SouthTahoeNOW.com

2 days ago | southtahoenow.com | Paula Peterson

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – To reduce wildfire risk, the USDA Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit is scheduled to begin mastication treatments on approximately 20 acres of National Forest System lands adjacent to South Tahoe High School. Work may begin this week and will continue for the next three weeks, conditions, staffing and weather permitting. When work is taking place, access to some areas may be disrupted temporarily.

2 days ago | southtahoenow.com | Paula Peterson

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – The next meeting of the South Lake Tahoe Planning Commission will include the major design review and request for allocation of commercial floor area at a new business, the Tahoe Cider Company. The special meeting will decide is the business can transfer and use 1,033 square feet of Commercial Floor Area (CFA).

3 days ago | southtahoenow.com | Paula Peterson

LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – After silver was discovered in Virginia City in 1859, it became a boomtown after a massive influx of miners and speculators arrived to make it rich. To supply water to the town and the mines, Marlette Lake was created by installing a dam on what was known as Goodwin Lake, and Hobart Reservoir was created. The water was diverted to Virginia City via an ingenious system of flumes and pipelines, including the world’s largest inverted siphon in 1873.

3 days ago | southtahoenow.com | Paula Peterson

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – The El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office responds to calls throughout the county. The following are calls that only pertain to the South and West Shore, including Meyers, South Lake Tahoe, Meeks Bay, Tahoma, and the Echo Summit area. There may be some missing calls due to sheriff’s logs not being completed at the time of the story. Calls for June 16 – June 22, 20256/1605:56 GRAND THEFT REPORT – Occurred on Cascade Rd, in South Lake Tahoe, CA. Disposition: REPORT TAKEN.

3 days ago | southtahoenow.com | Paula Peterson

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. –  Sen. Mike Lee’s (R-UT) provision to mandate the sale of millions of acres of public lands has reportedly been stripped from the Senate budget reconciliation package on procedural grounds by the Senate parliamentarian. Several protests have occurred at Lake Tahoe since the bill was introduced, including one on the beach this weekend. If passed, the sale of U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management lands in 11 western states, including large portions of Lake Tahoe.