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The weather outside is frightful, but the holiday lights are so delightful, and since love to let them show...let it glow, let it glow, let it glow.

Show off your holiday spirit by including your home or your business on the 2022 Tahoe Trail of Lights. You can enter your address to be featured on the community map for free.

List your address and your theme by Monday, December 12 to be included on the map.

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.

November 24-30, 2022

11/24

11:40 VERBAL DISTURBANCE IN PROGRESS - Occurred on Black Bart Ave, in South Lake Tahoe. Disposition: ASSISTED.

LAKE TAHOE, Calif./Nev. – Winter has arrived in the Lake Tahoe Basin along with the holiday season. Local fire districts and their partners would like to take this opportunity to remind residents and visitors to celebrate safely.

Decorating for the holidays is a tradition in homes all over the world but be sure to decorate safely. According to the National Fire Protection Association, almost one-third of home Christmas tree fires are caused by electrical problems and more than two of every five decoration fires happen because decorations are placed too close to a heat source.

Richard (Rick) Kenneth Hertzog passed peacefully at Barton Hospital in South Lake Tahoe, Calif. on Friday, November 4, 2022. He was 72 years old. He was surrounded by his wife Cindy, nieces Julia Ryan and Kathy Partida, and nephew Reuben Partida. His sister-in-law Dianne Ford, niece Sherri Newmyer, and nephew Daniel Maslyar had been with Rick since Thursday morning when he had been admitted to Barton Hospital. Rick’s brother Bruce Hertzog was en route when Rick passed. So many friends, neighbors, coworkers, and acquaintances came to pay their respects and say goodbye.

The Caldor Fire was a reminder to our community that wildfires have and will continue to threaten the Lake Tahoe Basin. Since then, the California Tahoe Conservancy has received over four times the usual number of calls and emails about our open space lots. Most people contacting us have questions about wildfire risk and dead or dying trees.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Interstate 80 crossing the Sierra Nevada is closed at this hour after visibility concerns rose with high winds and blowing snow.

Shortly before closing, CalTrans urged drivers to not travel on I-80 in the Sierra today unless they absolutely must. No ETO on reopening.

Chain controls on US50 start at Pollock Pines from the west, and Clear Creek River above Carson City from the east.

Watch conditions on SR88 as CalTrans will be doing avalanche control through the duration of the storm.

For up-to-the-minute reports on Nevada and California roads:

LAKE TAHOE, Calif./Nev. - Give back to a local nonprofit and get a chance to win a pre-decorated tree with Holiday Tree Lane. This year’s “parade of trees” includes twelve trees, each uniquely decorated by a local business and dedicated to raising funds for a cause.

The community is invited to view the trees and enter the raffle now through December 16 by going to bit.ly/HolidayTreeLane. Tickets start at $5 per entry, $20 for five entries, and $100 for 25 entries. 100 percent of the proceeds go to nonprofit organizations. The trees are also available to view at each business location.

Join the South Lake Tahoe business, Window on Tahoe Photography, at their Holiday Pop-Up sale on December 2 and 3 at 2363 James Ave., #B. Shop a beautiful assortment of photos both gallery-quality prints and on printed totes, all while sipping on hot chocolate or cider.

Local pricing on all items.

The dates and times:

Friday, December 2 - 5 p.m to 7 p.m
Saturday, December 3 - 12 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Venmo, cash, and credit cards will be accepted.

During the season of giving and being thankful, we thought an update of all of our amazing donations in dollars and hours was important to write about!

LAKE TAHOE, Nev. - For ten years the Tahoe Douglas and Lake Tahoe Visitor's Authorities have been working on getting a special events center built on the South Shore. During those same ten years, Matt Levitt worked on creating a local vodka company with one employee and 400 cases produced a year to this year's 65,000 cases of vodka sold.

Now the two efforts have combined and Tahoe Blue Vodka was given the naming rights to the new event center in a multi-year deal.

Looking for that unique holiday gift for loved ones and would appreciate the gift at a discount? While the early bird gets the worm, fans of the American Century Championship receive a 30 percent holiday discount on Weeklong Grounds Badges when purchased from December 5 through 25, 2022 (link HERE starts Dec. 5).

The 34th annual celebrity golf tournament at Lake Tahoe will be held July 12 – 16, 2023 at Edgewood Tahoe.

LAKE TAHOE, Calif./Nev. – The Tahoe Fire & Fuels Team (TFFT) will resume prescribed fire operations this week in the Lake Tahoe Basin, conditions and weather permitting. California State Parks, California Tahoe Conservancy, Nevada Division of Forestry, North Lake Tahoe and Tahoe Douglas fire protection districts, and the USDA Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit will be burning piles in numerous locations. Smoke will be present.

1. Spooner Pile Burn - 20 acres, Planned Ignition: 0900 Hours 11/29 - 12/02/2022
2. Kingsbury Piles - 15 acres, Planned Ignition: 11/28/2022

The 8th annual Tahoe Film Fest can be enjoyed December 1-4 at different theaters and even at an outdoor ice rink. This is a welcome addition to the cultural atmosphere in one of the most spectacular places to visit. All proceeds will benefit UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center (TERC).

Join the South Tahoe Futbol Club at Lake Tahoe AleworX at the Y on Saturday, December 3 for a World Cup Viewing Party. Enjoy viewing all day long! A percentage of all proceeds on dine-in and take-out food and beverage to support the club.

The top two teams from each group (sixteen in total) will advance to the knockout stage to compete in a single-elimination style tournament known as the Round of 16. Two groups face off Saturday at 10 a.m. ET (1S vs 2B), with another two at 2 p.m. ET (1C, 2D).

Wylder Resort Hope Valley continues its Eastern Sierra history series with a Chautauqua-style presentation, “Those that Survived” on Sunday, December 4 at 1 p.m. Local authors and historians David and Gayle Woodruff take on the characters of Donner Party survivors, James and Margret Reed as they recount the gripping tale, of the courageous and heroic efforts of themselves and others, who saved the lives of 45 destitute soles.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - A quick-moving storm has prompted the National Weather Service (NWS) in Reno to issue a Winter Storm Watch for the Greater Lake Tahoe Basin for Wednesday night at 10 p.m. through Friday morning at 10 a.m.

Heavy snow is possible. Total snow accumulations of 8 to 10 inches at lake level, 10 to 16 inches possible above that, and 14 to 26 inches above 7000 feet possible, highest along the Sierra crest. Winds could gust as high as 45 mph in valley locations with gusts above 100 mph along the Sierra crest.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Every year, devastating wildfires burn across the United States. At the same time, a growing number of people are living where wildfires are a real risk. Those living in the Lake Tahoe Basin know all too well what can happen when a fire starts in the area like the Angora Fire or enters the Basin like the Caldor Fire.

More and more residents are reducing the wildfire risks by becoming a Firewise USA® site.

I don't normally write the Kudos in South Tahoe Now, I leave that to the public, but I wanted to take time to highlight action by the El Dorado County Department of Transportation (DOT).

I have lived off Black Bart Avenue since 1983, and have seen many things change from a stop light on Pioneer Trail, the addition of a 25-mph zone, and the addition of new homes. During this time the road has also become a main cut-through for drivers going from lake Tahoe Blvd. to Pioneer Trail.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - After a quiet holiday weekend, a few storms are on track to bring back colder temperatures, periods of windy conditions, and the
potential for snow in the Sierra and western Nevada in the week ahead.

To start things off, there is a Lake Wind Advisory for Monday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Winds will be from the southwest 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph expected. Waves are expected of 2 to 4 feet. mall boats, kayaks, and paddle boards will be prone to capsizing and should remain off lake waters until conditions improve.

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.

November 17-23, 2022

11/17

01:13 SUSP VEH STOP - Officer initiated activity at Uhaul, Emerald Bay Rd, South Lake Tahoe. Disposition: CHECKS CLEAR.

Friday was the official grand opening of the new Comstock Express lift at Northstar California! They celebrated with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

The new lift is a huge milestone for us as they enter their 50th anniversary season. The Comstock Express lift has been upgraded from a four-person chair to a high-speed six-person lift, which is designed to reduce wait times at one of the mountain’s most popular lifts and will increase uphill capacity by nearly 50 percent.

The new Comstock lift will be the third lift to have this alignment at Northstar.

Vodka and Latkes is back! After a three-year hiatus, Vodka & Latkes returns to Temple Bat Yam on Wednesday, December 21 from 6-9 p.m.

Mark your calendars and plan to join in on a great evening and sample latkes, Tahoe Blue Vodka cocktails, appetizers, and other small bites. Dreidel spinning and raffle prizes to win will be part of the festive celebration of Hanukkah.

This event is open to the entire Lake Tahoe community, so invite your friends and family to our fundraising celebration.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The Shops at Heavenly Village Turkey Drive for 2022 has already passed previous years in the collection of close to 600 turkeys to date, according to organizers.

This is the third year the shops have collected turkeys for Phoenix Pantry and Christmas Cheer.

With the support of the Heavenly Village and its partners, over 300 turkeys were delivered in 2020, and over 500 in 2021.

Heading to Lake Tahoe and the Sierra this winter? Road trips in the winter are great — you can travel to some thrilling locations and have a fantastic winter experience. You might indulge in winter sports, such as skiing and snowboarding, ice skating, and curling. Perhaps you enjoy cozy winter holidays in snowy mountain cabins. Winter conditions are hazardous, so you need to be prepared to deal with anything that can go wrong. Snow and ice make it harder for you to slow your car down. Your car may lose traction on hills, or while starting from a complete stop.