2015

A busy Labor Day weekend starts Friday, with a plethora of activities for locals and visitors alike. There are fireworks, music, car shows, runs, boat races, a farm-fork festival and much more to enjoy.

Heavenly Village Days on Labor Day Car Show goes through the weekend with a sidewalk sale, trophies, and a poker run. It costs $40 to show your cars, trucks and motorcycles. Brought to you by Good Samaritans Safe Ride. September 4 - 7, 2015.

Events include Sample the Sierra, The Sternwheeler Races, The +Ironman Triathlon in Lake Tahoe, The Reebook Spartan World championships, +TrailsAndVistas concert and hiking experience, and Oktoberfest 2015.

Notable Concerts
Skid Row and Sammy Hagar #LaborDay weekend in #LakeTahoe, plus Eric Burdon and the Animals, George Thorogood and the Destroyers, Andre Nikatina and Rappin 4Tay with The iinTerCepTerz and DeeDay the Scorpion, plus two big festivals in the area:

The American Legion Post 795 of South Lake Tahoe invites residents and visitors to join members of the American Legion and the Ladies Auxiliary for a commemorative ceremony to honor the innocent victims and first responders of September 11, 2001. The ceremony will take place at 11 a.m. on Friday, September 11, 2015, at the American Legion Hall, 2748 Lake Tahoe Boulevard, South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150. Refreshments will be served.

The following is a recap of activity the South Lake Tahoe Police Department responded to 255 calls between August 25 and August 31, 2015.

Calls Resulting in Arrests:

8/25
Tampering with vehicle in the 800 block of James
Warrant in the 1200 block of Ski Run
Driving on Suspended/Revoked License at Black Bart / Martin Ave

8/26
Warrant at Moss Rd / Pioneer Trail
Under the influence: Drugs in the 2800 block of Lake Tahoe Blvd

8/27
DUI at Lake Tahoe Blvd / Al Tahoe Blvd

Two South Lake Tahoe men were arrested early Monday morning on suspicion of entering a vacation home rental and burglarizing it.

On August 31, 2015 at 12:46 a.m., an officer with the South Lake Tahoe Police Department was on patrol when he observed two men carrying items out of a vacation home on D Street, right across the street where the two suspects live.

The City of South Lake Tahoe took a community photo last week that will be part of their 50th Anniversary commemorative video and book.

They used the last concert of the summer at Lakeview Commons on August 27 as the backdrop to a drone video and photograph.

On Course Events presented local South Lake Tahoe band Lavish Green during their last Live at Lakeview show for 2015.

Its becoming a concern at beaches and venues around the country: increased trash left behind. Lake Tahoe sees massive amounts of trash on beaches after big weekends, especially the 4th of July, but the basin is not alone.

Headline in North Carolina: Residents upset with beach equipment and other trash left behind on shores.

Headline in Los Angeles: Trash left behind from the Made in America festival in downtown Los Angeles.

Headline in Indianapolis: Trail of trash left behind at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

The South lake Tahoe Fire Department will provide a first responder training class called STAT; South Tahoe Action Teams, this Thursday, September 3rd. STAT is modeled after CERT; Community Emergency Response Team, held in other cities.

This program is designed to incorporate trained citizens in the field with the South Lake Tahoe Fire Department and other first responders during times of crisis. This is the first program of its kind in the Tahoe Basin.

The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying a person of interest in a theft at the Big 5 Store located at 1770 US Hwy 395, Minden, NV.

On August 5, 2015 at approximately 4:05 pm, the suspect, along with 6 juveniles entered the store. The adult male purchased a candy bar while the juveniles were in the football section of the store. As the adult was paying for the candy bar, the juveniles removed products from their packaging and hid the merchandise on their person before walking out of the store without paying.

The Nevada Gaming Control Board released their figures for the month of July, 2015 and they show Stateline casinos bringing in $23,313,076 which is 7.04% down from the same period in 2014.

When reviewing the whole state of Nevada, the big winner was the Elko County with an income up 10.14% for the county, 14.81% for Wendover. The big loser, the Boulder Strip with their income of $60,630,987 down 11.06% when compared to 2014.

The state "win" figure was down .96% with income of $922,886,804.

The gaming win represents the computed income of casinos before business expenses and taxes.

Drug task force agents investigating the alleged sales and use of illegal narcotics in the South Lake Tahoe city limits arrested seven adults and confiscated drugs and paraphernalia.

Agents from the South Lake El Dorado Narcotic Enforcement Task Team (SLEDNET) served a search warrant at a home located in the 800 block of Tallac Road on Monday, August 24, 2015 at 3:00 p.m.

Inside the home, they found 11 adults, seven of them who claimed to reside at the location.

The following is a recap of activity the South Lake Tahoe Police Department responded to 252 calls between August 18 and August 24, 2015.

Calls Resulting in Arrests:

8/18
No Arrests

8/19
Drug Offense in the 1900 block of Lake Tahoe Blvd

8/20
Vandalism in the 1100 block of Tata Lane
Domestic Batter in the 1100 block of Tata Lane
Drunk in Public in the 3000 block of Harrison Avenue

8/21
Driving on a suspended/revoked license at Rufus Allen/Pickett Ave

El Dorado County Superintendent of Schools Jeremy Meyers was booked and released from El Dorado County Jail on Saturday, a condition of his sentencing for driving under the influence in June.

Meyers’ attorney, Paul Zappettini, said Meyers was cited June 9 for driving under the influence of alcohol. He appeared in court Aug. 10 and received a five-day alternative sentence, which was served as house arrest, Zappettini said. He also was fined and faces suspension of his driver’s license. As a condition of his sentence, Meyers also was required to be booked at the El Dorado County jail.

A problem-causing black bear that wildlife officials said was becoming increasingly dangerous was killed Tuesday in Incline Village.

The bear, a 9-year-old, 450-pound male, was captured Monday night or early Tuesday morning, tranquilized and subsequently euthanized with drugs, said Chris Healy, spokesman for the Nevada Department of Wildlife.

The bear was determined to be the same one that had been raiding trash, breaking into cars and knocking over fences in the area and was killed as a threat to public safety, Healy said.

Are you, or someone you know, in need of emergency food supplies? The Food Bank of El Dorado County in partnership with California Emergency Food Link will be in South Lake Tahoe to host a Mobile Food Pantry Distribution on Wednesday, August 26, 2015, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. to bring food to those who need it most.

Lawmakers from Nevada and California met Monday on the shores of Lake Tahoe to discuss how to protect a national treasure as it faces continued threats to water clarity, invasive species, wildfire and drought.

Ever since President Bill Clinton held the first meeting in South Lake Tahoe in 1997, the annual focus of the Lake Tahoe Summit is to protect what Mark Twain called "the fairest picture the whole world affords."

The following is a recap of activity the South Lake Tahoe Police Department responded to 234 calls between August 11 and August 17, 2015.

Calls Resulting in Arrests:

8/11
Violation of Domestic Violence Court Order in the 2600 block of Knox
Resisting in the 1400 block of Keller Rd
Petty Theft in the 1000 block of Emerald Bay Rd

8/12
Spousal Abuse in the 2600 block of Knox
Spousal Abuse in the 3800 block of Pioneer Trail
Threats in the 3800 block of Markofer Way

8/13

Which year was “Lakeshore Park Beach” renamed the “Thomas F. Regan Memorial Beach?”
What year did Campground by the Lake open?

These are just a few of the questions asked in the interactive History Hunt created to celebrate the City of South Lake Tahoe's 50th anniversary. The community has been invited to participate in family friendly "History Hunt Week" from August 22 to August 29, 2015.

A federal grand jury returned a five-count indictment Thursday against Jesus Gonzalez-Alvizo, 25, and Reimundo Arriaga-Arriaga, 37, residents of Mexico, charging them with conspiracy to manufacture marijuana, manufacture of marijuana, possession of firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and depredation of public lands and resources.

The South Lake Tahoe Police Department's Honor Guard took part in the funeral Thursday of Carson City Sheriff's Deputy Carl Howell. Thousands of people lined the streets of the state capitol to honor Howell who was killed after responding to a domestic violence call on Saturday, August 15, 2015.

"Superheros are not always in comic books, they do exist in real life," said the fallen hero's father, Kevin Howell, at his son's funeral.

Our transportation systems are entering a period of accelerated change unlike anything we've seen since the invention of the internal combustion engine more than a century ago. We are in the early stages of a sweeping transformation in how we travel that is driven by the ongoing convergence of transportation and information technologies.

El Dorado Hills resident Jeffrey Lamson, 51, pleaded guilty today to wire fraud in connection with a scheme to embezzle money from his former employer.

According to court documents, from at least 2009 through 2011, Lamson embezzled over $400,000 from a company located in Placer and Sacramento Counties while he served that company as controller. Lamson used company funds to make unauthorized payments to himself and others and made payments to a fictitious vendor, controlled by Lamson, for services that were never performed.

The Tahoe Transportation District recently appointed Russ Nygaard as transportation capital program manager to oversee the planning, design and execution of the agency's capital projects.

With 26 years engineering experience in transportation and bridge projects, Nygaard will perform project management duties and assist with funding procurement and budget maintenance while ensuring all federal requirements are met and executed on schedule.

The Carson Valley Aviation Roundup has announced the Flying Eagles VFA-122 will be performing demonstration flights in the F18F Super Hornet during their air show, the Aviation Roundup on August 22 and 23, 2015. This is an outstanding addition to an already fantastic lineup of performers.