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For the first time in seven years, those owning businesses in El Dorado County are being asked to take a survey to help enhance the economic climate for both employees and employers in the County.

The El Dorado County Annual Business Survey is available at the following link until March 19, 2016: www.surveymonkey.com/r/JSK9ZG7.

Annual Tahoe Chamber Community Breakfast at Lake Tahoe Resort Hotel Thursday, Feb 25th from 8:30AM to 10:00AM. This is a FREE event and open to the public! RSVP is encouraged.

Enjoy a complimentary breakfast and learn what the Tahoe Chamber has in store for the future of the South Shore. There will also be a power point presentation covering the 2016 to 2018 Strategic Plan and a recap of 2015.

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“Recent Discoveries on the Frontiers of Science: Higgs boson & Gravitational Waves” is the topic at the next free community event at Lake Tahoe Community College on Tuesday, February 16 at 6:00 p.m.

While the topic may seem heavy, Dr. James Brau will explain the recent discoveries in physics in easy-to-understand terms.

With a snowpack 130% of average, the warm temperatures which are forecast this week in South Lake Tahoe aren't worrying those watching the drought situation, yet.

A high pressure system over the west coast will bring record, or near record, temperatures up and down the coast with Sacramento in the 70s and Los Angeles near 90. Reno will be in the 60s.

The long range forecast from accuweather.com calls for wet weather back again soon. One system next week could bring rain, but stronger chances of rain and snow over the last two weeks of the month.

A different kind of presentation will be made on the US50/South Shore Revitalization Project this week, one that will include a question and answer period and not just the open house atmosphere of recent Tahoe Transportation District meetings on the project. For the past several years, TTD has been holding public meetings and talking with the community shareholders in order to formulate the best plan for the future of Highway 50 through the Stateline portion of South Lake Tahoe, a plan initiated in 1980.

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will be performing grinding and paving work on sections of State Highway 89 in the Tahoe City area the next three days.

The work will take place from Blackwood Creek Road to and including the Truckee River (“Fanny”) Bridge in Tahoe City. It’s scheduled from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, Feb. 9-11 and will require one-way traffic control.

An 18-year-old Carson City, Nev., man died early Monday morning after being struck by a car as he was walking on IR-580 in the Washoe Valley.

Just after 1:07 a.m. on February 8, troopers from the Nevada Highway Patrol responded to the accident scene just north of the Bellevue Road overpass. Their investigation indicates that Chile Bartels was walking northbound in the slow lane of the highway when a car driven by 42-year-old Sparks resident James Dolan hit Bartels.

Dolan pulled over and parked according to the NHP.

The following is the ski, snowboard and weather report for Monday, February 8, 2016 for South Lake Tahoe brought to you by Lake Tahoe SkiBum.

Weather - South Lake Tahoe will have a high today of 54 and a low tonight of 23. Today: Sunny, with a high near 54. Calm wind becoming east around 5 mph in the morning. Tonight: Clear, with a low around 23. East wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Winds at the resorts may impact lift operations.

Dr. James Tarwater, Superintendent of Lake Tahoe Unified Schools, will provide an overview of student data at the next LTUSD School Board meeting on Tuesday, February 9.

It's always a sign of crab season when the St. Theresa Catholic Church holds their annual crab dinner in South Lake Tahoe. This year marks the 22nd year they've held the fundraiser.

This year, the dinner will be held on Friday, February 12. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. with their famous dessert auction at 7:45 p.m.

Tickets are $45 in advance or $50 at the door. Tickets are being sold at the Rectory Office located at 1041 Lyons Ave. and at the Religious Education Office at 1081 Lyons Ave., both in South Lake Tahoe. Must be at least 21 to attend.

A series of five collisions occurred on Highway 88 on the morning of Saturday, February 6, 2016 near the Kirkwood Inn, injuring two and sending one to the hospital.

The collisions were caused by multiple drivers traveling at unsafe speeds for the conditions and following too close to other vehicles according to the California Highway Patrol.

"Slow and Steady Wins the Race couldn't be more true this Saturday morning," the South Lake Tahoe office of the California Highway Patrol said in a statement. "You can't be the first on the mountain if you don't make it there."

Mountain Resort Reporter Ashley Lindner meets up with Karen Houser, a member of Soroptimist International of Tahoe Sierra to learn about their upcoming event and she delivers your weekly City in 60 with Deputy Services Director for the City, John Hitchcock.

8:15 p.m. update: Highway 50 through Cave Rock is now open and clear. All rocks have been cleared away.

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A large boulder rolled onto Highway 50 Saturday evening on the Lake Tahoe east shore, closing one eastbound lane of traffic on the west side of the Cave Rock tunnel.

According to the Nevada Highway Patrol, just after 6:00 p.m., several rocks fell onto the roadway, the largest too heavy to be moved by one of their patrol cars. They are now waiting for a bulldozer to clear the roadway.

NHP estimates for all to be cleared by 9:15 p.m.

We've all seen them, or driven through them. They are a sure sign of winter, filling with water at every storm. They are small, they are large, and in some states they joke they are big enough they can swallow a small car.

What are they? Potholes.

Long the dream of many in South Lake Tahoe, a four-year educational opportunity is on target to break ground in the spring of 2017 on the grounds of Lake Tahoe Community College. The Lisa and Robert Maloff University Center will then be built and open in the fall of 2018.

Crime statistics for South Lake Tahoe, Placerville and the unincorporated area of El Dorado County have been released for 2015, and while some areas have seen a decrease in some types of crime, others have seen some significant changes between 2014 and 2015.

NV Energy is proposing to replace the electrical transmission line that runs from Foothill Rad in the Carson Valley to Tramway Drive near Heavenly Mountain Resort, and a public comment period has been initiated.

The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit is seeking public input on 634 Line Rebuild project. The draft Environmental Assessment (EA) analyzes the proposed replacement of the transmission line that serves the Kingsbury substation, which provides electricity to Heavenly Mountain Resort and the surrounding Kingsbury Grade area.

The following is the ski, snowboard and weather report for Friday, February 5, 2016 for South Lake Tahoe brought to you by Lake Tahoe SkiBum.

Weather - South Lake Tahoe will have a high today of 45 and a low tonight of 18. Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 45. East wind around 5 mph becoming south in the afternoon. Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 18. West wind around 5 mph.

The Town of Genoa, Nevada, announced today that the seventh annual Genoa Cowboy Festival will take place in their town from April 28 through May 1. Previous Cowboy Festivals have attracted thousands of visitors to the picturesque community which is recognized as Nevada’s oldest town, just minutes from South Lake Tahoe.

This year’s event will feature performances by some of the best-known entertainers in Western music and cowboy poetry, including Ian Tyson, Wylie & and Wild West, Mike Beck, Richard Elloyan, Trinity Seely, Andy Hedges, Larry Maurice, and many more.

Neddenriep Financial won the bidding rights to have theiir name on the dining room entrance of the Douglas County Community & Senior Center for one year after making the winning bid of $4,000.

“We are so fortunate to have businesses such as Neddenriep Financial in our community who continue to give to the center,” said Bob Cook, Douglas County Community Services Foundation President. “We are proud to have their name on display and give them this recognition.”

Mountain Resort Television reporter Ashley Lindner interviews Amber Aneloski, the Co-Chair of Leadership Lake Tahoe about their Bodacious Bowling Fundraiser this Friday and the Leadership Lake Tahoe Summit.

http://www.mountainresorttahoe.com/

The following is a recap of activity the South Lake Tahoe Police Department. They responded to 340 calls between January 19 and February 2, 2016.

Calls Resulting in Arrests:

1/19
Domestic Battery in the 1000 block of 3rd St
Drunk in Public in the 2000 block of E St

1/20
Resisting in the 3900 block of Pioneer Trail

1/21
Petty Theft in the 4000 block of Lake Tahoe Blvd

1/22
DUI at Fawn and Glenwood Way
Drunk in Public in the 2200 block of Lake Tahoe Blvd

1/23

Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz of Antique Archeology and stars of the television series American Pickers are traveling throughout California to film episodes for their hit show. The team be in the area in March to film episodes.

Park City, UT (Feb. 3, 2016) – The U.S. qualified seven total skiers to the finals of the Visa U.S. Freeskiing Grand Prix at Park City on Wednesday, with Maddie Bowman of South Lake Tahoe leading the way with the top spot for the women while Aaron Blunck (Crested Butte, CO) was the top American for the men, qualifying in second.

"Qualifying went really well," said the South Tahoe High graduate. "Everyone’s pretty tired after X Games but everyone went out and did the best that they could do and laid down a good qualifier, so I’m excited for finals."