South Tahoe Now Frontpage Stories

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The friends of Keely Pereira of South Lake Tahoe have started a GoFundMe fundraising account to help with the family's funeral and memorial service expenses. Keely was one of the four people who lost their lives in South Lake Tahoe on Monday.

"Keely was a bright spark in this world, a power of nature, and will be deeply missed. She touched the lives of so many and it’s our turn to give back to her family in these hard times," was stated on her fundraiser.

In their continuing support of Bread & Broth’s mission to ease hunger in the Lake Tahoe South Shore community, Heavenly Mountain Resort hosted Bread & Broth’s (B&B) Monday Meal on February 5. The $350 Adopt a Day of Nourishment (AAD) sponsorship fee is funded by Vail’s EpicPromise grant which designated $4,200 to host twelve Adopt A Days in 2024 and provides each of the local Vail Resorts, Heavenly Mountain Resort, and Kirkwood Mountain Resort, the opportunity to send their team members to participate in their sponsorship meals.

Clifford Joy was one of the four people who were found deceased in a South Lake Tahoe home on Monday morning. He leaves behind a wife and three small children.

A GoFundMe fundraiser has been started by the sister of Clifford's wife Katrina Joy.

Cliff was a hard-working man who lived for his family. His death was completely unexpected and he did not have any type of life insurance to help cover expenses in such an event. Friends are hoping to raise enough to cover the funeral costs and help Katrina and their children as they navigate life without her partner.

After spending at least twenty years vacationing annually in South Lake Tahoe, my husband and I purchased a small second home in SLT in October of 2017. We come up to SLT for the summer months and sometimes spend the Thanksgiving and/or the Christmas holidays there. Sometimes we come up for my birthday. If we have family or friends who want to come to Tahoe, we will drive up from Palm Desert where we live (a nine-hour drive) and use our vacation home to house and entertain our visitors.

Sadly it sometimes takes a tragedy to create awareness, and this week's tragic deaths of four people in South Lake Tahoe are bringing out questions.

Why?
What is Fentanyl?
What are naloxone and Narcan and where do I find them?
What are test strips?
What can I do?

While the "whys" are not answerable, the rest of the questions are.

DOUGLAS COUNTY, Nev. - There was another passionate packed house on Tuesday to hear the Douglas County School Board (DCSB) vote on its candidate for superintendent, John A. Ramirez, Jr. Many of those in attendance wore the familiar red shirts and carried signs including those that stated "My Voice Doesn't Matter" and "Don't hire a liar."

RENO, Nevada — Residents of the south Reno area have likely noticed a few earthquakes in the last couple of weeks. The Nevada Seismological Laboratory (NSL), a unit within the University of Nevada, Reno, has identified and located over 270 small-magnitude earthquakes in the last 30 days so far. The largest related quake to date has been a magnitude 3.5 in the afternoon of Jan. 28 that was felt and heard through much of Reno.

Groups of small- to moderate-sized earthquakes, such as those recently occurring in south Reno, are often called a “swarm.”

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Most of South Lake Tahoe’s water and sewer systems were built in the 1950s and 1960s. Additional investments are needed to continue repairing and replacing old water and sewer facilities to avoid costly emergency projects and prepare for the next wildfire.

On Thursday, February 29, 2024, at 6 p.m. South Tahoe Public Utility District (District) will host a public meeting to discuss costs associated with future capital improvements and possible increases to water and sewer rates.

South Tahoe High School (STHS) graduate Andrew Herrera excelled at wrestling while in high school and is continuing his winning ways in college. Herrera started his collegiate career at San Francisco State and is now wrapping it up at Southern Oregon University.

Herrera is currently ranked #2 in the Cascade Collegiate Conference (CCC) and his team is ranked #15 in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) conference (where he is #13). He was recently named CCC's Rize Laboratory Men's Wrestler of the Week after defeating two ranked opponents.