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SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - If you don't have to be on the roads around Lake Tahoe today, don't go.

As the beginning of fairly strong weather system has just hit the Sierra, there are not only chain controls but also a series of collisions and spinouts. The storm shouldn't have surprised anyone as warnings have been in place all week.

As of 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, January 5, 2019, chain controls are up on all mountain roads around Lake Tahoe on the California side, expected to be going up soon on the Nevada side.

Good Morning Lake Tahoe Skiers & Riders…

Shaping up to be a Beautiful Day to hit the slopes… Warming up a little more today. Snow Surface Conditions are holding up with Machine Groomed & Skier-Rider Packed Snow… Some areas of Firm Pack… There are still post New Year’s families & crowds impacting lines… Have Patience. Get After it! Have Fun & Be Safe!

Today’s Weather: Expect Partly Cloudy Skies. Highs: 42F-47F (32F-37F on the Slopes). Light Winds becoming southwest around 10 mph in the afternoon.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – The USDA Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit is now accepting reservations for the 2019 Winter Trek Conservation Education Program. Fifth-grade teachers may reserve a spot by calling the Forest Supervisor’s office at 530-543-2789, Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m., excluding holidays. Winter Trek begins Tuesday, January 15, and continues through March 28, 2019, weather permitting. Field trips are generally three hours long and are offered on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit will temporarily close the Incline Village office beginning Wednesday, December 26, 2018. All services will be available through the Forest Supervisor’s office in South Lake Tahoe, including the sale of Access, Senior and Interagency passes along with fuelwood (seasonal) and wilderness permits. The South Lake Tahoe office also sells maps and offers backpacking, biking, hiking, off-highway vehicle and other recreational information for the Lake Tahoe Basin.

LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - During their annual community grant EpicPromise celebration, 93 local nonprofits were awarded a total of $1.9 million in cash as well as additional in-kind product support. Across the company, Vail Resorts will give $11.4 million in support to more than 250 community non-profits over the upcoming year.

Each year Vail gives away money and product to groups serving the communities they have resorts located. For Kirkwood, Heavenly and Northstar, support was given to support the health and resilience of the Truckee and South Lake Tahoe communities.

Weather permitting, California State Parks, California Tahoe Conservancy, North Lake Tahoe and Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection Districts and the U.S. Forest Service may continue prescribed fire operations over the next several weeks in multiple locations around Lake Tahoe.

Area 1 - No planned burning.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Winter weather has arrived in Lake Tahoe! The second of three storm fronts is finishing up Thursday night with the storm warning expiring at 4:00 a.m. Friday. But Mother Nature isn't done yet.

Another Winter Storm Warning goes up for the Lake Tahoe Basin at 1:00 p.m. Friday and will be in effect until 3:00 p.m. Saturday. A break in the weather precipitation will occur Friday morning which will make this the best window of opportunity to travel in the Sierra.

South Tahoe Now will be carrying The Mountain Resort Report by Curtis Fong during the 2018-19 ski season.

Good morning Lake Tahoe skiers and riders. It's a beautiful Sunday FUnday for ending your Thanksgiving weekend! Kirkwood has three lifts and 15 trails open; Mammoth is open top to bottom with 12 lifts and 37 trails open; Squaw has Gold Coast open on the upper mountain; Mt. Rose is open top to bottom. Have fun and be safe! If you are departing the Lake Tahoe Basin, buckle up, drive safely and have patience with traffic.

Coming to Lake Tahoe for Thanksgiving? Try to get here early Wednesday.

Holiday travel impacts are likely across the Sierra and western Nevada starting on Wednesday. It is best to have a winter travel kit and plan for potentially
long delays through Friday.

According to the National Weather Service in Reno, the biggest chance for snow is Wednesday, though not overly impressive for Sierra standards.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - If you want to cut down your Christmas tree in Lake Tahoe, time is running out and Friday, November 16 may be your last chance.

As of 11:45 a.m. Friday, the US Forest Service office in South Lake Tahoe was sold out of the popular $!0 permits. The only other location in the Lake Tahoe Basin is in Incline Village. As of that same time they were down to about 275 permits and expected to be sold out by the end of the day.

LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Caltrans is alerting the public that State Highway 89 will be closed at Emerald Bay on Wednesday, November 14 from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

This closure will allow for a crane to work in the area placing downed trees on the slope for erosion control. Dead or dying trees will be cut down from the area around the project site on Tuesday, November 13 and stacked onsite for placement on the hillside the next day.

Motorists from the north seeking to access the west or south shores of Lake Tahoe will need to detour via Highways 28 and 50 during the full closure.

Join the Lake Tahoe Historical Society for the final Fall Fireside Chat at Historic Camp Richardson as we welcome David Long. Mr. Long has lived in the Tahoe basin for 16 years. He has been a fly fisherman for nearly 40 years. He is a member of a couple of fly fishing clubs and organizations – and has participated in a number of mentor programs for the beginning fly fishing angler. So he really does have some big fish tales to tell. Free for LTHS members and $3 for nonmembers. For questions, please call 530-541-5458. Camp Richardson's Historic Hotel, 1900 Jameson Beach Rd.

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SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - It's that time of year once again when Christmas Tree permits go on sale at local Forest Service offices. With a limit of 2,00 permits there is no telling when they'll sell out.

Starting November 14, 2018, The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit (LTBMU) will begin selling the $10 permits on a first-come, first-served basis. Permit holders may choose from a variety of pine, fir or cedar trees up to six inches in diameter (at the base) in designated cutting areas.

I’m Lou Pierini and I am running for the South Tahoe Utility District Board of Directors. I would like to be part of the process that makes decisions regarding our sewer and water service. I have the experience, the knowledge and the ambition to positively contribute to the direction South Tahoe Public Utility District takes now and in the future.

STATELINE, Nev. - Nine projects were honored as "Best in the Basin" Wednesday during the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) board meeting.

For 28 years TRPA's program has showcased projects around the lake that demonstrate exceptional planning, implementation, and compatibility with Tahoe’s natural environment and communities.

The Best in Basin award winners:

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – The new traffic signals at the intersection of Lodi Avenue and Highway 50 (Lake Tahoe Blvd.) will be activated on Tuesday, October 23. Caltrans is wrapping up year two of a $56 million water-quality and roadway improvement project from the Y to the Trout Creek Bridge, and the new light will allow motorists to utilize synchronized traffic lights the complete distance upon completion.

The new light is replacing stop signs on both sides of Lodi Avenue and what was uncontrolled access on Highway 50.

Lake Tahoe's oldest golf course will be closing for the season this weekend. The City of South Lake Tahoe's seasonal Bijou Golf Course will wrap up their 2018 season on Sunday, October 21.

The last tee time will be at 3:00 p.m.

"On behalf of the City of South Lake Tahoe, we thank you for another great season at the oldest golf course in the Tahoe Basin ~ The Bijou," golf course management said in a press release.

For questions, contact Lauren Thomaselli, Recreation Superintendent at City of South Lake Tahoe, at (530) 542-6197 or lthomaselli@cityofslt.us.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The story of Elias "Lucky" Baldwin has never quite been told as it will be during the inaugural Tahoe Terror at Tallac Historic Site.

Creative students and from South Tahoe High's Thunderclap AV Club and Key Club have created a haunted walk around the Baldwin House just in time for the Halloween season. On Friday, Saturday and Sunday, October 19-21, guided and narrated tours from a host of spooky characters will take the public through the haunted grounds as the story is told of what happens to the servants and other unlucky souls at Lucky's estate.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Originally planned to wrap up this week, work on the large construction project along US 50 will continue until the end of October, weather permitting.

Expect lane closures along the road (also known as Lake Tahoe Blvd.) near Winnemucca Avenue to Silver Dollar Avenue. No detours will be in place. Expect heavy traffic and delays.

Grinding and paving work was completed on Friday, October 5. Caltrans and its contractors are working hard to finish this stretch of the new storm drain system project.

LAKE TAHOE, Nev. - Six different areas around Lake Tahoe have been slated to receive fuels treatment over the next week with some of the prescribed fires starting today, October 10.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit (LTBMU) is pleased to announce that Danelle D. Harrison was selected as the new Deputy Forest Supervisor for the Lake Tahoe Basin. Harrison arrived at the LTBMU a few weeks ago and comes to us from the Kaibab National Forest in Arizona, where she served as the District Ranger for both the Williams and Tusayan Ranger Districts since 2014.

Almost 100 volunteers participated in the League to Save Lake Tahoe's 21st annual Tahoe Forest Stewardship Day on the first day of Fall, September 22, 2018. They restored crumbling stream banks, worked to protect native species and removed litter from Nevada Beach at Lake Tahoe.

“Hands-on restoration work is one of the most important actions we can take to Keep Tahoe Blue,” says Marilee Movius, the League’s community engagement manager, “and many hands make for lighter work to help out our busy land managers.”

LAKE TAHOE, Calif./Nev. - This year marks the tenth anniversary of Lake Tahoe’s Watercraft Inspection Program. Under the program, every motorized watercraft is inspected to ensure it is clean, drained, and dry and not carrying aquatic invasive species before launching at Tahoe. Thanks to diligent boaters and watercraft inspectors, no new aquatic invasive species have been detected in Lake Tahoe since the program began 10 years ago.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - An illegal and abandoned campfire near the Pacific Crest Trail ignited a fire on Wednesday evening.

Crews from USFS, Lake Valley Fire and Calfire were called to the 5:20 p.m. fire on September 19. They staged at the Echo Summit Caltrans maintenance yard on Highway 50, and when determined to be on Forest Service land, the Engine 42 crew from USFS hiked into the fire location and the others were on call in case needed.