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Boot Camp for New Dads or Dads-to-be is a unique father-to-father one-day workshop that inspires and equips men to become confidently engaged with their infants, support their mates, and navigate their transformation into dads. Sign up at fit.bartonhealth.org under Family Classes. For more information, call 530.543.5549 or email, fit@bartonhealth.org

Saturday, August 27, 9:00 a.m.- 12:00 p.m. FREE with advanced registration. It will be held at the Barton 4th Street Classroom, 1077B 4th Street, South Lake Tahoe

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Enjoy free summer workouts and activities for the entire family. Pack a picnic and the water toys then together enjoy the sunset on Lake Tahoe.

Thursday, August 11, 5-8pm
Baldwin Beach, Baldwin Beach Road, South Lake Tahoe

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SUMMER CAMP: FitKids Mountain Explorers
August 8-12, 9am-4pm
Ages: 10-15
Course Tuition: $245
Lake Tahoe Community College and Tahoe Center for Orthopedics offer a week-long summer camp exploring the mountains around Lake Tahoe. Days are filled with activities encouraging trust and cooperation as kids venture in nature’s playground. Day hikes range from 3 to 5 miles and end with a refreshing dip in a mountain stream, lake, or waterfall. Register at ltcc.edu/communityeducation.

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BLOOD DRIVE WITH BARTON AUXILIARY
Friday, July 29, 12-5pm
South Lake Tahoe Parks and Recreation Gym
1180 Rufus Allen Blvd, South Lake Tahoe

Donate blood and make a difference. Please bring a photo ID. Eat well and drink plenty of fluids. This event is sponsored by the Barton Health Auxiliary volunteers.

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BARTON EDUCATION: Daddy Boot Camp
Thursday, July 14, 6:30-9:30pm
FREE with advanced registration
Barton 4th Street Classroom
1077B 4th Street, South Lake Tahoe
Boot Camp for New Dads and Dads-to-be is a unique father-to-father, one-day workshop that inspires and equips men to become confidently engaged with their infants, support their mates, and navigate their transformation into dads. Sign up at fit.bartonhealth.org under Family Classes. For more information, call 530.543.5549 or email, fit@bartonhealth.org.

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Nine years after the devastating Angora Fire in South Lake Tahoe, the AlertTahoe system of cameras around the Lake Tahoe basin is helping to prevent another such disaster.

June 6, 2016: The Sagehen Fire, north of Truckee, broke out and was quickly extinguished by the USFS, Northstar and Truckee Fire Departments.

June 9, 2016: The Truckee Meadows Fire Department quickly put out the Patrick Fire off Interstate 80, near Reno.

The Placer County Sheriff's Office has ended their search for University of Nevada (UNR) football player Marc Ma of Hawaii who went missing during a paddle board outing on June 10.

Ma fell from a paddle board as he and fellow UNR football players encountered strong winds and choppy waves off the west shore of Lake Tahoe.

Former South Lake Tahoe City Manager David Jinkens is headed south to the city of Avalon to take on the same position for that city on Santa Catalina Island, one that he held in the 1980s.

Jinkens was the SLT City Manager from August 2002 until August 2010 when he retired after 35 year of service as a City CEO. Now, he's headed back to where he and wife Terri lived and worked when they were first married.

After the July 4th festivities, our beaches are thrashed with trash. This trash can hurt wildlife and lake clarity. Be a part of the solution and help us this day to keep our beaches clean.

Join the League to Save Lake Tahoe and clean a beach. They will provide refreshments, cleanup bags, gloves, and hand sanitizer. Please bring your reusable water bottle, gloves if you have them, sunscreen, your friends and family, and a smile!

Each attendee will receive a raffle ticket for great prizes from Keep Tahoe Blue and our partners.

Join us at one of the following sites:

The inaugural Lake Tahoe Boats & Brews Boat Show will be held in the Tahoe Keys Village Friday, June 24 through Sunday, June 26. The three day boat show event is free and visitors will be able to check out a wide array of new boats, water toys and an assortment of local and regional vendors.

On Saturday from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., the South Lake Tahoe Yacht Club will be sponsoring a Brew Fest during the event. By donating $20 to the Brew Fest, participants will be able to sample unlimited local and regional craft beers.

Magician Alex Ramon is back in South Lake Tahoe and now has a new show at Harrah's Tahoe. He took a few minutes out of his busy schedule to show us about what his favorite places in South Lake Tahoe are.

After seven years on the job in South Lake Tahoe, Sherry Miller is headed to Chico as their new airport manager. Hired by David Jinkins in 2009 as the City's airport manager, Miller's last day on the job will be Friday, June 24.

Miller was in Chico last week to meet the five members of their airport commission prior to their confirming her appointment by Mark Orme, the Chico City Manager.

Even though the winter of 2016 brought a strong El Nino, it wasn't enough to recover from the previous years' dismal snowpacks.

In a report released by a team of researchers led by UCLA, the snow water equivalent (SWE) seen in 2015, when added to the previous three years of drought, was the worst seen in 1,200 years.

Since the SWE in the Sierra snowpack directly affects the state, the scientists also said that, even if the Sierra has average snowpacks, it will take
California until at least 2019 to recover.

The University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE) invites adults interested in helping others learn about gardening and landscaping to apply to train as a Master Gardener volunteer. UCCE Master Gardener volunteers learn University-based scientific information and then share that knowledge with the gardening community. Master Gardener volunteers are people of all ages and from all walks of life with a common desire to help others learn about gardening and landscaping.

The Tahoe Games, the unique nighttime bike series at Lake Tahoe Golf Cours, returns this summer with the first night on Friday, June 24.

Cyclists on non-motorized bikes go cross-country over fairways, through the sand bunkers, into the rough and over the bridges, all while illuminated. All ages had a blast at this event last summer.

Sierra Cycle Works will be on hand with bike demos and raffle prizes for competitors. Helmets bike lights, headlamps, glow sticks, decorated bikes and costumes are all strongly encouraged.

On an 18-speed tricycle, one man crossed 12 states over three months to raise more than $10,000 on a mission from Nevada’s state capital to the nation’s capital in 1988.

Glenn Lucky wanted to raise awareness and funding for cerebral palsy research, a condition that has challenged him all his life, but never held him down. The vehicle he used to make his incredible journey debuts at the Nevada State Museum, Carson City, just in time to celebrate the Epic Ride bicycle event through Northern Nevada.

LONG-TERM PROJECTS
State Route 89 (Placer County): Work continues on a $70.1 million project from Tahoma to just north of Granlibakken Road in Tahoe City that is upgrading storm water drainage and treatment systems, adding curb and gutter, resurfacing and realigning the road, adding new left-turn pockets and widening shoulders on an 8-mile stretch of the highway. Completion is expected by summer 2017.

During the City Council meeting on Tuesday, June 21, the following items will be addressed and possibly voted on:

The approval of $627,371 to be spend on the lobby of the SLT Airport to make improvements for both appearance and aging electrical and lighting. A Verdi, Nev., company submitted the bid to add a gas fireplace, log and iron accents, stone facade, new windows, walls and ADA complaince.

Approve measures to add two new tax measures to the November ballot, one to increase Tourist Occupancy Tax (TOT) by 2 percent and the other to increase sales tax by 1/2 percent.

The following are incidents the South Lake Tahoe Fire Rescue department responded to from June 1 to June 15, 2016.

June 1 - 11 calls: 5 EMS, 1 interfacility transfer, 1 vehicle accident no injuries, 1 police matter, 1 sprinkler activation no fire, 1 alarm activation no fire, 1 canceled en route.

June 2 - 11 calls: 7 EMS, 1 police matter, 1 vehicle accident with no injuries, 1 no incident found, 1 smoke detector activation no fire.

June 3 - 12 calls: 7 EMS, 1 unauthorized burning, 2 interfacility transfers, 1 dispatch error, 1 vehicle accident with injuries.

Heavenly Mountain Resort has created Epic Discovery Kids, a program offering free access to Heavenly’s new Epic Discovery summer activities to 2,000 kids from Lake Tahoe schools and non-profits as well as regional non-profits.

With the recent vote count on Measure E in El Dorado County still too close to call, the County's Capital Improvement Program and Traffic Impact Mitigation Fee Update have been put on hold.

The County Supervisors had been tentatively scheduled to adopt the two in August, but will now wait until questions raised by the Measure are resolved.

El Dorado County residents can keep their homes cooler this summer and warmer next winter by taking advantage of free weatherization services through the El Dorado County Community Services Weatherization Program. “The average household can save $400 or more each year on their energy bills after weatherization, depending on the work that is done,” said Kyle Hartman, weatherization supervisor with Community Services.

The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) and its partners have started work on the Shoreline Plan, a collaborative planning process to enhance recreation and protect Lake Tahoe’s 72 miles of shoreline.

The aim is to strike a balance between recreational access, the many uses along Tahoe’s shores, and environmental protection. An inclusive, open public process will bring in as many voices and viewpoints as possible to represent a wide range of stakeholders in developing new policy and code over the next two years.

Mountain Resort Television reporter Dillon McKeen checks in on Saturday's Duck Races at Tahoe Paradise Park.

The 13th annual Day in Paradise on Saturday, June 18 from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

The day gets started with the Optimist Club's pancake breakfast, and moves into a full day of activites from a car show to a beer garden. Topping off the day are the Optimist's Duck Races.