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Dance of Hope, a cultural music and dance-touring program from Uganda, has been in South Shore schools all week, connecting youth to the sounds of the world with passionate rhythms, sensational sounds, and exhilarating and colorful choreography.

They also stopped by Marcia Sarosik's dance studio in South Lake Tahoe to work with middle school students who will be accompanying them on the MontBleu stage Friday night during Tahoe Art's Project Dance of Hope performance.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Each of the nine candidates for City Council answered the same ten questions that were given to them by South Tahoe Now. For nine consecutive days the candidate's responses will be shared in the order received.

Today, the first-time candidate Tamara Wallace gives her responses as she seeks a seat on the South Lake Tahoe City Council:

On Saturday, September 22, 2018, Live Violence Free held the 19th Annual Sunset Gala on the rooftop of the Harveys garage. This beautiful, crisp, fall evening was spent dancing to the funk tunes of Midtown Social with over 385 members of the South Lake Tahoe community in attendance. We joined together to support Live Violence Free’s mission of promoting a violence free community through education and advocacy to address domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse, and basic needs.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - On the heels of the banning of electric scooters in many cities, Governor Jerry Brown of California has signed a bill that mandates helmets for users only if they are under the age of 18 and if the scooter goes above 15 miles per hour.

The bill, authored by Republican Assemblyman Heath Flora of Ripon, was written to encourage scooter use to alleviate congestion on the state's roads and meet climate change goals of reducing car emissions.

The law takes effect Jan. 1, 2019.

Mental illness can affect any person or family. For those individuals in El Dorado County with the most severe forms of mental illness, the Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) program (also known as the “Laura’s Law” program) is available. The program, coordinated through the El Dorado County Behavioral Health Division of the Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA), gives additional tools to families, agencies and individuals to help people who need mental health treatment receive those services.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Each of the nine candidates for City Council answered the same ten questions that were given to them by South Tahoe Now. For nine consecutive days the candidate's responses will be shared in the order received.

Patrick Jarrett shares his thoughts in his quest for a seat on the South Lake Tahoe City Council:

Talking about suicide can be uncomfortable. If you have a loved one that you are concerned about, you may be nervous to ask personal questions such as, “Have you thought about ending your life?” After all, what if you offend them? What if they get angry? Or, what if they have just been waiting for someone to ask, and now that you have, they feel safe sharing their feelings and no longer feel alone.

An Avian type C Botulism outbreak in Northern Nevada sickened thousands of shore and water birds, with hundreds of them sent to South Lake Tahoe two weeks ago to recuperate at Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care.

Under their care, over 80 of the birds have been released back into the safe, and unaffected, Little Washoe Lake.

Most of the birds at LTWC were Avocets and Ibis with volunteers spending many hours feeding the birds by tube.

The City of South Lake Tahoe was set to start accepting development agreement applications for the six cannabis licenses up for grabs after City Council approved a cannabis ordinance on August 21, 2018.

That is on hold after 1,687 signatures were gathered and submitted to the South Lake Tahoe city clerk's office to prevent the ordinance from taking effect for now. Only 1,019 signatures were needed but those collecting the signatures wanted to make sure they had enough.

Looking for some sweet gear? Shop until you drop for skis, snowboards, bikes, climbing gear, camping equipment, and other outdoor toys. Cash or credit cards will be accepted. If you've got quality summer or winter gear to sell, come on down. Merchandise registration will take place in the parking lot between 8:00am-9:30am; there is a $1 cash per item fee to register for the swap. Please no equipment over five years old. Unsold merchandise can be picked up between 2pm-3pm; unclaimed items will be donated. 20% of the proceeds will go to the MCF.

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The Tahoe Arts Project is holding their 2018-2019 online annual Membership Drive, and the community is invited to help the keep the arts aline in South Lake Tahoe. Their performances are an important part local children's education.

During this season they will be presenting four groups to the schools and community, two residencies with the Missoula Children’s Theater, and they have expanded their programming by adding:

- Trails and Vistas: Art and Nature hike at Sand Harbor for 3rd grade students
- ACT ONE: Theater program for Middle School students

Bread & Broth can always count on Kirkwood Mountain Resort to send an outstanding crew to work alongside of the B&B volunteers to provide a wonderful dinner for all of guests who come to St. Theresa Grace Hall for a Monday Meal dinner. At Kirkwood’s September 17th ‘Adopt A Day of Nourishment’, the Kirkwood volunteer sponsor crew consisted of Katie Ficeto, Rick Hofheings, Jacob Klade, Jarrett Morgan, Christian Neville and Mike Scalzo. “We enjoyed our time volunteering and helping out our community,’ said Katie after working on the serving line.

Our Angel of Tahoe, Lisa Maloff, has sprinkled her angel goodness in our community again. Lisa Maloff has given Tahoe Magic $100,000 so that this wonderful non-profit can continue to say "yes" to the many referring agencies in our community that call and need crisis financial support for families in need of one-time immediate funding because of a family crisis.

Fall in El Dorado County means several things, but on the top of many lists is a trip to Apple Hill during the month of October.

Weekend crowds are already heading to the farms, wineries and breweries from Placerville to Pollock Pines, but the thousands of cars that make the trip each week during the month of October have prompted transportation, farming, tourism, safety and County officials to work together to alleviate the weekend gridlock on area roads.

To the community: Although I have been on staff with Tahoe Youth & Family Services since January, I still use the word, “new” because we have spent this year rebuilding. We have faced many challenges over the last several years and I truly feel that I am part of this organizations revival, so much of our efforts feel very “new.”

September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, and a good time to familiarize yourself with the tools, resources and steps you can take in addressing suicide.

Suicide can be prevented if the signs are detected and the right actions are taken. Healthy coping skills are critical for dealing with incidents of trauma throughout life. Unfortunately, some people find that life stressors are too difficult and some choose negative ways to cope.

The most critical warning signs of suicide are:
- Talking about wanting to die or about suicide

In classic Tahoe style, when there is a problem we study it. In the past five years, the housing issue has been studied on several fronts. In that time, the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, Placer County and the North Tahoe-Truckee area have all conducted Housing Studies and the City of South Lake Tahoe updated its Housing Element. What has been the result of all these studies? This column highlights the key recommendations from those studies and where we are now in terms of implementation.

This summer has been a big one for Lime rides in South Lake Tahoe. Since they launches in May there have been over 100,000 scooter rides and over 50,000 bike rides on the popular lime green rentals. Lime started with bikes on May 21 and Scooters on June 6.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - On Thursday, the South Tahoe Public Utility District (STPUD) Board of Directors discussed changing their administrative code to allow for the transfer of sewer and water units from one parcel to another in order to encourage the building of affordable housing projects.

Since 2012, the transfer of the sewer units have not been allowed by STPUD, but with the current lack of affordable housing on the South Shore the board will look to approve a change of the code at their September 20, 2018 meeting.

Much appreciation to the 30 business owners and managers from All Seasons Plumbing & Heating, Sierra Nevada Job Corps, Harrah’s & Harveys, Sierra-at-Tahoe Resort, Leonard Mechanical & Plumbing, Cold Water Brewery & Grill, TJ Maxx, Casa of El Dorado County, South Lake Tahoe City Council, Pay-it-Forward Lake Tahoe, South Lake Tahoe Fire Department, Lake Tahoe Community College, Lake Tahoe Educational Foundation, LTUSD Board Members, the Morning Soroptimist, and community members who attended the Mt. Tallac High School annual Community Meet and Greet.

1:00 p.m. update 9/8/18 - Firefighters now have a containment line around three percent of the boot fire which has now grown to 6,873 acres. US 395 nd SR 108 are now open. For a complete update: http://southtahoenow.com/story/09/08/2018/us-395-and-sr-108-open-near-boot-fire-forest-closed-public
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To the South Lake Tahoe Community:

The South Lake Tahoe Library just wrapped up another great Summer Reading Challenge, which encourages children, teens and adults to read all summer long. Patrons at our library logged a total of 5,236 books and earned a total of 817 prizes! We would like to thank the businesses and organizations that donated prizes and funds to our program.

Prizes that children could choose from included gift certificates from Applebee’s Restaurant, Blue Dog Gourmet Pizza, Heavenly Village Cinema, McDonalds, and Modern Makers. Thank you to all of these businesses for their generous donations!

Bread & Broth is very grateful for the Adopt A Day of Nourishment sponsorship that was hosted by Mind Body Physical Therapy on Monday, August 28, 2018. B&B serves a dinner every Monday at Grace Hall that is financially sponsored by the AAD host and made possible by the hard work of the B&B volunteers and the AAD sponsor crew members who all volunteer their time and effort to feed those in need in our community.