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The Nevada Highway Patrol (NHP) is becoming concerned with traffic issues around Sand Harbor on State Route 28 near Incline Village, especially early mornings on Saturdays and Sundays.

Drivers parking and those stopping in the middle of the road trying to park are creating backups and dangerous situations before the popular beach even opens.
On many weekend mornings the traffic is backed up all the way into Incline Village, causing major delays, and this is when there is no road construction.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Sample the Sierra, Lake Tahoe's largest farm-to-fork festival, is back to celebrate all that the Sierra Nevada region has to offer on Saturday, September 16 from noon to 5:00 p.m. at Bijou Community Park.

The city received some good news this week. We were successfully awarded $2.9 million in federal funds to complete all of the funding for the Sierra Blvd. Streetscape project-we are now 100% funded through construction. Kudos to Stan Hill with the City for his excellent grant application. Per Jim Marino, Asst.

Twelve four-season resorts with 20,000 skiable acres are all now part of a new company that was formed to acquire Intrawest Resort Holdings, Inc. and Mammoth Resorts.

Affiliates of KSL Capital Partners, LLC and Henry Crown and Company now own Squaw Valley, Alpine Meadows, Mammoth Mountain Ski Area, Snow Summit, Bear Mountain and June Mountain in California; Steamboat Ski & Resort and Winter Park Resort in Colorado; Blue Mountain Ski Resort in Ontario; Mont Tremblant Resort in Quebec; Stratton Mountain Resort in Vermont; and Snowshoe Mountain Resort in West Virginia.

In a one man show, Chris Bayer will portray both Major William Ormsby and Lucky Bill Thorington in “The Major and the Gambler” at Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park on Wednesday, August 9, at 6:30 pm.

Major William Mathew Ormsby was born in 1814 in Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Ormsby was a teamster, failed horse dealer, citizen at large, visionary and one of the most important figures in the founding of Nevada and its capitol, Carson City. He was killed in 1860 during the Pyramid Lake Paiute uprising.

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Truckee has it's own "Secret Garden," a lush valley full of rare carnivorous plants and threatened bird species that has been preserved and kept from the public for more than 100 years.

The Truckee Donner Land Trust and Nature Conservancy partnered together and bought over 1,200 acres in the Lower Carpenter Valley for $10.3 million, 600 acres that is so sensitive that initially the only access with be through guided tours. 637 acres were purchased last year and treat hikers and mountain bikers to Crabtree Canyon. The final 80-acre parcel is under contract for purchase by the partners.

The monthly meeting of the Tahoe Paradise Resort Improvement District (TPRID) Board of Directors will take place on Thursday, July 27 at 6:00 p.m. at the Paradise Park clubhouse.

Members of the public are invited and comment on both agenda items or other matters.

Their agenda includes the following items:

Beach project, deck, ADA and ADA Parking civil Engineering, contractor selection- Additional bathroom project for lower park
Grants update (including ADA)
Sign program for park update
Tennis court resurfacing, court 1 rehab
Music in the park program, summer 2018

LAKE TAHOE - The summer of 2017 is the 45th anniversary of the Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival at Sand Harbor. If you have never been, this should be the year. Sit in the sand and enjoy not only great productions on the Warren Edward Trepp Stage at water's edge, but also an eclectic food and beverage area (or bring your own).

Two shows will be on the stage, alternating nights, Tuesday-Sunday through August 27.

The following are the 73 incidents the South Lake Tahoe Fire Rescue and Cal-Tahoe JPA ambulances responded to from July 13-18, 2017.

7/13

00:14 - 2500 block of Chris Ave - Public service assistance, other
00:33 - Barton Hospital - Interfacility Transfer
03:42 - Barton Hospital - Interfacility Transfer
09:08 - 1200 block of Bonanza Ave - No incident found on arrival at dispatch address
08:51 - 1600 block of Lake Tahoe Blvd - EMS call, excluding vehicle accident with injury
14:56 - 1000 block of Heavenly Village Way - EMS call, excluding vehicle accident

As fans around the globe try to come to grips with the death of Chester Bennington, Linkin Park has canceled their American Tour which included a stop in Lake Tahoe at the Harvey's Outdoor Concert Arena on September 1.

"We are incredibly saddened to hear about the passing of Chester Bennington," Live Nation, the tour's promoter, said in a statement Friday. "The Linkin Park One More Light North American Tour has been canceled and refunds are available at point of purchase. Our thoughts go out to all those affected.”

Dmitri Pajitnov (Dima), a member of the Heavenly Mountain Resort Ski Patrol team, has been missing since July 3, 2017 when he fell through a snow bridge on Washington's Mt. Rainier near Pebble Creek as he skied down the mountain.

His body has not been found and friends are heading back to the area this weekend for what they are calling a recovery mission.

Dmitri's ski partner observed the fall and searched for two hours using an avalanche probe and transceiver before descending to Paradise and reporting the incident according to a report from the National Park Service.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE - The following is a recap of activity the South Lake Tahoe Police Department responded to 321 calls between July 4 - July 10, 2017.

Calls Resulting in Arrests/Citations:

7/4 (74 calls)

2:33 a.m. - Drunk in Public in the 1000 block of Long Valley Ave
5:06 p.m. - Drunk in Public in the 2100 block of South Ave
5:08 p.m. - Drunk in Public in the 3400 block of Lake Tahoe Blvd
5:25 p.m. - DUI at Statelin Ave & Cedar Ave
11:20 p.m. - DUI in the 3900 block of Lake Tahoe Blvd

7/5 (60 calls)

A free Western Heritage Celebration returns to the Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park on Saturday, July 22, beginning at 11:00 am.

The event’s second year will include a heritage quilting presentation, a Victorian dressing presentation, songs about local history and cowboy poetry, as well as gold panning and other children’s activities.

The Carson Valley Quilt Guild returns for its second year and will give a demonstration on a variety of quilting methods including the “Crazy Quilt”. This demonstration is from 11:00 am until Noon.

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The community will soon be seeing green at the site of the South Lake Tahoe Community Playfields on Al Tahoe Blvd.

Thomas Haen Company of South Lake Tahoe, a long-time local General Engineering contractor and two local subcontractors, Ron Fuller Construction and Earth and Stone Landscape were awarded the contract by the City of South Lake Tahoe to create two fields adjacent to the Lake Tahoe Community College (LTCC) soccer field.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - In the works since 2002, construction has begun on a new housing development project underneath the gondola in South Lake Tahoe.

With recent water tragedies in Lake Tahoe we are republishing this 2016 article.

The most common misunderstanding about swimming in Lake Tahoe is that people can suffer from hypothermia, which leads to death. The real truth is that "cold water shock" will kill much quicker than hypothermia ever will.

"The sudden lowering of skin temperature on immersion in cold water represents one of the most profound stimuli that the body can encounter." Golden and Tipton in Essentials of Sea Survival

Two large wildfires that started Monday east of Reno continue to burn.

The Truckee Fire near Wadsworth is now between 18,000 and 20,000 acres and is 15 percent contained. Over 200 firefighters and multiple agencies are working to put out the fire. This fire is now covering portions of Washoe and Churchill counties.

People are asked to stay out of the area and keep traffic clear along Interstate 80.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - To get a front row seat to one of the best fireworks shows in the country, it takes some planning. It will be crowded no matter where one goes along the Lake Tahoe shore, so pack your supplies for the day, relax, and enjoy.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE - The following is a recap of activity the South Lake Tahoe Police Department responded to 291 calls between June 20 - June 26, 2017.

Calls Resulting in Arrests/Citations:

6/20 (39 calls)

DUI in the 3800 block of Pioneer Trail
Warrant in the 3900 block of Lake Tahoe Blvd
Warrant on Werner Salas Dr
DUI in the 2700 block of Lake Tahoe Blvd
Under the Influence: Drugs in the 900 block of Lakeview Ave
Unlicensed Driver at Park Ave and Manzanita

6/21 (36 calls)

No Arrests

6/22 (37 calls)

In an effort to encourage visitors to the South Shore to stay over on Sunday night during the Labor Day weekend, the Lake Tahoe Visitor's Authority (LTVA) started a fireworks show in Lake Tahoe in 1998.

With a changing school year calendar and lack of Sunday night stays, the Labor Day fireworks show is no more.

"The lodging and tourism board (LTVA and Tahoe Douglas Visitor's Authority, TDVA) have had discussions for awhile about the Labor Day fireworks," said LTVA and TDVA Executive Director Carol Chaplin. "Lodging was finding their Sunday night reservations were soft."

Author Todd Borg will speak on his “Owen McKenna Mystery Thrillers” on Saturday, July 8, at 10:00 am
at the Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park. This event is free.

Todd Borg will share with his audience his journey to becoming one of the most acclaimed mystery writers of our time. Borg now has fourteen Tahoe mysteries featuring ex-San Francisco homicide inspector Owen McKenna.

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SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Mike Goar has been named the new Heavenly Mountain Resort chief operating officer, with additional oversight of the company’s Kirkwood Mountain and Northstar California resorts.

Goar is coming from Vail Resort's Keystone resort in Colorado where his is the current vice president and chief operating officer.

Meeks Bay Fire is holding their 49th annual Pancake Breakfast on Saturday and Sunday, July 1 and 2 from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at their fire station on SR-89. This year the Sierra States Parks Foundations have come on board to help with the popular event that provides not only pancakes but also the famous Meeks Bay Fire jumbo sausages, applesauce, milk, coffee, orange juice, and plenty of butter and maple syrup to make the meal complete!

This popular fundraising event has been called "the best of its kind" on the West Shore.

Climb Out of the Darkness® is the world’s largest event raising awareness of pregnancy and postpartum mental health disorders is holding a regional event in South Lake Tahoe. All moms, dads, families and friends are invited to participate on Sunday, July 9 at 9:00 a.m. at Nevada Beach.