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The buses are rolling. School is back in session in South Lake Tahoe and Soroptimist International of Tahoe Sierra (SITS) is rolling out a fall fundraiser, an online art auction, titled “An Artful Way to Support Mt. Tallac High School Youth.” All sales, 100 percent, go directly to support Mt. Tallac High School. This online-only art auction is open to all for bidding on quality original art from September 1 through September 30 at noon. The auction is live at http://www.artsaleformttallac.org.

Lake Tahoe’s communities and economy are rooted in recreation and tourism, touching the lives of all who work, live, and play here. The region is coming together to create a shared destination stewardship plan that will balance the needs of the environment, businesses, visitors, and local communities. This new shared strategy will inspire all to take care of Tahoe.

As a resident of the Lake Tahoe region, your perspectives and experiences related to tourism and outdoor recreation are needed.

EL DORADO COUNTY, Calif. - During their meeting Tuesday, the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors approved the Fiscal Year (FY) 2022-23 Adopted Budget of $952.3 million in governmental fund appropriations.

“This budget continues the Board’s fiscally conservative approach by balancing the needs to be prepared for a recession, while also investing in much-needed compensation increases and security enhancements for our
employees as well as critical services to our community and our partner organizations”, stated Don Ashton, chief administrative officer.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – The South Tahoe Public Utility District (STPUD) is hosting a Board of Directors Candidate Forum on Tuesday, October 11, at 5:30 p.m. in the STPUD Board Room.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif - Judge Suzanne Kingsbury has presided over many murder trials during her career, but she said the murder of Jane Hylton stands out as the single most brutal murder she's ever come across.

Hylton was murdered on July 7, 1985, in El Dorado Hills. Hylton's body was found by her 13-year-old daughter Autumn, their roommate Ricky Davis and his girlfriend Connie Dahle. She had multiple wounds including 29 piercing wounds on her body and neck, including pierced lungs. Hylton was beaten on the face, was bit on the shoulder, and still had the tip of a knife in her head.

The South Shore community is invited to attend the Tahoe Chamber’s upcoming Level UP Webinar on “Staying Safe in the Digital Age” on October 5 from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

In so many ways, life has gone digital, and we need to know how to protect ourselves when exposed to unhealthy or unsafe situations online. This starts with a shift to treating our digital safety like we treat our physical safety. From this perspective, in this interactive workshop, we will explore how anyone can quickly and effectively navigate common and emerging challenges in online spaces.

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Troopers with the Nevada State Police, Highway Patrol Division are investigating several fatal crashes on Northern Nevada highways.

Fatal Crash on US395 and Old Franktown Rd

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – The Tahoe Coalition for the Homeless (TCH) has announced that over the last two years, unsheltered homelessness in South Lake Tahoe is down by more than 80 percent, and calls for service and avoidable hospitalizations reduced by over 40 percent. They also recently achieved ‘functional zero’ for Veteran homelessness.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Alumni and the South Lake Tahoe community are invited to join South Tahoe High students, staff, faculty, school board members, special guests, and Superintendent Cutler on Friday, October 7 for the school's annual Homecoming Parade.

The theme of this year's parade is "Disney."

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Catch yourself saying "what?" or "huh?" often, or getting up to turn the television volume higher? Dr. Jenelle Sandy, Au.D., CCC-A just might be the answer to your hearing issues. She has just opened a private practice in South Lake Tahoe which is dedicated to audiology services for newborns, pediatrics, and adults.

As her website states, "From hearing safety to hearing technology, we’re 'hear' to serve all of Tahoe’s hearing needs."

DOUGLAS COUNTY, Nev. - The Blue Angels return to the sky over Northern Nevada once again during the Minden-Tahoe Airport’s Aviation Roundup taking place on Oct. 1 and 2.

Six of the US Navy F-18 Super Blue Hornets who make up the Blue Angels have been seen practicing in the area.

The aviation roundup is a premier airshow produced by Douglas County and hosted at the Minden-Tahoe Airport in Minden, Nevada. The airshow is a bi-annual event and features excellent airshow performers and military jet demonstration teams.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – For the 25th consecutive year, volunteers laced up their boots, pulled on their gloves, and went to work healing Tahoe’s beautiful but sensitive environment for Tahoe Forest Stewardship Days – the region’s longest-running ecosystem restoration event. One hundred volunteers and event partners dedicated Saturday, September 24 to a range of projects on the South Shore that revitalized forests, meadows, and trails damaged by wildfire, threatened by climate change, and squeezed by Tahoe’s millions of annual visitors.

TRUCKEE, Calif. — With the Mosquito Fire and Tamarack Fire burning close to Lake Tahoe, and the Caldor Fire entering the Tahoe Basin, the Tahoe Fund and Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation announced the deployment of Land Tender™. This is a powerful new software tool developed by Vibrant Planet, that will allow land managers to collaboratively address wildfire threats and plan forest health and restoration treatments. Land Tender will be used in the Tahoe Basin and surrounding critical watersheds covering 1.5 million acres, making this the largest deployment to date of this new system.

Through October 1, all adoption fees at the Humane Society of Truckee-Tahoe (HSTT) are waived for pets over four months old! Normally, the fee for dogs 5 months and older is $110, and for under four months is $160. Save a life, save a lot!

All pets adopted at HSTT are already spayed or neutered which normally runs $700 for the surgery, more for larger dogs. Also, every pet adopted from them includes an initial medical check, current vaccinations, and a microchip, a savings of $300-$400.

Yesterday, the eastern flank of the Mosquito Fire was mostly quiet with ongoing patrol, mop-up, and construction of contingency lines. In the late afternoon, as some of the large-diameter trees began to smoke again after last week’s rain event, aircraft were deployed, providing support ahead of ground crews.

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.

Report for September 15 - September 21, 2022

9/15

11:52 VANDALISM - Occurred at Camp Richardson on Jameson Beach Rd. in South Lake Tahoe. Disposition: REPORT TAKEN.

9/16

The USDA Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit in partnership with Great Basin Institute will continue mechanical whole tree fuels reduction (thinning) operations around neighborhoods and powerline corridors off Pioneer Trail near Meyers, Calif.

Thinning is scheduled to begin this week in Montreal Unit 25 near the intersection of Pioneer Trail and US Hwy 50. Cutting in Unit 8 is complete at this time, but log hauling will continue for the next week or two.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The multi-day car show called Lake 2o caused numerous problems on the South Shore in August of 2020, and their next event coming up October 19-23 promises to be much tamer and controlled, according to organizers.

South Tahoe Vikings Booster Club is starting 2022-23 off with a bang and they are inviting the South Lake Tahoe community to join in the fun. This year, Boosters is coordinating the rejuvenation of the South Tahoe High School (STHS) QUAD - the center of campus - for the students to have a great outdoor space to hang out in!

After a general cleanup, Boosters will be adding boulders, logs, native vegetation (in planter boxes- with the help of the STHS Garden Club), and 40 different outdoor tables and benches for students and staff to congregate at. And they are looking for support!

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Officer from the South Lake Tahoe Police Department (SLTPD) responded to a home on James Avenue Friday night after being dispatched to a report of a man with a gunshot wound.

At 6:07 p.m., SLTPD responded and found a man with a life-threatening wound. He was transported to Barton Hospital where he later passed away.

Detectives are at the home tonight, investigating the incident. According to SLTPD Det. Scott Crivelli, there is no threat or risk to the community, but there are no other details to be released at this time.

Caltrans is alerting Interstate 80 (I-80) motorists in Truckee to expect an extended closure of the Central Truckee eastbound off-ramp for continued reconstruction work.

Originally scheduled to reopen on Friday, September 23, the closure of the I-80 eastbound off-ramp at Central Truckee (Exit 186) has now been extended through 5 p.m. Monday, October 3 due to weather delays. The off-ramp is being reconstructed with paving, joint sealing and striping work still required before the ramp is reopened to motorists.

Liberty’s robust year-round vegetation management program prunes and/or removes vegetation that may pose a risk to electrical infrastructure. A bi-product of this work is green waste or, in other words, a lot of wood. In support of Liberty’s commitment to sustainability, when possible, Liberty delivers this green waste to facilities that can repurpose it, such as Eastern Sierra Landfill, which chips the wood and provides it to Full Circle Compost in Carson City.

UPDATE: The event has moved to Timber Cove Marina.

It's time to get witchy on the water in South Lake Tahoe on October 1. Grab your board and your witch outfit, and head over to Timber Cove Marina at 2 p.m.

Organizer Kelsey Adams presented the idea of paddle boarding in costume to her friends, and 50 of them immediately wanted to join the fun, so she created a Facebook event.

Each year since 1997, the League to Save Lake Tahoe has rallied volunteers to revitalize forests, meadows, marshes, and streams damaged by natural disasters, development from decades past, and agriculture. Healing lands impacted by wildfire is the focus of this year’s event.

Now in its 25th year, Tahoe Forest Stewardship Days (TFSD) events have empowered thousands of volunteers to restore important but fragile ecosystems across the Lake Tahoe Basin. These efforts protect Lake Tahoe’s beauty, as well as its famed water quality and clarity by restoring the environment’s natural functions.