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EL DORADO COUNTY, Calif. - The El Dorado County Community Action Council currently has several member vacancies, including those within the Low-Income and Community Sector Membership categories. The Community Action Council is seeking to fill the member vacancies with individuals who can represent the interests and concerns of people and families with low incomes living in El Dorado County, with a special focus on housing, nutrition, and low-income program needs.

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.

April 6 - April 12, 2023

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00:37 SUSP VEH STOP - Officer initiated activity at Vikingsholm, State Hwy 89, Tahoma. Disposition: CHECKS CLEAR.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - It is National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on April 22, 2023, and in South Lake Tahoe it will coincide with Earth Day at Lake Tahoe Community College.

The South Lake Tahoe Police Department and the Tahoe Alliance for Safe Kids (TASK) will have a booth at the Earth Day event. Bring expired, unwanted, and unused human and pet prescription medications and drop them off at their booth into secure bins. No syringes or sharps will be accepted.

DOUGLAS COUNTY, Nev. - In search of a perfect, balanced ordinance for vacation home rentals in Douglas County, the Vacation Home Rental (VHR) Advisory Board created a list of proposed changes and presented it to the County's planning commission, and on Monday, the County's Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) held a special meeting to discuss.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Soroptimist International of South Lake Tahoe (SISLT) is launching a series of workshops to educate the South Lake Community on various topics impacting the status of women including wage discrepancy, equal access to healthcare, right to family leave, right to child care, equal funding for women sports (Title IX), and Advocacy 101.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Join Jared Manninen, a California Naturalist and wildlife photographer, at the South Lake Tahoe Library on Tuesday, Apr. 25, at 5:30 p.m. He will be sharing tips, considerations, and stories about his experience participating in multiple Tahoe Big Years (both birds and wildflowers) that have been sponsored by the Tahoe Institute for Natural Science.

Jared Manninen is a writer, photographer, outdoor enthusiast, and creator of the blog, Tahoe Trail Guide. You can also find him on his YouTube channel.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - A South Lake Tahoe home is a total loss after a Tuesday evening fire on Heather Lake Road.

At 11:23 p.m. Tuesday, April 11, South Lake Tahoe Fire Rescue (SLTFR) responded to the single-story home to find a fully developed fire. It was knocked down quickly but the damage had already been extensive.

LAKE TAHOE, Nev. - Single lane closures with travel delays will be in place on weekdays from April 13-28 on Kingsbury Grade (State Route 207) in Douglas County as the Nevada Department of Transportation repairs weather-related roadside erosion.

Beginning Thursday, April 13 through April 28, one lane will be closed on Kingsbury Grade five miles up from Foothill Road weekdays between 7 a.m.-5 p.m. While the majority of delays will be brief, motorists should anticipate up to 30-minute travel delays as traffic flaggers alternate directions of traffic through the work zone.

EL DORADO COUNTY, Calif. - El Dorado County District V Supervisor Brooke Laine is hosting a Vacation Home Rental (VHR) Public Forum on Wednesday, April 19 from 5:30 p.m. – 7 pm at the Lake Tahoe Environmental Science Magnet School, located at 1095 E. San Bernardino Ave in the Meyers area of South Lake Tahoe.

Laine will be updating the public with a presentation on the current status of the County's VHR program and receive questions and comments from citizens. This is an information-gathering meeting.

LAKE TAHOE, Nev. - Special Olympics of Northern Nevada has moved the 2023 South Lake Tahoe Plunge into the lake to May 13. Due to the winter and vast amounts of snow still on the ground, Round Hill Pines could not safely host the event on April 22 as originally planned.

Jumping into Lake Tahoe at any time is cold, but with snow still lining the lake, and melting snow filling it up, it is even colder during winter and spring.

If conditions remain favorable, the Tahoe Fire & Fuels Team (TFFT) will resume prescribed fire operations this week at Lake Tahoe. The Nevada Division of Forestry and the USDA Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit are scheduled to burn hand piles on the East Shore beginning Tuesday, April 11, 2023. Ignitions typically begin around 10 a.m. and smoke will be present.

The two locations for operations this week:

Bon Pland Pile Burn - Nevada Division of Forestry
Tunnel Creek, south of Incline Village
Burn Type: Hand Piles
Total Acreage: 5.00
Planned Ignition: 04/11-13/2023

LAKE TAHOE, Calif./Nev. - For the last five months of 2022, Lake Tahoe was the clearest it has been since the 1980s and much of that is due to the resurgence of the lake’s native zooplankton, said the U.C. Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center (TERC).

TERC and Tahoe Regional Planning Agency released the annual report on lake clarity Monday, a report showing praise for the tiny zooplankton for providing a natural clean-up crew to help restore the lake’s famous blue waters.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The South Lake Tahoe Raley's at Stateline will not be reopening, officials said Monday.

The store had announced previously their lease would expire on June 30 as management was unable to "come to an agreement with the landlord to extend after offering several collaborative solutions."

EL DORADO COUNTY, Calif. - A head-on collision near Bridal Veil Falls west of Lake Tahoe injured 12 people Sunday afternoon.

At approximately 12:15 p.m., first responders were called to a two-vehicle collision just west of the falls on US50. Four people were transported by ambulance to Marshall Medical Center and UC Davis Medical Centers, one person was transported by REACH Air Medical Services Calstar 3 to Sutter Roseville Medical Center, and seven were treated and released on scene.

“I grew up in South Lake Tahoe and received help from kind people in the community even when I felt that I should not receive it,” shared Tyler Shewbert. “Now that I am able to help others, I wanted to give back to the community by sponsoring a Bread & Broth Adopt A Day of Nourishment.”

Currently living in the Bay area, Tyler and his wife had plans to drive to Tahoe on Sunday just to participate in his April 3rd sponsorship Monday Meal dinner. However, another snowstorm rolled through the Tahoe basin on Sunday canceling their travel plans much to their disappointment.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Pleasant spring weather will prevail through Monday as high pressure continues to amplify over the western US. An upper-level trough currently situated over the Gulf of Alaska will shift, with another ridge developing behind the trough on Friday, which will favor a gradual warming trend into the weekend. Right now the early models are showing signals of another round of cooler and unsettled weather early next week.

But in the meantime, enjoy pleasant temperatures around Lake Tahoe in the coming week, though it will get windy at times.

Winter home maintenance and everyday tasks ask a lot of your hands. Some may experience tired and painful forearms, locking fingers, and sore wrists. As things start to warm up, it's time to give our weary hands a rest.

Here are some practices to address finger stiffness and the effects of repetitive tasks from the winter months.

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4:45 p.m. UPDATE: SR89 has reopened around Emerald Bay.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The California Highway Patrol (CHP) has closed SR89 at Emerald Bay after a snow slide across the roadway Saturday afternoon.

At 1:06 p.m., emergency calls were received of multiple cars trying to get around the popular spot at Lake Tahoe when snow slid across both lanes. CHP is on the scene and has closed SR89 from Eagle Point Campground to Bliss Memorial State Park.

Caltrans is on the way to clear the snow.

2:15 p.m. UPDATE: The snow has been cleared and US50 at Echo Summit is clear in both directions.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Caltrans is working on a snow slide near the top of Echo Summit on US50. At 11:14 a.m. on Saturday, April 8, the California Highway Patrol (CHP) responded to the slide in the westbound lane.

The eastbound traffic is currently moving as the snow is removed from the other lane.

For current conditions, refer to https://quickmap.dot.ca.gov/.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Parents and community members interested in sharing science with local youth are needed for this year's South Lake Tahoe Science Expo April 17-21, 2023.

This year's theme is Life and Health Sciences and activities will focus on organisms and ecosystems, inheritance and adaptation, and health and nutrition. No experience is necessary and all volunteers will be trained on how to do activities at the stations the students will be visiting.

These photos are from Bonnie Hillesheim of bats in the Mountain View Estates 2 neighborhood. She took these photos on April 6, 2023 in the area below Angora Ridge, South Lake Tahoe.

As the climate changes, many species are expected to adjust where and how they live. Some are expected to seek cooler elevations as it warms, but what happens to species already at the top of a mountain? A study of squirrels living in California’s high-elevation Sierra Nevada indicates that climate is only one factor to consider when trying to predict where an animal will make its home in a changing world.

LAKE TAHOE, Nev. - When Larry Ellison, the founder of Oracle Corp., spent $35.8 million in 2017 to buy the Cal Neva Lodge in bankruptcy court, many hoped he'd bring his Midas touch to Lake Tahoe and the aging resort.

Now six years later, the almost 100-year-old resort once owned by Frank Sinatra has been sold again, this time to McWhinney, a leading real estate investment, development, and management firm out of Colorado.