over the past few months.

TAHOE CITY, Calif. - Six community leaders representing the North Tahoe Business Association, Homewood Mountain Resort, Everline Resort & Spa, the Tahoe City Marina, the Tahoe City Lodge, and the Placer County Board of Supervisors were elected by the North Tahoe Community Alliance (NTCA) membership to join the volunteer board of directors for the NTCA. The seated board will help make recommendations about how to leverage TBID and TOT funds generated in the community. Each will serve a three-year term.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - There may still be patches of snow on the ground around Lake Tahoe, and temperatures aren't quite warm enough to get plants started, but it isn't too early to start planning!

The UCCE Master Gardeners of Lake Tahoe, Slow Food Lake Tahoe, and the UC Davis Environmental Research Center know how to grow food successfully in the Lake Tahoe area and they would like to share their knowledge with you.

Governor Joe Lombardo and the Nevada Legislature have approved $16.7 million in funding from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) to help the Boys & Girls Clubs' Early Learning expansion in the state. This statewide initiative creates 1,000 new childcare seats in 14 communities.

The bipartisan approval will expand early learning centers and child care access for Nevada families. Governor Joe Lombardo proposed the initiative in partnership with Boys & Girls Clubs to expedite new childcare seat availability statewide.

EL DORADO COUNTY, Calif. - The Tahoe El Dorado Area Plan (TED) is being created for all unincorporated areas of El Dorado County in the Lake Tahoe Basin. The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) is developing new land use standards to enhance affordable housing, and implementation of those standards could vary between those areas with adopted area plans, and those without.

There are currently several different plans in the Lake Tahoe Basin, with the Meyers Area Plan the only one outside the South Lake Tahoe City Limits in the county portion of the Basin.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - It is Book Club time again at Cuppa Tahoe in South Lake Tahoe. Join others as local author, Clare Frank shares her heart-racing, heartfelt story, Burnt. Get ready to laugh, cry, and consider what matters most in life.

Join the club on Wednesday, April 24 from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. for a night of good literature and the warmth of community. Celebrate the magic of storytelling together, over a steaming cuppa.

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