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SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - A production company will be filming in the South Lake Tahoe region for approximately six weeks starting sometime in February through March 2021 and they are looking for a large local crew to work on the project.

The project is a secret at this time but their list of local needs is bigger than most that film in the Lake Tahoe area: cast wranglers, production assistants, location helpers, drivers, camera operators, sound/audio crew, and grips.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Airbnb has responded to a letter written by local officials who asked for assistance in stopping short-term rentals (STR) during the current Stay at Home Order. From December 28 through January 1 the vacation home rental reservation platform said they are blocking guests from booking in Placer County, El Dorado County and the Town of Truckee.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - El Dorado County Sheriff's Office responds to calls throughout the county. The following are calls that only pertain to the South and West Shore, including Meyers, South Lake Tahoe, Meeks Bay, Tahoma, and the Echo Summit area. There may be some missing calls due to sheriff's logs not being completed at the time of the story.

Last Week's Log: http://southtahoenow.com/story/12/20/2020/el-dorado-county-sheriffs-

This Week's Log:

12/20

1:37 a.m. - Vacation Home Rental - Piute St - VHR- NOISE

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - El Dorado County health officers announced 72 residents have tested positive for COVID-19 since yesterday. Of those, 20 are in El Dorado Hills, 15 in Cameron Park/Shingle Springs/Rescue, 13 in Greater Placerville, 3 in Diamond Springs/El Dorado, 3 in Pollock Pines/Camino/Kyburz, 6 in North County, 2 in South County, 4 in Lake Tahoe region. Awaiting address confirmation: 49.

One of those new cases, 8 are under the age of 18, 34 are age 18-49, 16 are aged 50-64, and 14 aged 65 or older. Total date of birth unknown: 4

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - El Dorado County health officers announced 81 residents have tested positive for COVID-19 since yesterday. Of those, 11 are in El Dorado Hills, 16 in Cameron Park/Shingle Springs/Rescue, 23 in Greater Placerville, 3 in Diamond Springs/El Dorado, 6 in Pollock Pines/Camino/Kyburz, 4 in North County, 0 in South County, 16 in Lake Tahoe region. Two of these cases are awaiting address confirmation, leaving the pending address confirmation count at 49.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - El Dorado County health officers announced 465 residents have tested positive for COVID-19 since Thursday. Of those, 118 are in El Dorado Hills, 97 in Cameron Park/Shingle Springs/Rescue, 87 in Greater Placerville, 29 in Diamond Springs/El Dorado, 20 in Pollock Pines/Camino/Kyburz, 27 in North County, 7 in South County, 76 in Lake Tahoe region. Four of these cases are awaiting address confirmation, leaving the pending address confirmation count at 49.

There will be two virtual presentations on suicide and depression for parents on Monday, December 22 hosted by the Suicide Prevention Network (SPN).

At 10:00 a.m., Lisa Utzig Schafer of SPN and Juanita Hernandez- Morin, Psy.D., a licensed clinical psychologist from El Dorado County Mental Health for a Suicide & Depression Parent Presentation.

At 6:00 p.m., Utzig Schafer will be joined by Anna Lee, AMFT, with A Balanced Life for a presentation on Depression & Suicide-Teen Edition. Learn about warning signs, what to say, and community resources.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - El Dorado County Sheriff's Office responds to calls throughout the county. The following are calls that only pertain to the South and West Shore, including Meyers, South Lake Tahoe, Meeks Bay, Tahoma, and the Echo Summit area. There may be some missing calls due to sheriff's logs not being completed at the time of the story.

Last Week's Log: http://southtahoenow.com/story/12/13/2020/el-dorado-county-sheriffs-report

This Week's Log:

12/13

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Due to an internal issue at El Dorado County there will be no updates on figures Friday. They are reporting 90 new cases but no other information is available. Figures provided on Monday will include Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday.

We can tell you there are currently 25 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in the county with 9 of them in the ICU at Barton and Marshall. According to the State's website, 11 of the non-ICU patients and 3 of the ICU patients are in Barton, with 14/6 at Marshall. There are currently no suspected cases at Barton.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - El Dorado County health officers announced 93 residents have tested positive for COVID-19 since yesterday. Of those, 27 are in El Dorado Hills, 20 in Cameron Park/Shingle Springs/Rescue, 13 in Greater Placerville, 4 in Diamond Springs/El Dorado, 0 in Pollock Pines/Camino/Kyburz, 2 in North County, 4 in South County, 0 in Lake Tahoe region. The pending address confirmation count is 45.

One of those new cases, 11 are under the age of 18, 30 are aged 18-49, 33 are aged 50-64, and 19 aged 65 or older.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The snow is still falling this morning so totals are not yet available, but as ski resorts opened they were reporting 3"-4" with more coming. Temperatures were too high for snow at midnight, but they have since dropped allowing snow to start falling.

The Winter Storm Advisory expires at 10:00 a.m.

Use caution on roads around Lake Tahoe as there are controls on all of them. Here are those controls as of 9:00 a.m.:

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With the holidays already upon us, one thing is certain this year – the COVID-19 pandemic has had an impact on millions of Californians, causing us to rethink so much of our daily lives, including reprioritizing family time and our mental health. The holiday season may add more challenges to parents who are balancing career, teacher and caregiver duties, as well as dealing with unanticipated illness, burnout and unemployment. Each of these challenges, for some of us, can make the season feel like the added pressures are insurmountable.

EL DORADO COUNTY, Calif. - In a move initiated by the Republican-based North State Conference, a letter has been sent by the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors to Governor Newsom to ask for local control of the state's rules through the pandemic.

Assemblyman Kevin Kiley gathered leaders from 16 Northern California counties at this Fall's Conference of North State Leaders. No Democrat leaders were invited. The conference was held to obtain a joint response to counter Governor Newsom's approach and out of it came a "Healthy Communities Resolution."

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - El Dorado County health officers announced 331 residents have tested positive for COVID-19 since Friday. Of those, 72 are in El Dorado Hills, 80 in Cameron Park/Shingle Springs/Rescue, 98 in Greater Placerville, 20 in Diamond Springs/El Dorado, 28 in Pollock Pines/Camino/Kyburz, 18 in North County, 3 in South County, 39 in Lake Tahoe region. 27 of the previous cases awaiting address confirmation have been completed, and the pending address confirmation count is now 78.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Lake Tahoe area ski resorts are reporting 10"-17" of snow in the last 24 hours. Even though the snow has stopped, roads are still snow covered and plowing operations are under way.

The road conditions at 9:15 a.m. Monday:

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Chains Required, All Vehicles Except 4-Wheel Drive with Snow Tires - on US-50 from mile post 58.0 in El Dorado County to mile post 70.6 in El Dorado County in California.

Chains Required, All Vehicles Except 4-Wheel Drive with Snow Tires - on US-50 from mile post 0.0 in Douglas County to mile post 0.5 in Douglas County in Nevada.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - A Winter Weather Advisory starts at 10:00 a.m. Sunday, but now has already begun to fall and road controls are up on roads around Lake Tahoe. The advisory is in place until 4:00 a.m. Monday, and before that time, total snow accumulation of 2 to 6 inches below 6500 feet and 8 to 16 inches above 6500 feet is expected.

Road controls as of 9:00 a.m. Sunday, December 13:

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Chains or Snow Tires Required - on US-50 from mile post 59.8 in El Dorado County to mile post 70.6 in El Dorado County in California.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - El Dorado County health officers announced 126 residents have tested positive for COVID-19 since yesterday. Of those, 14 are in El Dorado Hills, 22 in Cameron Park/Shingle Springs/Rescue, 31 in Greater Placerville, 2 in Diamond Springs/El Dorado, 17 in Pollock Pines/Camino/Kyburz, 6 in North County, -1 in South County, 23 in Lake Tahoe region. There are 12 of the new cases awaiting address confirmation, and the pending address confirmation count is now 105.

With El Dorado County and South Lake Tahoe falling under California's regional Stay-at-Home order starting Thursday at 11:59 p.m. Thursday, the Tahoe Chamber is holding a Virtual Town Hall meeting with local health officials to receive guidance on the recent stay-at-home order in El Dorado County and how the new restrictions will affect restaurants, retailers, and other local business operations.

Featured speakers will be El Dorado County Public Health Officer Dr. Nancy Williams and Barton Health President and CEO Dr. Clint Purvance.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - With a minimum three-week long Stay-at-Home order going into effect on December 10 at 11:59 p.m. there are new rules that affect South Lake Tahoe visitors and residents.

The Sacramento Region, of which South Lake Tahoe and El Dorado County are part of, has dropped below 15 percent availability in the ICUs across the region, prompting the new order. More than thirty million people in California now fall under the order after a deadly surge of the coronavirus has crossed the state.

EL DORADO COUNTY, Calif. - South Lake Tahoe and the rest of El Dorado County and Alpine County will go under a Stay-at-Home order effective Thursday, December 10 at 11:59 p.m. This order will last for at least three weeks and then the state will reevaluate. The order has gone into effect because the Sacramento Region, of which South Lake Tahoe, El Dorado and Alpine counties are part, now has staffed ICU bed availability under 15 percent.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - El Dorado County health officers announced 474 residents have tested positive for COVID-19 since yesterday. This includes the approximate 200 positive cases that needed to be assigned to a region. Of those, 100 are in El Dorado Hills, 75 in Cameron Park/Shingle Springs/Rescue, 78 in Greater Placerville, 14 in Diamond Springs/El Dorado, 21 in Pollock Pines/Camino/Kyburz, 29 in North County, 2 in South County, 93 in Lake Tahoe region. There are 62 of the new cases awaiting address confirmation, and the pending address confirmation count is now 74.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - El Dorado County Sheriff's Office responds to calls throughout the county. The following are calls that only pertain to the South and West Shore, including Meyers, South Lake Tahoe, Meeks Bay, Tahoma, and the Echo Summit area. There may be some missing calls due to sheriff's logs not being completed at the time of the story.

Last Week's Log: http://southtahoenow.com/story/11/29/2020/el-dorado-county-sheriffs-report

This Week's Log:

11/29

Mono County, home to Mammoth Mountain, Bridgeport, and Topaz Lake, is set to go on Stay-at-Home orders with the rest of the Southern California counties on Sunday. They will join the San Joaquin region as areas set to move to the stricter health orders due to a rapidly dwindling supply of ICU beds.

10:00PM UPDATE: SLTPD has said the victim in Friday's fatal crash is a 21-year-old man from Santa Rosa, Calif. The name is being withheld pending notification of next of kin.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The South Lake Tahoe Police Department (SLTPD) responded to the scene of a single-vehicle crash in the 700 block of Emerald Bay Road on Friday afternoon at 3:51 p.m.

Upon arrival, officers found a vehicle resting upside down on the road in front of Burger Lounge.