Sandbags available for area residents at several locations

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Douglas County and the City of South Lake Tahoe are urging residents to prepare for the possibility of flooding and high winds as a storm with high winds and heavy rain enters the region.

Douglas County has sandbags available at nine locations and urges residents to assemble them on their property if there is a chance of flooding. Sandbag locations can are self-fill and the current locations are:

Zephyr Cove Park, Warrior Way - Sand is located in the upper parking lot

Sheridan Fire Station, 980 Sheridan Lane - Sand is located behind the station in the upper parking area
Genoa Fire Station, 2298 Main Street- Sand is located behind the station in the upper parking area
Jacks Valley Fire Station, 3450 Jacks Valley Road - Sand is located in the front parking lot, east side of the station
Johnson Lane Fire Station, 1450 Stephanie Lane - Sand is located in parking lot, west side of the station
Fish Springs Fire Station, 2249 Fish Springs Road - Sand is located in parking lot rear of the building
Ruhenstroth Fire Station, 2008 Pinto Circle - Sand is located in lower parking lot, west side of building
Topaz Ranch Estates Community Center, 4001 Carte Drive - Sand is located in front parking lot
Fire District Warehouse, 941 Mitch Drive - Sand is located front parking lot, north side

In South Lake Tahoe, bags are located at the City Public Works Yard, 1160 Rufus Allen Blvd., and in the rear of Fire Station 3, 2101 Lake Tahoe Blvd.

In El Dorado County at the lake, crews are working on getting sandbags to the Sheriff's Search and Rescue building on Santa Fe Road in Meyers behind Steve's Transmission.

As a reminder, the City asks the community to not park on the streets during snow removal. Please remove all trashcans, mailboxes, vehicles, etc. from city right of way to prohibit equipment damage to the blowers. When snow conditions, snow plows have the right of way on streets and vehicles left unattended in the streets are subject to citation and/or tow.

Plows will be out in all zones during this storm.
- The City of South Lake Tahoe's snow removal phone line is (530) 542-6030.
- For El Dorado County residents, the snow removal phone number is (530) 573-3180.
- For Douglas County residents, their roads department line is (775) 782-6233.