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Governor Steve Sisolak announced a "at least a three-week statewide pause" to protect Nevadans from the pandemic due to a surge in positive cases and deaths. Starting Tuesday, November 24 at 12:01 a.m. there will be tighter business restrictions and a stricter mask mandate in the state of Nevada.

Many thought he would be calling for a shutdown in the state, but instead he chose the "pause" at this time. Sisolak said ten percent of all COVID-19 cases in Nevada since beginning of pandemic have been recorded in the last seven days.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Every ten years a Census is taken of all people living in the Unitied States. While the state of California currently has a 64.5 percent response rate, South Lake Tahoe once again is lagging far behind.

As of August 6, 28.1 percent of those living in South Lake Tahoe had turned in answers to the Census Bureau. El Dorado County as a whole, 58.6 percent. Nationally, the Census return rate is 63.2 percent.

Why is it so hard to get South Lake Tahoe residents to participate?

On our last day of school at South Tahoe Middle School, we look back with gratitude to the many individuals and organizations that helped to enrich the lives of our students throughout the 2019-2020 school year. Despite finishing the school year off-campus with remote learning, we were able to envision and execute some wonderful programs and activities including:

● The new STMS robotics team
● AVID college field trips
● High-interest books for classroom libraries
● New books for the school library
● Mountain bikes, parts & tools for PE
● Science magazine subscriptions

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Even though they have been offering online services during the COVID-19 spurred closure, the South Lake Tahoe Library knows how much people enjoy a good book and turning the pages of excitement, knowledge, passion, and interest.

The South Lake Tahoe Library is now offering curbside pickup by appointment. Place a hold using their web site www.eldoradolibrary.org or give them a call at 530-573-3185.

With over half of the school year completed, the talk at preschool pickup lately amongst the parents has been kindergarten – a big transition that seems like the official beginning of your child’s school career. Living in Nevada and working locally in town, parents have the ability to choose between any of the South Lake Tahoe public schools or our local district school in Zephyr Cove.

Due to PG&E’s Public Safety Power Shut off, the following is the current status of
County buildings operations on the West Slope:

Closed to the public
Agriculture
1. Building A (Board of Supervisors, Chief Administrative Office, Human Resources, County Counsel)
2. Child Support Services (Shingle Springs)
3. Health and Human Services Agency - Briw Road
4. Health and Human Services Agency - Spring Street Complex
5. Placerville Jail
6. Libraries – Placerville, Georgetown
7. Union Mine

Open to the public
1. Animal Shelter
2. AQMD

All ages are invited to join the Summer Reading Challenge at the South Lake Tahoe Library. This year's theme this year is Libraries Rock!

Children, teens and adults are encouraged to participate in the reading challenge from June 1 – August 31. Register and log activities online at eldoradolibrary.beanstack.org and win a prize for every five books read.

The annual joint board meeting with the Lake Tahoe Community College (LTCC) and Lake Tahoe Unified School District (LTUSD) to discuss common goal strategies was held Tuesday, will innovative programs and successes highlighted.

How is your internet? Would you like to see improved connections in the Lake Tahoe Basin?

El Dorado County is holding a day of public meetings to gather input for broadband planning and improvement on Thursday, January 18 at the Tahoe Mountain Lab in South Lake Tahoe.

The County is working with consulting firm NEO Connect to conduct a Broadband Feasibility Study to evaluate current broadband resources and identify options for improving connectivity and expanding broadband across the County.

International award winning magician Rob Lake has returned to the South Shore, bringing his trademark illusions to Harrah's Tahoe.

On Saturday night Lake invited South Lake Tahoe area firefighters and law enforcement to the show, along with their families (and media too).

The featured tellers at this year’s event are Willy Claflin, world music percussion band The Batamba Collective, Mother Lode Storytelling Guild tellers Linda Kennedy and Joan McCammon, and chautauquan Larry Lippmann as “Hank Monk”. The weekend also features early afternoon shows specifically for families and children, an open mic storytelling concert and a storytelling group Carson Valley Memories led by Nancy Raven.

Saturday, June 24 starts at 1:00pm with a Family Concert with Willy Claflin. Clafliin is a nationally recognized teller. Check out his website at http://www.willyclaflin.com/

Location

Rob Lake has performed his illusion shows all over the world, and now he'll be bringing his show over the holidays to the South Shore Room at Harrah's Tahoe from December 22 to January 7.

The 33-year-old Norman, Oklahoma native told South Tahoe Now he's never been to Lake Tahoe before.

"I'm really, really exited," said Lake.

Lake caught the magic bug as a 10-year-old when he saw a magic show with his family. "I knew immediately then and there I was going to be a magician," he said. Lake said most of his training comes from the school and public libraries.

Tahoe Women’s Community Fund (TWCF) has announced their inaugural Grants Gala on Friday, June 3, 2016 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Tahoe Beach Retreat in South Lake Tahoe.

ALL community members are invited and encouraged to attend to learn more about what the 170 members of TWCF are contributing to the community. Tickets are $35 and may be purchased
HERE.

Tickets will be available on line until May 27 and cannot be purchased at the door.

El Dorado County and its Board of Supervisors have been in full stride throughout the last year solving critical issues, making important changes to protect tax dollars and providing expanded services to the public.

Give Where You Live! is a 24-hour giving challenge coordinated by the El Dorado Community Foundation. This year's day long giving day is Thursday, April 23, 2015.

“We have approximately 70 nonprofits participating in the event this year. Each nonprofit will have its own website presence to highlight a particular need or needs for which it is focusing giving dollars, as well as more information about the organization in general,” said Megan Buchanan, donor services coordinator at the foundation.

Another opportunity to be a part of your community is to attend and participate in the City of South Lake Tahoe's Neighborhood Service Team (NST) project.

This team concept was created to improve and preserve neighborhood vitality. They do this by by encouraging public participation and facilitating the interaction between residents and their city government.

City staff hosts meetings at the Recreation and Swim Complex located at 1180 Rufus Allen Blvd. on the second Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m. The next one will be held on June 10.

I have been part of the Community since 1989 and am now a permanent resident. The South Lake Tahoe Library does more than just books and banks of computers, our library is a place where people gather to explore, interact, and imagine. It is a place where people come to know themselves and their communities. People go to the Library looking for information and find each other there.

I am probably one of the most apolitical people I know, however, I feel very strongly about this measure to support all El Dorado County public libraries. I have seen, firsthand, the benefit the li...

The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency has announced the schedule of presentations for the Regional Plan Update rollout taking place at two upcoming Governing Board meetings on April 25 and 26.
The plan update contains five draft documents for the public, partner agencies and decision makers to review at a minimum for the next two months. Public discussions about the Update will continue through the year, with the Board expected to take final action on the plan by the end of 2012. Documents being released Wednesday include the following:

The Douglas County Public Library in Zephyr Cove and Minden will be closed next Wednesday and Thursday, Jan. 25-26, due to budgetary constraints. The Zephyr Cove Library will re-open at 9 a.m. Jan....