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The South Lake Tahoe Grocery Outlet is expanding their produce section and other healthy food option areas, and moving all other items around to make the store easier to move around.

"Nothing is going to be in the same place," said Deanna Schouten, whose family owns the popular local store. "The non-food items will be on one side of the store, there is one full aisle of NOSH (Natural, Organic, Specialty, Healthy), new coolers and dairy section."

Ready for a change in your Thursday routine? Shake it up at After Five! on Thursday, September 28 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Zephyr Cove Resort's shoreline venue.

This all-inclusive social event offers the South Shore a chance to meet and mingle with local business owners, young professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders. Attendees will enjoy lakeside views while chatting over tasty appetizers and sipping on their choice cocktail.

As we watched the horrific images out of the islands of the Caribbean after the one-two punch of Hurricanes Irma and Maria, we saw people wading through waist-deep water to get to safety, with no homes or belongings to go back to.

Two of those residents who lost their home in St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands are on a road trip and currently in Lake Tahoe. "We needed to get to nature," Lissa Ress explained about how they ended up in the Sierra.

The man who has led anti-South Lake Tahoe Police, El Dorado County Sheriff, District Attorney and Judge campaigns was found guilty on Monday in Sacramento Superior Court on eight felony charges.

In their 31st year of bringing arts to the South Shore, Tahoe Arts Project starts their new season by presenting Push Physical Theater on Friday, October 6 at 7:00 p.m. at Harrah’s South Shore Room. Don’t miss your opportunity to see these five performers with their intense athleticism, gravity-defying acrobatics, and soulful artistry.

Local Children will be treated to performances by the genre-defining masters of physical storytelling during school assemblies during the week of October 3-6.

The Battle Born Harley Davidson Street Vibrations Fall Rally will be held in Carson City from Wednesday, September 27 through Sunday, October 1 from 9:00 a.m. until "the last bike leaves."

The event is free and will include over 70 vendors, the area’s largest beer garden, live music, West Coast Connection stunt shows, burnouts and all of your favorite food trucks. All of this makes this annual party one not to miss.

The Harley-Davidson Demo Truck will also be there with 18 brand new models that can be taken for a test ride on Friday and Saturday.

For 26 years it was known as the "Tahoe Toy Drive" and motorcycles full of toys for local children would move through South Lake Tahoe in an effort to stock the toy shelves at Christmas Cheer.

The name has changed but the mission is the same.

Now known as the Community Toy Event, the local toy and food drive to benefit Christmas Cheer will take place on Saturday, October 7 at the American Legion Hall starting at noon.

The South Tahoe Association of Realtors is now sponsoring the event with the American Legion Post 795 and Ladies Auxiliary.

The man wanted for questioning in a rash of burglaries in the lower Kingsbury and Stateline areas has been arrested.

Peter Quillian was arrested on Sunday, September 24 and is now in custody.

According to the Douglas County Sheriff's Office (DCSO), Quillian was arrested on a fugitive warrant out of South Lake Tahoe. They said at the time of arrest he allegedly was in possession of a hypodermic needle.

Help fill a SLTPD police car with food and cash during St. Theresa's Bread & Broth 4 Kids Cram-A-Cruiser on Saturday, September 30, 2017 at Grocery Outlet, 2358 Lake Tahoe Blvd., in South Lake Tahoe from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

The South Lake Tahoe Police Department made 53 arrests out of the 540 calls they responded to between September 4-18, 2017.

Here are two of those arrests with information provided by SLT Lt. David Stevenson:

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 Shore. There may be some missing calls due to sheriff's logs not being completed at time of story.

Some of those recently added to last week's log:

9/13

3:34 a.m. - Assault with a deadly weapon - Sierra Blvd - DEPUTIES ASSISTED SOUTH LAKE TAHOE POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH A SHOOTING IN THE AREA. 57-YEAR-OLD MALE ARRESTED.

A man serving a life sentence in Washington State for a cold case murder in Seattle is now a “person of interest” in the murder of Susan McLaughlin near Sacramento, California in 1973.

McLaughlin was a University of California Berkeley student who had taken a bus from campus to her parents’ home in El Dorado County, California.

The new leads about the man who might have been responsible for her death – Bryan Lee Gelenaw -- were filed as part of a search warrant in King County Superior Court this week.

The following is the roadwork schedule from Caltrans on Lake Tahoe area roads.

SPECIAL EVENT
State Routes 28 and 267 (Placer County): Motorists should be alert for increased road cyclists on sections of State Routes 28 and 267 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday during the “Stetina’s Sierra Prospect” cycling event. Remember to share the road and allow at least three feet of space. For race information, visit:https://www.sierraprospect.com/

EMERGENCY PROJECTS

The anticipated unveiling of the Spirit of Competition bronze sculpture at Champions Plaza in South Lake Tahoe has been postponed.

Originally scheduled for September 29, the date have been moved out a few weeks to an unknown date.

Fires around his Montana studio put sculptor Gareth Curtiss behind schedule on the 11 foot creation which represents male and female athletes reaching for the ultimate prize, a golden ring.

Even with snow on roofs in South Lake Tahoe, it is possible to go solar. Learn more at the Liberty Utilities solar workshop on Saturday, September 23 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the South Lake Tahoe Library.

Utility representatives will be on hand to discuss various aspects of installing and using solar energy at homes and businesses.

Learn more about the Liberty Utilities Solar Incentive Program which provides cash incentives to offset the cost of installing panels. So far, 30 locals have applied for this program which is also available for schools in our community.

The California Highway Patrol today released the name of the South Lake Tahoe woman who died in Sunday's motorcycle crash in Hope Valley.

Charleen R. Blackburn, 64, was riding her Harley Davidson westbound on SR-88 and slowing at the junction with SR-89 at 4:48 p.m. on September 17. She was making a left turn onto southbound SR-89. At the same time, a 58-year-old woman from Gardnerville, Nevada was traveling eastbound on SR-88 in her Buick La Sabre, and approaching the same intersection at approximately 50-55 mph.

The 5th annual SAVE-A-PET Fundraiser will be held on Saturday, September 23 at the American Legion in South Lake Tahoe from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

There will be food, live music, a raffle fun. 100 percent of all monies raised will go directly to help pets in a medical emergency situation.

For those who cannot make it but want to help the pets, donate directly at Wells Fargo Bank under their "Save-A-Pet" account.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – Caltrans work in South Lake Tahoe is normally suspended at 11:00 a.m. on Fridays due to weekend traffic, but weather this week has caused roadwork to go through the day September 22.

Highway 50 will be reduced to one lane in each direction from Dunlap Drive to Winnemucca Avenue on Friday to allow for paving and striping from about 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The work again will be dependent on weather and temperature conditions.

South Lake Tahoe resident Ray Brashears, age 33, is facing a plethora of charges after being arrested by deputies from the Douglas County Sheriff's Office (DCSO) Tuesday night.

The deputies pulled over Brashears September 19 at 9:00 p.m. and discovered he had an active misdemeanor warrant out of Tahoe Township for theft. He was also on probation through Nevada Parole and Probation.

Bread & Broth would like to thank Kurt and Laura Rasmussen, owners of Sunbeam Blind Company, for their Monday Meal sponsorship on September 18.

“Food insecurity is a big problem for some people," Laura shared her concern for those who experience hunger and hardship. "We are always happy to help with Bread & Broth.”

It will be a taste of winter through Thursday in Lake Tahoe as temperatures drop and snow is expected to fall, and not just in upper elevations. Snow may be seen down to the 6500 ft level.

The National Weather Service in Reno forecast:

Tonight - Showers. Low around 34. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Thursday - Scattered rain and snow showers before 11am, then scattered rain showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 51. West wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

The use of life jackets saves lives, especially on Lake Tahoe where Cold Water Shock can kill a person in minutes.

It has been a deadly year on the lake, and the South Lake Tahoe Fire Rescue (SLTFR) department has started a new program to help save lives in the future.

California State Parks Division of Boating and Waterways (DBW) has partnered with SLTFR in making life jackets available to the public on a loan basis. They have infant, child and adult sizes.

LAKE TAHOE, Calif./Nev. - Helicopters, fire trucks, K-9s and demonstrations are just a few of the activities planned for 23rd annual Fire Fest on Saturday, September 30, 2017 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. outside the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Lake Tahoe.

Admission is free and the event is a great opportunity for families to have fun while learning about safety and conservation.

How does the 2017 yellow jacket population compare to previous years? Will a changing climate mean more regular population increases of these stinging things?

Join Dr. Lynn Kimsey, from the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology will speak at the next Tahoe Environmental Research Center (TERC) talk in Incline Village on September 21 at 5:30 p.m.

Get an overview of yellow jacket diversity and biology and learn how to distinguish them from other wasps. Dr. Kimsey will also discuss effects and treatments of stings, and even more importantly, how to prevent or treat outbreaks.