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LAKE TAHOE, Nev. - The American Century Championship taking place at Lake Tahoe in just one short week at already had one of the strongest fields in its 32-year-history, but an announcement today just make it stronger.

Stephen Curry, the Golden State Warrior's perennial all-star, three-time NBA champion, and two-time NBA Most Valuable Player, is returning to the tournament along with his dad Del and brother Seth.

With his participation in the Tokyo Olympics uncertain until recently, Curry hadn't been on the roster of players which now nears 90 celebrities.

Getting long in the tooth? Perhaps, but the latest Miata from Mazda is still as fun as always!

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Wanting to keep up with her big brother, Leah Marino stepped on the ice as a hockey player at the age of 5, and now 15 years later, she is the youngest person to be drafted in the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL).

On Tuesday night, Leah went in the third round of the draft and will don a Toronto Six uniform when the season starts this fall.

The 20-year-old Marino was born and raised on the South Shore and attended the Lake Tahoe Environmental Science Magnet School, South Tahoe Middle School, and South Tahoe High School.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Find yourself in need of crutches but can't find any around Lake Tahoe? Having hip surgery and need a walker for a couple of months? How about a wheelchair? A Rotary Club of South Lake Tahoe project is connecting unused mobility equipment to those who need them.

The program, called Rotary Mobility, has been up and running for six months, but in that short time the Rotary Club of South Lake Tahoe has served 41 people through their new program with 61 mobility items. The costs saved by those served, $6,700.

8:14 p.m. update: The command at Base Camp Motel has ended and the fire in the laundry area is out. There was no extension of fire outside of the dryer, just a bit of light smoke in the laundry room with very little flame found on arrival according to South Lake Tahoe Fire Battalion Chief Jim Drennan. Engine 1 and Truck 2 handled the call along with Battalion 3.

8:00 p.m. update: Cedar Avenue has reopened.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - South Lake Tahoe Fire Rescue has responded to the Base Camp Motel on Cedar Avenue after a smoke alarm sounded at police dispatch.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - More details have become available on the shooting, and subsequent death, of a bear on June 25 in the county area of South Lake Tahoe.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The National Weather Service (NWS) in Reno has upgraded the Fire Weather Watch to a Red Flag Warning for thunderstorms and strong outflow winds during a heatwave, which is in effect from 2:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. Tuesday, June 29.

The Red Flag Warning is for a wide area including the greater Lake Tahoe and Truckee Area, the Northern Sierra Front including Carson City, Douglas, Storey, Southern Washoe, Western Lyon, and Far Southern Lassen Counties- Lahontan Basin including Churchill and Eastern Mineral Counties.

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/06/23/2021/el-dorado-county-sheriffs-report

Those added to the report for June 20 -

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - A social media post by the South Lake Tahoe Police Department (SLTPD) over the weekend gained media attention across the state. The post alerted the public to be safe when drinking alcohol after there were some suspicious circumstances that could possibly be spiked drinks.

SLTPD took three reports from four people who sought emergency medical treatment after becoming ill after consuming alcohol. The incidents took place between June 11 and June 22. The reports were from two men and two women ages 36-58.

I'll eat just about anything while drinking wine, but I hadn't ever really thought about the value of actually pairing wine with the snacks I enjoy. Laura Burgess of Laura Uncorked introduced us to Dare to Pair wine tasting in Lake Tahoe and now my mind and senses are racing.

Swirl, Sniff, Swish

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Lake Tahoe Community College (LTCC) held an in-person graduation ceremony for the classes of 2021 and 2020 on Friday, June 25.

There were 188 graduates this year. Twenty-six of them were part of the Lake Tahoe College Promise program, meaning they earned their degrees tuition-free (along with a lot of other perks).

113 of these AA degrees were degrees for transfer, guaranteeing those students either a seat at a California State University or a University of California. The graduation also celebrated 15 vocational certificate earners.

The Friends of Ski Run will be holding an outdoor show on Friday, July 2 to help raise money for the new Ski Run Park. The show will feature climber Timmy O'Neill and musician Robin Orr.

O'Neill is not only a climber but also a comedian. Timmy is a hilarious climber, presenter, and new South Lake local and will share stories from the first blind ascent of Ama Dablam with dear friend Erik Wiehenmayer, blind climber and adventurer.

He will be joined by the local super-talented Robin Orr and her band, (Timmy plays drums!) for live music before and after the show.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Twenty South Tahoe High School students who served as mentors in the inaugural "Connect, Engage, Succeed" program this school year were awarded $12,500 in scholarships from the Lake Tahoe Educational Foundation (LTEF).

LTEF partnered with the Lake Tahoe Community College (LTCC) and Lake Tahoe Unified School District (LTUSD) to identify and train volunteer high school coaches/mentors and match them with elementary and middle school students who were struggling due to the COVID-19 pandemic distance learning format.

Several different agencies have roadwork projects around the Lake Tahoe Basin from spring to fall. Each week we publish projects planned by the Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT), the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), the County of El Dorado, and the City of South Lake Tahoe.

NDOT - Lake Tahoe and Douglas County

Roadwork - on SR-28 in both directions near 451 Lakeshore Boulevard in Washoe County Nevada. Traffic control in place. The estimated end Time is 3:30 PM on 06/29/21

LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - California Senator Diane Feinstein and her husband, Richard Blum, chairman and president of Blum Capital, have placed their Lake Tahoe compound for sale.

The compound includes three homes, 278 feet of beach, a 172-foot pier, a boat lift, and two buoys. It was listed for sale briefly in 2020 for $46 million.

Feinstein is a long-time proponent of protecting Lake Tahoe. She has been part of the bi-state team that brings the annual Lake Tahoe Summit to the area to highlight successes and challenges in keeping Tahoe blue.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The City of South Lake Tahoe’s City Manager, Joe Irvin, is hosting a virtual Community Conversation to share information on proposed projects that would leverage the American Rescue Plan Act grant funding of $5.3 million.

The public is invited to join in to learn more about the proposed projects and the City’s participatory budget process. It is also an opportunity for the public to engage in meaningful conversation with city leadership and get answers to their questions.

LAKE TAHOE, Calif./Nev. – The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) released comprehensive reports this week including a greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions inventory for the Tahoe Region and an evaluation of the environmental standards that measure Lake Tahoe’s ecological health. Both show substantial improvements even as new challenges arise, according to the agency.

Highlights from the Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report

UPDATE 6.28.21: The person who shot the bear was not a resident of Lake Tahoe. He was renting a vacation home on Pioneer Trail. Dates have been updated below to reflect new information from the El Dorado County Sheriff's Office.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. -The weekly COVID-19 report begins today and will continue on Fridays unless there is a concerning change in statistics.

El Dorado County has announced 32 new cases of COVID-19 since Monday: 0 from Pollock Pines/Camino/Kyburz, 7 in El Dorado Hills, 3 in Diamond Springs/El Dorado, 3 in North County, 10 in Greater Placerville, 7 in Cameron Park/Shingle Springs/Rescue, 0 in South County, 2 in Lake Tahoe region. Awaiting address confirmation from the count: 0. Total now awaiting address confirmation: 79.

Two-time Emmy winner and Super Bowl champion Michael Strahan will make his inaugural appearance with athletes and entertainers at the American Century Championship golf tournament in Lake Tahoe July 9-11 at Edgewood Tahoe.

Strahan currently co-hosts ABC’s “Good Morning America,” serves as an analyst for “FOX NFL Sunday,” hosts ABC’s primetime game show favorite “$100,000 Pyramid,” and has two apparel lines, MSX and COLLECTION by MICHAEL STRAHAN.

Women, according to the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, are 33 percent more likely than men to visit a doctor, and 100 percent more likely to have an annual exam. Considering most serious issues like diabetes and prostate cancer can be avoided by early detection and lifestyle management, it’s important for men to participate in general screenings to identify issues needing attention early on.

A federal grand jury returned a 27-count indictment Thursday against Carlos Villasenor, 38, of Placerville, charging him with possession of dogs for use in an animal fighting venture, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.

On Gavin Newsom’s first full day in office, Jan. 8, 2019, the newly elected governor stood before the cameras, clad in jeans and sneakers and surrounded by emergency responders, and declared war on wildfires.

“Everybody has had enough,” the governor said, announcing he’d signed a sweeping executive order overhauling the state’s approach to wildfire prevention. Climate change was sparking fires more frequent, ferocious, and far-reaching than ever before, Newsom said, and confronting them would have to become a year-round effort.

EL DORADO COUNTY, Calif. - Anthony John Gumina faces 30 years to life in prison after pleading guilty to the murder of his wife in 2019. The body of Heather Orr Gumina had been found two months after the mother of three went missing in El Dorado County.

Gumina pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and to two separate incidents of
felony domestic violence against Heather.