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El Dorado County Sheriff's Office responds to calls throughout the county.

The following are calls that only pertain to the South Shore. There may be some missing calls due to sheriff's logs not being completed at press time and the story will be updated when provided.

8/21/16

12:25 a.m. - Driving on a Suspended License - Highway 50 - 61-YEAR-OLD MAN ARRESTED.

12:25 a.m. - Vacation Rental - Blitzen Rd - DISPATCHED TO RESIDENCE FOR NOISE COMPLAINT.

11:27 a.m. - Reckless Driving - Chris Ave - SUSPECTS: FEMALE AGE 25, MALE AGE 44

3:30 p.m. update from Douglas County Officials: The water line has been located, but it is 15 feet deep with a gas line in the excavation hole and unmarked fiber optic lines running parallel to the edge of pavement along the old road bed. Therefore, efforts are currently limited to the use of a vactor truck for excavation.

The road crew is working with utilities on the excavation. It is anticipated that the crews will be working into the night to make the leak repair. Crockett Construction is onsite and they will be performing the excavation once fiber optics are located.

NFL and Superbowl star Jim McMahon will be participating in two Carson Valley events this weekend. “Fore the Kids” Charity Golf Tournament, which opens the year at the Genoa Lakes Ranch Course, will be held on Saturday, May 14. McMahon will not only be golfing, but he has also donated a three-day vacation package at his guest home in Arizona with two days of golf with him at his home course.

Everyone is invited to participate and bid on this once in a lifetime vacation: www.ForeTheKidsDC.com

Mountain Resort Television reporter Nicole Marsel talks to the organizer of the Northern Sierra Dutch Oven Group all about cooking in a cast iron skillet. They'll be at the Genoa Cowboy Festival at the end of the month cooking as well! Dan Aynesworth gives this weeks Carson Valley Report on more details for the festival. Hope to see you there!Carson Valley Report: Genoa Cowboy Festival and Dutch Oven Cooking

The Town of Genoa, Nevada, announced today that the seventh annual Genoa Cowboy Festival will take place in their town from April 28 through May 1. Previous Cowboy Festivals have attracted thousands of visitors to the picturesque community which is recognized as Nevada’s oldest town, just minutes from South Lake Tahoe.

This year’s event will feature performances by some of the best-known entertainers in Western music and cowboy poetry, including Ian Tyson, Wylie & and Wild West, Mike Beck, Richard Elloyan, Trinity Seely, Andy Hedges, Larry Maurice, and many more.

El Dorado County Sheriff's Office responds to calls throughout the county.

The following are calls that only pertain to the South Shore. There may be some missing calls due to sheriff's logs not being completed at press time and the story will be updated when provided.

9/27

12:01 a.m. - Vacation Rental Noise - Apache Ave - DEPUTIES WERE DISPATCHED TO A REPORT OF A PARTY AT A KNOWN VACATION RENTAL

3:12 p.m. - Unlicensed Driver - Emerald Bay Rd

9/28

8:30 p.m. - Domestic Dispute - Hwy 50 - DEPUTIES WERE DISPATCHED TO A VERBAL DISPUTE.

Hello Sweet Sippers!

Are you ready for our final event of 2015 on Sunday 10/4?

This event will feature Rum-based drinks, the entertainment will be "Dougie L." and the non-profit will be the Greater Genoa Business Association.

Please remember to bring your GSSS glass so you can get $2 off of the $12 price, and be prepared to stay until the very end and enter our contests for some very awesome prizes! Remember, October is the big "Give-a-way". We keep drawing those passports until all of the prizes are gone!!

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A problem-causing black bear that wildlife officials said was becoming increasingly dangerous was killed Tuesday in Incline Village.

The bear, a 9-year-old, 450-pound male, was captured Monday night or early Tuesday morning, tranquilized and subsequently euthanized with drugs, said Chris Healy, spokesman for the Nevada Department of Wildlife.

The bear was determined to be the same one that had been raiding trash, breaking into cars and knocking over fences in the area and was killed as a threat to public safety, Healy said.

While many may not know the name of Lillian Virgin Finnegan, they probably know the Genoa Candy Dance.

Lillian is the woman who started the Genoa Candy Dance in 1919 to raise money to purchase street lights for the town. The dance was held at the Raycraft Hotel, and Lillian and other Genoa women made candy to serve at the dance. In the years that followed, the annual dance continued as a way to raise money to pay the town's electric bill for the street lights. It was considered the "Big Event of the Season" by the people in the Carson Valley, Reno and surrounding communities.

A disbarred attorney arrested in South Lake Tahoe has been accused of kidnapping 29-year old Denise Huskins of Vallejo, CA on March 23, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) confirmed today.

A proposed solar panel project on 260 acres of Park Cattle Company land won approval by the Douglas County Planning Commission in May, but residents opposing the solar farm with its 148,277 panels are fighting back. They are taking their complaints to the July 2 meeting of the Douglas County Commissioners led by local residents Steve and Mary Walker who filed an appeal right after approval of the planning commission.

9:00 p.m. update:

This just in from the Douglas County Sheriff's Department: On June 27, 2015, at approximately 6:17 p.m., the East Fork Fire District in Douglas County responded to a report of several wildland fires along the east side of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

There have been reports of six fires along the west side of the Carson Valley.

East Fork Fire, along with the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) have responded to the multiple fires and are working to access each of the fires.

A very strong storm cell is moving across the east side of Lake Tahoe and the Carson Valley this evening, causing some small fires.

The National Weather Service in Reno issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for western Carson City, Minden, Gardnerville, the Carson Valley and Lake Tahoe. The warning is through at least 6:15 p.m. and extends through the Carson Range.

It is expected to impact the east side of Lake Tahoe and into Carson City and Carson Valley. Wind gusts to 60 mph, penny sized hail and heavy rain are possible with this storm, according to the weather service.

Even though it lasted just 19 months, the Pony Express played an important role in the western expansion of the United States. The Pony Express was the most direct and practical means of east-west communications prior to the telegraph.

With the threat of the Civil War there was a need for faster communication with the growing number of people living in the West. Three men understood this need (William H. Russell, William B. Waddell, and Alexander Majors) and created the Pony Express.

The El Dorado County Sheriff's Office helped investigators from the Dublin (CA) Police and Alameda County Sheriff's office arrest a 38-year-old man in South Lake Tahoe on Tuesday, June 9. Dublin Police had a warrant for the arrest of Matthew Daniel Muller, a suspect in an attempted home invasion robbery that resulted in the assault of the homeowner.

Muller, a resident of Orangevale, CA, was found in his family vacation home on Genoa Avenue in the county portion of the South Shore.

There may soon be two new solar projects in Nevada, one nearby in Minden and the other near Luning in Mineral County.

Liberty Utilities announced Friday that they filed an application with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) proposing to build two separate solar projects that would be built in Nevada and provide renewable energy to Liberty’s customers via NV Energy’s transmission lines.

Free course in advocacy 25-April-2015 8:00a.m. - 12p.m. at the Genoa Volunteer Firestation. This course is taught by volunteers from NAMI, National Alliance on Mental Illness. It is taught at UNR to students majoring in social work in their senior year. Over 4,000 people have taken this course nationally.

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The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit is asking for public input on a proposal to reconstruct the Kingsbury Stinger Trail near Kingsbury Grade. The Stinger Trail runs approximately 2.75 miles from Genoa Peak Road (Forest Road 14N32) to Terrace View Drive on lower Kingsbury Grade and is open to all-terrain vehicles, motorcycles and mountain bikes. The trail is very steep in places, is prone to erosion, crosses private land for approximately 280 feet on the lower segment and no longer meets current Forest Service standards for safety and sustainability.

A strong storm advancing through the Lake Tahoe area is causing isolated outages for some of Nevada Energy and Liberty Utilities’ customers. With winds at 35-50 mph and much stronger gusts over the ridges, utility officials would like to remind customers of the following safety measures.

- Always treat low hanging and downed power lines as if they were energized.
- Call 911 or notify Liberty Utilities’ toll-free emergency number at 1-844-245-6868 if you see downed power lines or damaged electrical equipment.

As we at the Nevada Department of Transportation and Q&D Construction substantially complete the Kingsbury Grade Pavement Reconstruction Project this week, we want to thank local community members and businesses for their understanding and support.

Originally scheduled to continue through next summer, the project has substantially completed this week; one season ahead of the original schedule. Completing this important project ahead of schedule could not have been accomplished without the understanding of the entire community.

El Dorado County Sheriff's Office responds to calls throughout the county.

The following are calls that only pertain to the South Shore.

9/27
No Reports

9/28
12:57 p.m. - Genoa Avenue: BATTERY ON A PERSON: A 29 YEAR OLD MAN REPORTED BATTERY BY A 21 YEAR OLD WOMAN BUT WAS NOT REQUESTING PROSECUTION. A REPORT WAS GENERATED FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY.

1:43 p.m. - Arrowhead Avenue: BURGLARY: DEPUTIES RESPONDED TO A POSSIBLE BURGLARY IN PROGRESS. UPON ARRIVAL, THE SUSPECT HAD LEFT THE SCENE AND A REPORT WAS TAKEN.

9/29

El Dorado County Sheriff's Office responds to calls throughout the county.

The following are calls that only pertain to the South Shore.

8/31
12:11 a.m. - Osage Circle: A REPORT OF A VACATION RENTAL VIOLATION

3:15 a.m. - Marshall Trail: VACATION RENTAL VIOLATION

8:50 a.m. - Jameson Beach Rd: GRAND THEFT OF KAYAKS

2:06 p.m. - Pasadena Ave: METH WAS CONFISCATED AND BOOKED INTO EVIDENCE FOR DESTRUCTION.

10:50 p.m. - Pioneer Trail: CITIZEN'S ASSIST

10:53 p.m. - Horace Greeley Ave: DUI

10:59 p.m. - South Upper Truckee: VACATION RENTAL VIOLATION

9/1

In case you weren't aware, there is a contest in Nevada to determine the best tasting water in the state by judging bouquet, clarity and taste.

This year, after blind tastings and examinations, Douglas County Utilities was the coveted water award during the 2014 Nevada Rural Water Association Training and Technical Conference at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno.

The inaugural Color Blast run with Tahoe Youth & Family Services in South Lake Tahoe last year lived up to it's name if you ask participants as "it was a blast!"

The agency is holding their first Genoa Color Blast fun run on Saturday, July 26th, 2014. This fundraiser will directly benefit TYFS programs and services for youth and families in the South Lake Tahoe and Douglas County communities.