SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - For the past seven years, Lake Tahoe Community College (LTCC) has hosted Gift of Literacy, a program developed to foster a love of reading among young children while enhancing literacy rates in the community.

Through the support of community partnerships and generous donors, the program aims to involve every first grader on the South Shore of Lake Tahoe.

The Gift of Literacy seeks to inspire excitement for reading and learning through:

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The South Tahoe High School Junior Optimist Club is holding a fun field day for kids in grades K-8 on Saturday, June 8 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the South Tahoe High School softball and baseball fields.

Kids get to try out new things offered at the high school and in the community. There will be various activities, including softball, wrestling, cheer/dance, football, volleyball, arts and crafts, and Career Technical Education (CTE) classes like sports medicine. Heavenly Ski Patrol and many other community participants will also be at the event.

LAKE TAHOE, Nev. - The East Shore Express bus service returns beginning June 28, 2024, according to a Tahoe Transportation District (TTD) announcement Friday. This season, hourly paid parking will be available at the Tunnel Creek parking lot, located at 1102 Tahoe Blvd. at the Tahoe East Shore Trailhead. This strategic change is meant to enhance access and convenience for riders.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - This week's Home of the Week winner from the South Tahoe Association of Realtors:

Listing Agent: Sam Holmes
Listing Office: Coldwell Banker Select Real Estate
530.314.1092, sam.holmes@cbselectre.com
Property Address: 776 Anita Drive, South Lake Tahoe
MLS #: 140124

Bedrooms: 2
Baths: 2
Square Footage: 1,280 Sq Ft.
Price: $565,000

LAKE TAHOE, Nev. - Allison Steinmetz, M.D., a multi-board-certified internist at Lake Tahoe, has opened a new MDVIP-affiliated practice located at 212 Elks Point Road in Zephyr Cove, Nevada. Dr. Steinmetz is also board-certified in Pediatrics and Hospice and Palliative Medicine and is currently accepting patients who want a more direct and collaborative relationship with their primary care doctor.

MDVIP is the market leader in personalized healthcare with a network of over 1,100 physicians nationwide.

David and Gayle Woodruff offer history programs throughout Lake Tahoe, the Carson Valley, and Eastern Sierra covering several topics, many times bringing their characters to life in a Chautauqua performance.

This Saturday, June 1, they will be at Western Days in South Lake Tahoe in the museum complex. The event is from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and the Woodruffs take the stage at 1 p.m., assuming the characters of fictive characters Clive and Vivian Sterling, who worked at a Washoe Valley divorce Ranch in the 1940s, ‘50s, and ‘60s, in a living history presentation, “The Reno Cure.”

LAKE TAHOE, Nev. - Actor Jeremy Renner, who has a home near Mt. Rose at Lake Tahoe, has created a foundation to support foster youth in the Reno/Northern Nevada area. The RennerVation Foundation is holding a summer camp for those foster youth at the 4H Camp in Stateline from July 1-5, 2024, and camp counselors are still needed.

The biggest need is for male cabin counselors and high-school-age counselors in training. A cabin houses about 10-12 youths.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - There were 16,800 seedlings planted this spring, a lot of little trees including sugar pines, Jeffrey pines, and white pines, according to the Sugar Pine Foundation.

They said there are now a lot of little trees to water this summer!

"Thanks to lucky timing of our planting events, we managed to stay mostly dry even though it rained and snowed quite a bit in April and May," said the Sugar Pine Foundation in a letter to supporters. "Of course, the precipitation was fantastic for watering our newly planted baby seedlings!"

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has completed its investigation into the shooting of a bear inside a South Lake Tahoe home. They said that, after a formal law enforcement investigation into the matter, the homeowner who shot the bear did nothing illegal and would not face any charges.

On Monday, May 27 at approximately 2:30 p.m., wildlife officers were called to a home off of Pioneer Trail in South Lake Tahoe after being notified a bear had been shot and killed by a homeowner.