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Schoolchildren from across the state of Nevada will be taking part in organized event that promote walking or bicycling to school on Nevada Moves Day, March 20, 2019.

The 10th annual event will feature school-wide events in Carson City, Clark, Washoe, Lyon and many other counties. Children not taking part in an organized school event are encouraged to involve their families in safely walking or bicycling to school on this special day and throughout the year.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Interested in volunteering for Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care? Now is your chance as the spring volunteer training session sign-ups start at 9:00 a.m. on March 1.

This year there will be training and education offered over two different weekends with a class on Saturday, May 4 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. covering general wildlife care information, and a separate hands-on training with their animal care team in early June for those who are interested in regularly volunteering at their South Lake Tahoe facility.

He’s not Romeo.

I know that you think that when he told you that he would love you forever, take care of you, and accept you, that he really meant it. Maybe it was the 13th “What are you doing?” text that made you believe he really cared. Maybe it was his “Is that your other boyfriend?” response when he saw you talking to another man that made you believe he truly valued you. Maybe it was when he said “No one will love you like I love you” that made you believe he was the only person that would truly accept you.

The U.S. Forest Service is preparing an annual application to the California Department of Parks and Recreation, Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Division, to request funding for trail maintenance, restoration, law enforcement, education and safety, and potentially development of facilities, and planning for off-highway vehicle (OHV) access.

On Wednesday, February 13, 2019, the Forest Service will host an open house from 3:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. in Nevada City for individuals and organizations to provide input and review proposals for the application.

Lake Tahoe Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR), is now officially chartered in South Lake Tahoe. The Daughters of the American Revolution is a 501(c)(3), non-profit, non-political, women’s service organization.

It focuses its community and national service in the areas of:

- Historic Preservation - Al Tahoe Historic Cemetery, preservation of family histories

- Education - literacy, path to U.S. Citizenship (Naturalization), American History education and essay contest, genealogy workshops

With criminal justice reform center-stage in the United States, Chabad will offer Crime and Consequence, a new CLE accredited six-session course by the acclaimed Rohr Jewish Learning Institute (JLI) exploring 3000 years of Jewish perspective on conviction, sentencing, and criminal rehabilitation.

Beginning Monday, Feb. 4 at 7:00pm participants in the course will challenge their thinking, ponder the implications of ancient Talmudic wisdom for complex modern cases, and get to the heart of the most pressing injustices facing our criminal justice system today.

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SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - It's almost a perfect storm for traffic in Lake Tahoe: extra visitors in town for the holiday weekend and epic ski conditions with snow and chain requirements over US50 and Echo Summit.

On Monday, locals and visitors alike were part of that storm, leaving motorists stranded along US 50, Lake Tahoe Blvd., and all surface streets in Meyers that have a link to the highway over Echo Summit.

As January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month, one might ask, “exactly what is human trafficking?”

Human trafficking is defined as the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring, or receipt of persons by means of coercion, abduction, fraud, deception, for the purpose of exploitation. Sex trafficking is defined as a commercial sex act that is induced by force, fraud, or coercion, or in which the person induced to perform such act has not attained 18 years of age. Of particular note is the automatic classification of trafficking in children under 18 years of age.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - All El Dorado County facilities in South Lake Tahoe are closed for Thursday, January 17 due to inclement weather. This includes the South Lake Tahoe Library.

Due to a blizzard warning and high winds, both Snowmobile Tours and MS Dixie II Sightseeing Cruise has been cancelled for today.

Tahoe Toys & Treasures is closed.

El Dorado County office of Education is closed, which is a county office, but most know it as Head Start and Early Head Start.

Volunteers for Bread & Broth 4 Kids: Food bags will be packed on Friday morning at 8:45 instead of Thursday.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - SnowGlobe’s 2018 is over but their donations to the local community will continue for months, years and decades to come.

SnowGlobe donated fresh food, water, personal items and clothing to 11 local charities, including Live Violence Free, The Warm Room (Tahoe Coalition for the Homeless), South Lake Tahoe Family Resource Center, the Lake Tahoe Boys & Girls Club, Christmas Cheer, Tahoe Youth & Family Services, St. Theresa’s Church and their Bread & Broth program, Focus, Case de Fida, and the Reno/Sparks Gospel Mission.

As we close out a challenging year for California’s fire service, leadership from California Fire Chiefs Association, Fire Districts Association of California, League of Cities Fire Chiefs Department and Metro Chiefs met this week with Governor-Elect Newsom’s staff to set the stage for 2019 and establish a working relationship with the incoming administration.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – Winter has arrived in the Lake Tahoe Basin along with the holiday season. Local fire districts and their partners would like to take this opportunity to remind residents and visitors to properly dispose of fireplace/woodstove ashes and to use caution when decorating for the holiday. The following safety tips are recommended by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) to help keep your home safe this winter/holiday season.

Fireplaces and Woodstoves

December 4, 2018 - Sierra House Elementary School Principal Karin Holmes has been providing parents and the community with updates since a fire on November 11 destroyed a section of the school.

The holidays will be brighter for South Lake Tahoe youth because of the work at both Live Violence Free and the South Tahoe Association of Realtors (STAR).

They each have a Christmas tree in their offices with the names and ages of local youth and an item or two from their Santa wish list.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Azul Latin Kitchen in the Heavenly Village has supported several area nonprofits since they opened with their famous Taco Nights, and on December 4 they are teaming with Live Violence Free for Tacofestivus.

From 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., there will be live music, a silent auction and an all-you-can-eat taco bar at the popular restaurant, all for $15.

This is a family friendly, taco loving event with all proceeds going towards the programs and resources provided by Live Violence Free.

Multi-talented Steven Van Zandt brings his band, Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul, to the South Shore Room at Harrah’s Lake Tahoe on Saturday Dec. 8. In addition to a high-energy rock ‘n soul concert, the show is part of Van Zandt’s “Soulfire TeachRock Teacher Appreciation Tour” and offers a free seminar and the show to area teachers.

“Little” Steven Van Zandt, a founding member of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band, brings his high-energy rock & soul band to Tahoe for the first time ever.

Our community has less than one week before November 6th, election day, arrives. There are many important issues on the ballot. My husband and I just mailed ours in on Monday and I was reminded again of how fortunate we are to live in a nation where the voters decide on such topics as daylight savings time, on new laws preventing cruelty to farm animals, allowing rent controls to stop spiraling costs that are eliminating housing options, and many other state and local topics.

Election season can be an exciting time of year with anticipation of the possibilities, but this year in South Lake Tahoe election season is full of negativity that has pitted neighbor against neighbor. One year ago I wrote an editorial "Use the election to create a community of collaboration and teamwork," and today I urge continuance of community, collaboration and teamwork.

Local public safety employees hosted the eighth and final South Lake Tahoe City Council candidates' forum on October 25 at Lake Tahoe Community College.

It was a full house at the event which was hosted by the South Lake Tahoe Police Officers, the California Nurses and the South Lake Tahoe Firefighters associations and gave everyone a chance to hear from the nine candidates about their views before the November 6 election. Each association gave them two questions a piece, plus a couple asked by audience members during the two-hour long forum.

LAKE TAHOE, Calif./Nev. - Years of collaboration with a variety of partners have brought to completion two major initiatives for the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA). During their governing board meeting on October 24 a new Shoreline Plan was unanimously approved as was a comprehensive package of changes to the agency’s development rights system.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Continuing their mission to treat the Lake Tahoe area as one community, and thanks to some key donations, Lake Tahoe Community College (LTCC) is now offering the Lake Tahoe College Promise tuition program around the lake on both sides of the state line.

All first-time college students, including those who earned college units while still in high school, can get their tuition waived. To be eligible, students must be enrolled in and complete 12 or more units each quarter for three academic quarters, and meet one of the following requirements:

SOUT LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - It is often said, “It takes a village to raise a child.” In South Lake Tahoe, the same could be said about keeping kids healthy. October is National Farm to School Month, and in South Lake Tahoe, the UC Cooperative Extension CalFresh nutrition education program has partnered with Barton Health and Lake Tahoe Unified School District to implement Harvest of the Month, a statewide initiative that motivates students to make healthier choices and brings fresh, in season produce to all South Lake Tahoe elementary schools.

The Wilderness Education Program at Lake Tahoe Community College presents the 13th year of Reel Rock Film Tour at the Duke Theatre on November 21, 2018.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - There were no seats available and people were standing along the sides of the Lake Tahoe Community College board room Sunday, all to see Congressional Candidate Jessica Morse.