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SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - It will be a grand weekend at the Tallac Historic Site as the Valhalla Holiday Faire and Winter Wanderland help everyone get into the holiday spirit November 22-24.

The three-day holiday celebration includes 30 local vendors inside the Valhalla Grand Hall with holiday music, treats, pictures, and a Forest of Lights between the Grand Hall and Pope-Baldwin Estates with shopping at the historic site museum.

Friday, Nov. 22 - 4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - There was an early morning SWAT operation near the Upper Truckee River in South Lake Tahoe on Friday after police received photos of a homeless felon living in the area with a rifle.

The pre-planned South Lake Tahoe Police Department (SLTPD) operation went into a homeless encampment near the bridge at the end of Ponderosa Street and Sunset Drive at 6:24 a.m. on October 4. They used flash-bang distraction devices during the operation.

The death and destruction caused by terrorists at the World Trade Center and Pentagon 18 years ago remained close to people’s hearts and memories on Tuesday during a memorial event at Western Nevada College in Carson City.

Join local author and artist Angelica R. Jackson as she shares how real-life places, like the former Preston School of Industry (aka Preston Castle) in Ione, have shaped her fiction. Angelica's Faerie Crossed series of young adult, urban fantasy novels include a fictional castle based on Preston and the surrounding Mother Lode area. Plus, her ten years of photographing the landmark building led to a book of art photos (along with some ghostly experiences).

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STATELINE, Nev. – With 72 miles of shoreline and a massive surface area of 191 square miles, navigating Lake Tahoe can be challenging. This summer, there's a new way for boaters to navigate Lake Tahoe's waters. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) and its partners launched a new Tahoe Boating app to inform boaters and paddlers about Lake Tahoe, no-wake zone boundaries, area attractions, and how to enjoy the lake safely and responsibly.

Boaters and paddlers can download the free Tahoe Boating app from either the Apple or Android stores or at tahoeboating.org.

Over 1,800 runners will be participating in this weekend's 5th annual Rock Tahoe Half Marathon. The race, presented by Epic Tahoe Adventures (ETA), sends the runners past the spectacular scenery of many of Tahoe’s east and south shore treasures including Glenbrook, Logan Shoals, Cave Rock, Round Hill Pines, Nevada Beach, and Rabe Meadow. They wind down over 1,000 feet from Spooner Summit to the finish line at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Lake Tahoe.

Six interpretive signs are being installed around Lake Baron at Tahoe Paradise Park and the public is invited to their official unveiling on Saturday, June 1 at 10:00 a.m.

The Board of Directors of Tahoe Paradise Recreation and Park District worked with the staffs of the UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center (TERC) and the Tahoe Institute for Natural Science (TINS) and received input from students and teachers at the Lake Tahoe Environmental Science Magnet School to develop the signs.

Allison, also affectionately known as Allidaughter, was born in Bishop, California to Mary Strobel and Robert Dietz when Robert was the manager of the Mammoth Mountain Inn.

She attended Immaculate Heart High School in Hollywood and graduated from South Lake Tahoe High School. She studied at El Camino College and Lake Tahoe Community College.

Allison was an accomplished sailor spending almost every weekend during her early high school years sailing to Catalina Island.

For the past 18 years, volunteers have been monitoring water quality conditions across the Lake Tahoe and Truckee River watersheds, collecting data at a single point in time to better understand the area as a whole. It is a bi-state collaborative that can achieve a larger watershed approach to successful data collection.

On May 17 and 18, 2019, volunteers will once again head out and perform a variety of tests including temperature, pH, conductivity, dissolved oxygen, turbidity, algae, and nitrogen.

Join Friends of the Library as author Neal Cobb, a Reno native of a certain age who grew up during the zenith of its day, tells the incredible history of this incredible town at the April 13 Reno Now and Then II Book Talk. Through historic photos and contemporary re-photography of selected locations, the author illustrates the tension between growth and stability that characterizes Reno. This presentation will evoke fond memories in old-timers while newcomers will find a better understanding of the town just down the hill.

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SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - It's been over three decades in the making. The US50 South Shore Community Revitalization Project, also known as the Loop Road, is getting closer to becoming a final plan and its implementation.

The South Lake Tahoe City Council heard a presentation by Tahoe Transportation District (TTD), Lew Feldman and John Hasty of Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) on Tuesday, outlining what has been accomplished and what is left to be done.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif.- More than 100 community members attended the Tahoe Chamber's annual Connect for a Cause Charity Mixer and raised over $2,400 and brought in cases of food for Bread & Broth 4 Kids.

Attendees enjoyed appetizers and Riva Grill’s signature cocktail, Wet Woodys while also raising money for the local non-profit that currently provides backpacks of weekend food to 170 kids in grades K-8 at South Lake Tahoe schools.

The sleek, graceful beauty of bobcats isn't always easy to see in Lake Tahoe as they are crepuscular, meaning they are active a few hours before sunset until a few hours into the dark, and then before dawn to a few hours after sunrise.

While our schedules don't always mesh with theirs, it is a treat when we get to catch them running across the snow or hanging out in trees.

Elevate Wellness is hosting the 2nd annual Holiday Mall Crawl will take place at The Crossing in South Lake Tahoe on Friday, December 14 from 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. This is a festive and family fun event that also serves as a fundraiser for the Lake Tahoe Fire Academy scholarship fund.

Wild Blue Dogs, a nonprofit for canine cancer treatment and research, is hosting four holiday events for dogs and their humans in South Lake Tahoe.

There will be "Santa Paws" events on December 2, 15 and 22....get your dog's photo taken with Santa Claus. Then on December 22 is Canines and Cocktails.

Santa Paws - December 2, 12:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. at DogDogCat in the Heavenly Village Center
Santa Paws - December 15, 12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. at The Beach Retreat and Lodge
Santa Paws - December 22, 12:00 - 3:00 p.m. at The Beach Retreat and Lodge

LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Heavenly Mountain kicked off it’s opening day Friday with the Gondola and Tamarack Express spinning at 9:00 a.m. Skiers and riders enjoyed their first taste of the slopes on California Trail and Tamarack Return.

There was a pre-opening celebration at the base of the Gondola in South Lake Tahoe at 8:00 a.m. Those early risers enjoy music by a DJ, fresh coffee, hot chocolate, and donuts to stay toasty. The rest of the day had live music, ski and snowboard gear giveaways, group photos and food.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - A mama bear and her two cubs in the Gardner Mountain area of South Lake Tahoe have been popular neighbors over the past summer. The family roams from the Upper Truckee Marsh to the Tahoe Keys and sometimes into Camp Richardson.

The cubs are what is known as "Cubs of the Year," meaning they were born in January 2018. They'll hang out with their mother over the winter and then will part ways around May or June 2019.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The popular Mel Brooks musical Young Frankenstein opens on Friday, November 2 at the TADA Theater at South Tahoe High School.

Student actors and musicians will take the stage for six days: November 2 - 4 and 9 - 11. Friday and Saturday shows are at 7:00 p.m. and Sundays are at 2:00 p.m. each weekend. The cost is just $15 for adults and $10 for students and seniors.

Tickets can be purchased here: https://sths.myschoolcentral.com/asbworks/(S(nkg1n1lt514tu5y3pwji1urj))/apps/webstore/pages/WebStore.aspx?org=9091

How was your high-school prom experience? Do you look back at the photos and think "OMG. I can't even!"? Perhaps you went alone? Or perhaps that dude you went with...let's just say he should probably be in jail. Maybe the powder blue tux you wore wasn't quite your color. Whatever your prom experience was, bet you'd like a chance to do it again as an adult.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Chad Donnelly, the CEO of the SnowGlobe Music Festival, was in South Lake Tahoe last week to show his new sound mitigation expert the venue at the Community Playfields on Al Tahoe Blvd. He also met with Mayor Pro Tem Tom Davis and three members of the No Globe Alliance, a citizen-formed group against the noise generated by the three-day outdoor festival, and Al Frangione of Lake Tahoe Community College.

It's always fun for the whole family at the annual Firehouse Pancake Breakfast at the Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District Station on Elks Point Road in Round Hill. This year join them on Saturday, September 1 from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. for pancakes, fire station tours, fire safety games, bomb squad demonstrations, learn defensible space and much more. People can even dress like a fire fighter, take photos with the trucks and meet the fire chief.

The Incline Village branch of Wells Fargo Bank was robbed of an undisclosed amount of cash at 10:09 a.m. Friday morning, August 24, 2018.

Deputies from the Washoe County Sheriff's Office responded to a report of a robbery in progress. Upon arrival the suspect had already fled.

The Sheriff's Office and FBI are investigating and attempting to locate the suspect. They have released two photos of him, but very little information is currently available. If the suspect used a gun or fled in a vehicle has not been released.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Angel More is missing the first two days of her junior year at Menlo High School, but there is a very good reason.

She'll be swimming 21.3 miles across Lake Tahoe.

The 15-year-old Bay Area resident is after the California Triple Crown of Marathon Swimming, and when she gets out of the water Saturday morning she'll be the youngest person to do so. Only ten people have completed the Triple Crown, the youngest of that group being a 38-year-old man.

South Tahoe Now will be publishing a series over the next few weeks, The Keepers of Tahoe History. We will be highlighting groups, locations and events around Lake Tahoe that are preserving the historic past of the area.