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A new documentary film about the life of Matthew Shepard will have its Northern California premiere with the Theatre Arts Department at Lake Tahoe Community College on Saturday, October 12 at 7:30 p.m. in the Duke Theatre. Tickets are $5 at the door.

The Lake Tahoe Community College Theatre Arts Department will be holding auditions for its fall theatre production of “The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later” on Tuesday, Sept. 24 at 7 p.m. in the college’s Duke Theatre.

This production commemorates the 15th anniversary of Matthew Shepard’s death. Several events will be presented at the college in association with this production, including a screening of the brand new documentary film, “Matthew Shepard is a Friend of Mine.”

The South Lake Tahoe Police Department is seeking the public’s help in identifying an individual who may have information regarding a homicide at the USA Gas station on Aug. 6.

Manpreet Ghuman Singh, 27, of South Lake Tahoe was killed after sustaining a single bullet wound to his upper torso. It does not appear that any robbery was involved in this crime.

The victim who was shot Tuesday night at the USA Gas Station in South Lake Tahoe has been identified as Manpreet Ghuman Singh, 27, of South Lake Tahoe, authorities said.

During the nine days of July, the South Lake Tahoe Police Department has investigated several thefts and attempted thefts of vehicles in the City. The targeted victim vehicles appear to be vans in particular.

On July 4th, 2013 a 1992 Dodge van was stolen from 2111 South Ave. This van was located and recovered locally. Case number 1307-0645:

Lake Tahoe Community College is seeking submissions for the 25th annual edition of The Kokanee. Submissions of up to five poems or 10 pages (2,500 words) of prose (fiction or creative nonfiction/memoir) are being accepted until June 21 at kokanee@ltcc.edu.

Submissions should be attached as a Microsoft Word document, and “Kokanee Submission” should be in the subject
line. Submissions that do not follow the guidelines will not be considered.

The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit will soon begin the annual process of opening recreational facilities around the Lake Tahoe Basin. Campgrounds, beaches, and forest roads generally open in mid-May, weather permitting. The Taylor Creek Visitor Center and the Tallac Historic Site open Memorial Day weekend.

Before recreation sites can open to the public, the Forest Service must hire crews to staff and manage the sites, clean up from winter, remove safety hazards and wait for the danger of a freeze to pass before turning on water systems.

Hans Uthe is good about talking on just about any subject except if the topic is himself. It took his wife, Beth, to convince him to speak to the media about his retirement. And then in an interview with Lake Tahoe News he spent more time talking about his colleagues, his dad and crime in general than he did his career, the cases he’s tried or his future.

The City of South Lake Tahoe received an Award of Excellence from the California Park and Recreation Society for Lakeview Commons at El Dorado Beach. The City’s recognition in the category of Park Planning will be honored at the 2013 California and Pacific Southwest Recreation and Park Training Conference, held in San Jose March 6-8.

The El Dorado County Sheriff's Office has announced classes for its 2013 Citizen's Academy. Residents of the county can learn about the law enforcement agency and its many functions, said Sheriff John D’Agostini.

Classes run one night each week, (typically Tuesdays) from 6 to 9 p.m.. The next academy is scheduled to begin March 19 and will end June 25, 2013 The academy classes are held at the Sheriff’s Placerville OES training facility. The Citizen’s Academy is offered on a first come first served basis to El Dorado County residence and is free of charge.

South Lake Tahoe police are warning about a scammer who reportedly called a resident Jan. 12, told them of a mail-order drug purchase made in 2006 and then tried to extort money by saying they wanted $1,000 wired to them to avoid being arrested.

Someone is stealing traps laid in the waters of Lake Tahoe to catch crayfish, a crime the owner of Tahoe’s first commercial fishing operation in decades says is crushing his business.
Since August and only a month after Tahoe Lobster Co. commenced operations, 77 traps have disappeared at a combined cost in lost gear and product amounting to about $8,000, said Fred Jackson, the company’s founder. Twenty traps were stolen from waters off Tahoe’s east shore just this week, Jackson said.
“It’s just destroying us,” Jackson said. “It’s huge.”

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A neighborhood meeting will be held on today, Wednesday, at 6:30 pm for Gardner Mountain residents. This is an initiative led by Gardner Mountain residents who are concerned about the increase of thefts in the neighborhood.
South Lake Tahoe Police Officer Angela Kallstrom will be in attendance to discuss the crime problems with neighbors. This is informal and any and all help to raise awareness of neighborhood crime is appreciated.
The meeting will be at the corner of 13th Street and Gardner.

South Lake Tahoe authorities have arrested a local man in an alleged burglary attempt at the Patient to Patient marijuana collective.
Leslie Decker, 24, of South Lake Tahoe faces a charge of burglary after he was found on Wednesday night crawling out from a glass door that had apparently been broken with a cement cinder block, said Lt. Brian Williams of the South Lake Tahoe Police Department. Also found in Decker's possession were several tools.
On July 9 South Lake Tahoe police arrested two others in a separate burglary.

South Lake Tahoe Police responded to a reported burglary of Patient To Patient, a marijuana collective on July 9 in the 2300 block of Lake Tahoe Blvd. The investigation revealed that two suspects broke into the collective during the night time hours of July 8, 2012.

CARSON CITY – Gov. Brian Sandoval said Monday's U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the Arizona immigration law case points out the need for Congress and the president to come together and reform the country’s immigration laws.

The following is a press release from Sgt. Brad Williams of the South Lake Tahoe Police Department regarding Tuesday's evening response to a suspicious package found near Safeway on Highway 50:

The full Moon has a reputation for trouble. It raises high tides, it makes dogs howl, it wakes you up in the middle of the night with beams of moonlight stealing through drapes. If a moonbeam wakes you up on the night of May 5, 2012, you might want to get out of bed and take a look. This May’s full Moon is a "super Moon,” as much as 14 percent bigger and 30 percent brighter than other full Moons of 2012.

Terry Probyn, the mother of kidnap victim Jaycee Lee Dugard told a Sonoma County victims' rights audience Tuesday that she carries “overwhelming sadness and incredible anger” over “18 hellish years” of separation from her daughter.
The Santa Rosa Press Democrat reports how Probyn, 53, recounted her ordeal during the Sonoma County Crime Victim’s Rights Week event, telling of the separation from Dugard, who at age 11 was kidnapped by Phillip and Nancy Garrido from a South Lake Tahoe street on June 10, 1991.