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SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – The USDA Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit (LTBMU) has announced the return of Ski with a Ranger at Heavenly Mountain Resort. Skiers and snowboarders are invited to Ski with a Ranger beginning Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. Tours will depart from Tamarack Lodge at the top of the Heavenly Gondola every Friday at 1 p.m. The tours last approximately one hour and will continue through March 29, conditions and weather permitting.

The Tahoe Blue Event Center’s inaugural hockey game was celebrated last Friday with a Tahoe win when the Tahoe Grizzlies 10U team defeated the Santa Rosa Flyers 7-4. The Tahoe Grizzlies team proceeded through the locally hosted Martin Luther King Tournament undefeated, beating the Ventura Mariners 5-1 and the Tri-Valley Blue Devils 10-0.

A closely played rematch with the Ventura Mariners for the tournament finals game on Monday resulted in the first championship in the event center being awarded to the Tahoe Grizzlies for their 4-2 victory.

The Republican Women of California, South Lake Tahoe (RWC-SLT) recently held a luncheon meeting to install new officers for a new two-year term. SLT City Councilmember Tamara Wallace installed the following officers:

Karen Imhoff, President
Bonnie Halleran, 1st Vice President, Speakers
Lianne Peterson, 2nd Vice President, Membership
Terri Jinkens, 3rd Vice President, Press Communications
Cheri Watson, 4th Vice President, Events
Kathleen Bailey, Recording Secretary
Svetlana Raleigh, Treasurer

It seems that at least once a month there is an OpEd or article written about the housing “crisis” at Tahoe. The authors range from elected officials, board members from the various nonprofits around Tahoe to homeowners.

Where are the numerous articles from local businesses sounding off about not having enough employees who can afford to live locally? I’m sure there are some, just not the bulk of these articles. Maybe it’s just that the businesses voice their concerns through these other platforms.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The following is a list of calls the South Lake Tahoe Police Department responded to during the week of Dec. 18-31, 2023. Location Checks are when officers search an area at a certain address. Transient/Homeless arrests/citations and calls are those normally categorized in other columns (Drunk in Public, Trespassing, etc.) but stats are collected separately.

Log for Dec. 18 - 31, 2023

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Arrests
15:00 Battery - Occurred at South Tahoe High School on Lake Tahoe Blvd. Disposition: Misdemeanor Arrest...

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Among the new laws that started with the new year, consumers will pay a little more in California Redemption Value (CRV) fees.

Fruit juice containers of 46 ounces or more and vegetable juice containers of over 16 ounces have been added to the program. Also added are beverage containers that are boxes, bladders, or pouches containing wine, distilled spirits, wine coolers, or distilled spirit coolers.

These changes make it easier for the public to do their part for the planet while putting some money back in their pockets.

GARDNERVILLE, Nev. - Carson Valley Health Specialty Care Ironwood is delighted to welcome new APRN, Michele Ting to the practice. Michele is in the office three days a week and specializes in urology.

An APRN is an advanced practice registered nurse.

Michele has been a nurse for almost 30 years. “I’ve always sought to learn more, to grow, and not just be stuck in what I know,” she says. Over the years of building on her career, nurse practitioner was a logical next step. She earned her Master of Science in Nursing from Western Governors University in May 2023.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - High Sierra Softball is looking for board members and volunteers.

To hear about open positions and other volunteer opportunities, join them on January 17 from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the South Lake Tahoe Recreation Center's Aspen Room.

IRS Criminal Investigation (CI) has been leveraging its financial expertise to combat human trafficking by targeting the illegal flow of money to and from the organizations behind this criminal activity. The agency investigates an average of 20 human trafficking cases each year accounting for an estimated sum of $10 million in laundered funds.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The storm door will keep opening, but the big storms aren't making it down to lake level, yet. This week we'll see warmer temperatures, with a break from any system through Tuesday before a series of systems will start heading to Lake Tahoe.

A quick system comes late Tuesday into Wednesday brings valley rain and mountain snow, gusty ridges, and Sierra travel impacts possible.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The Tahoe STEM Academy is offering a series of classes for local youth, from 3D Printing to making LED neon signs.

The academy provides interactive, project-based instruction to inspire the next generation of scientists, engineers, and innovators. Founded by STHS graduate David Wise who is an MIT engineer with over a decade of STEM experience, Tahoe STEM Academy gives budding scientists or engineers the tools, technology, and opportunity to explore, create, and expand their minds beyond a traditional classroom.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - El Dorado County Sheriff's Office responds to calls throughout the county. The following calls 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.

January 4 - January 10, 2024

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08:43 DRUNK IN PUBLIC - Officer initiated activity at Court Dept 3 Slt, Johnson Blvd, South Lake Tahoe, CA. Disposition: ARREST.

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SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Barton Health invites parents and their babies, ages 0-12 months, to its ongoing support class, Parents & Me.

Starting January 24, attend their free weekly groups to share experiences and discuss the joys and challenges of parenting. Get support from other parents as well as professional support from a childbirth instructor and guest speakers.

They meet on Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Barton Center for Orthopedics & Wellness, 2170B South Ave., South Lake Tahoe.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Ready for a new twist on a book club in South Lake Tahoe? Join Cuppa Tahoe on Wednesday, January 31 from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. when they offer the golden ticket - a book, a drink, a goody bag, and a presentation by the author.

Author and South Lake Tahoe resident Suzanne Roberts will be there with her book Almost Somewhere.

Join them for a night of good literature and the warmth of community. Celebrate the magic of storytelling together, over a steaming cuppa.

To the Editor: Council members Robbins and Bass must think they can win an election by taxing the motels with the highest transient occupancy tax (TOT) in the state and by targeting the second homeowners with an unfair vacancy tax, to further damage tourism. It's clear that they are trying to suck more funds into the black hole of government spending by taxing people who can't vote and by demonizing the tourists who support our community. They don't understand that tourists do vote. Vacationing families vote when they decide where to vacation.

The Sierra Avalanche Center has issued a "high avalanche danger" warning for the backcountry for Saturday and Sunday. Their warning is in effect from 7 a.m. Saturday until 6 p.m. Sunday.

The warning is for the central Sierra Nevada between Yuba Pass (Hwy 49) on the north and Ebbetts Pass (Hwy 4) on the south, including the greater Lake Tahoe area. This does not include ski areas and highways where avalanche mitigation programs exist.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Several vendors are already committed to being in the stalls when the doors open at the new Cascade Kitchens in South Lake Tahoe in the fall of 2024.

Located in the old KMart Garden Center at the "Y," Cascade Kitchens will be vendor stalls in a food hall, a commissary kitchen, and a food truck center.

To get everything completed, the owner, Alpine View Investments, just completed $4.7 Million in financing from Greater Commercial Lending (GCL). GCL provides government-guaranteed loans to businesses and organizations in under-served and rural...

Minden Mill Distilling continues its Eastern Sierra History Series with a slide show, The Big Bang, on Sunday, January 14 at 1 p.m. Using seldom-seen photos, extensive research, and eyewitness accounts, local authors and historians David & Gayle Woodruff recount the incredible, true and bizarre story of a calculating and disgruntled gambler and his attempt to extort three million dollars from the historic Harvey’s Casino Lake Tahoe in August of 1980.

The 55-minute slide show features dozens of historic and seldom-seen images.

EL DORADO COUNTY, Calif. - A joint law enforcement investigation into a series of improvised explosive devices found placed alongside roads and highways has led to the arrest of a 41-year-old Orangevale man.