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The monthly meeting of the Tahoe Paradise Recreation & Park District Board will be on Thursday, May 31 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the park located at 1011 E. San Bernardino.

Agenda items include the following:

Availability of online forum from CSDA/Dane Waddle update from CSDA -
Consideration of covering park volunteers with Workers Comp.
Paddle Board Concession Request
Deck and pathway update
Donation letter and Thank you letter Templates
Interpretive signs update & Budget
Community Park Projects List
Forest thinning Project Update and firewood

Several Lake Tahoe agencies have joined together to remind residents and visitors to practice proper food storage and trash disposal at all times while in bear country. Intentional or unintentional feeding of bears can result in the bear being killed, fines and/or jail time for violators. Every year law enforcement and state wildlife officers respond to hundreds of calls in which bears may pose a public safety threat and/or are damaging property. In some cases, the animals are euthanized.

Become part of the solution and help save our Tahoe bears!

The following 39 businesses took out a license to operate in South Lake Tahoe in the month of March, 2018 and 25 in April.

3/1
South Shore Rock Rods

3/5
Simple, LLC

3/6
Allegro
Rideshare Business - name not disclosed

3/7
Jimmy's Restaurant
The Landing Resort and Spa
Vinyl Jacks

3/9
EMC Safety Products

3/12
Jessica Lenzini Massage Therapy
Marlene Zepeda Housekeeping

3/13
696 San Francisco Triplex
888 San Jose Triplex

3/14

One thing is certain, something has to change or there will not be enough money to operate buses around the South Shore of Lake Tahoe. What isn't certain is how those changes will look, where extra funding can come from, or if services will have to be cut.

During Friday's Tahoe Transportation District (TTD) board meeting, options to keep a sustainable transit system in place for Lake Tahoe were discussed. Buses continue to operate at a loss and that cannot continue, according to the TTD staff.

The board of directors for the Tahoe Paradise Recreation and Park District will hold their monthly meeting on Thursday, March 29 in the park's clubhouse starting at 6:00 p.m.

Here is the meeting agenda:

1. CALL TO ORDER AND CONFIRMATION OF QUORUM
2. ADOPTION OF AGENDA
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Drive an electric vehicle? All drivers are invited to celebrate Tahoe Truckee Earth Day with a poker run scenic cruise around Lake Tahoe on Saturday, April 21, 2018.

Liberty Utilities is reminding customers to be prepared for possible extended power outages due to incoming winter storms.

The National Weather Service has issued a blizzard warning and avalanche watch starting Thursday morning for the Sierra and Lake Tahoe areas citing that this weather pattern could be the biggest snowstorm of the season.

”Although we prepare for extreme weather impacts to our electric system, we remind customers that power outages may occur and we encourage them to be prepared,” said Travis Johnson, Liberty Utilities’ VP of Electric Operations.

To help achieve Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows’ goal to be powered by 100 percent clean, renewable energy sources, Liberty Utilities, the electric service provider in the Lake Tahoe region of California, is actively collaborating with resort leadership to identify and develop new renewable energy generation, storage and energy efficiency projects to benefit the Olympic Valley and surrounding areas. Subject to regulatory approval, the two companies intend to achieve the resort’s 100 percent renewable goal as early as December 2018.

Conserving and restoring Lake Tahoe’s natural environment and revitalizing its communities requires a delicate balancing act. Historically, building consensus around how to strike that balance has been one of the region’s greatest difficulties.

Lake Tahoe reached its strongest-ever consensus on that balance with the 2012 Regional Plan and its focus on sustainable redevelopment to restore natural areas, bring legacy development up to modern environmental standards, and create walkable, bikeable, and vibrant town centers.

For five years, the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) has been publishing "Tahoe In Depth," a newspaper highlighting Lake Tahoe and how to protect, enjoy and explore the Lake Tahoe Basin. It also highlights environmental accomplishment and projects around the lake.

'Tahoe In Depth' is mailed to all homeowners in the basin and at distribution points around the lake, and is online at http://www.trpa.org/about-trpa/press-room/tahoe-in-depth/.

The following 36 businesses took out a license to operate in South Lake Tahoe in the month of October, 2017.

10/2
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE 2ND HOME SERVICES

10/3
BARKER PROPERTY MAINTENANCE
PELCHER ELECTRIC
SNOWFLAKE REMOVAL
WELCOME HOME SHOPPE MIDTOWN

10/4
DARCIE JAQUEZ STYLIST

10/5
NELS TAHOE HARDWARE

10/6
1165 TATA TRIPLEX
OAKLAND TRIPLEX
KAREN FINK CONSULTANT

10/10
848 ROGER TRIPLEX
CYNTHIA COURTNEY RIDESHARE
LAKE TAHOE PAINT AND SIP LLC

The following are the 59 new business licenses issued by the City of South Lake Tahoe in the month of August, 2017:

August 1
CONCRETE BUILDERS GROUP INC
JOHNSON WELDING & FABRICATION
RIDESHARE BRIAN SMITH
TAHOE TOTAL RESOURCES

August 2
HELITAHOE HELICOPTERS
PORTRAY DAVID HAROLDE PHOTOGRAPHY

August 3
CALIFORNIA CABINET & STORE FIXTURE\
WOOD EXCAVATING INC

August 7
OHANA MIDWIFERY & WELLNESS
SIERRA VALLEY PAINTING INC
TAHOE FIRE DANCERS

August 8
LAW OFFICE OF LACEY VAN ETTEN
MICHEL G VAN GORDON MA LMFT
PACIFIC CONTRACT FLOORING INC
TRUE TIMBER BUILDERS

he Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) on Wednesday recognized 15 exceptional projects completed in 2016 with Best in Basin awards.

Now in its 27th year, TRPA’s Best in Basin awards program each year showcases projects around the lake that demonstrate exceptional planning, implementation, and compatibility with Tahoe’s natural environment and communities.

Due to anticipated heavy holiday traffic near Incline Village this Labor Day weekend, the Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) has put work on hold at the State Route 28 shared-used path Saturday, Sept. 2 through Monday, Sept. 4.

NDOT and Granite Construction officials timed current work to be at a point where State Route 28 could be accessible in both directions for the weekend. Work will remain in progress through Friday, Sept. 1 and will resume on Tuesday, Sept. 5 at 7:00 a.m.

Who would have known a horseshoe game at TJ’s Peanut Farm (now known as Steamer’s Bar and Grill) in 1977 would so greatly impact a community? It was this game that raised the first dollar to fund an organization that would go on to help thousands of South Lake Tahoe community members affected by domestic violence, including more than 1,000 last year.

As Live Violence Free (LVF,) formerly the SLT Women’s Center, celebrates 40 years of serving the community with its annual Sunset Gala on Sept. 15, board members, staff and volunteers are honoring their predecessors.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - On Monday, August 21, 2017, a total solar eclipse will pass over the Pacific Northwest affecting the California solar resources supplying power to the grid. During the eclipse from 9:02 a.m. to 11:54 a.m., the moon will obscure much of the solar rays directly affecting the output of both large scale photovoltaic (PV) electric power plants and rooftop solar. A loss of 4,194 megawatts(MW) of California large scale solar electricity is expected.

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.

Liberty Utilities-CA serves nearly 50,000 electric customers in one of the most pristine areas of the country—the Lake Tahoe and surrounding region of Northern California. While it’s no surprise that our customers rank environmental responsibility as very important, it’s been a welcome surprise that they rank Liberty’s environmental stewardship higher each year. In 2016, 75% said we were environmentally responsible—up from 68% the year before!

Liberty Utilities has taken several steps in recent years that contribute to our customers recognizing our environmental commitment.

Dirty Cello will be part of the Valhalla Art, Music and Theatre Festival when they perform at the Boathouse Theater on June 21 at 7:30 p.m.

From China to Italy, and all over the U.S., Dirty Cello brings the world a
high energy and unique spin on blues and bluegrass. Led by vivacious
cross-over cellist, Rebecca Roudman, Dirty Cello is cello like you’ve never
heard before. From down home blues with a wailing cello to virtuosic
stompin’ bluegrass, Dirty Cello is a band that gets your heart thumping and
your toes tapping!

From the day they set foot in the kindergarten classroom, students at Sierra House Elementary school learn about soil, seeds, planting and growing food, and now parents at the school are raising money to take lessons for all K-5 students to the next level.

The sixth annual Lake Tahoe Home and Garden Show will be held April 28-29, 2017 in the South Tahoe Middle School multipurpose room.

Space is being increased to allow more vendors from the region to participate in the only event of its type on the South Shore. A free children's planting area is also being added to the two day show that runs from 4:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m on Friday, and 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m on Saturday.

A new solar energy project will be unveiled to the public on Wednesday, April 19 at 9:30 a.m. in the town of Luning, Nevada. Since going on line, the new 50 MW Luning Solar Energy Center has supplied 25 percent of Liberty Utilities' customers’ energy needs with clean, renewable energy.

The Luning center is located on Highway 361 at Mile Marker 25, approximately a three-hour drive from South Lake Tahoe.

“We’re very excited to share this official opening with our customers and the community of Luning,” stated Travis Johnson, Liberty Utilities’ VP of Electric Operations.

The winter of 2017 has been full of surprises with record amounts of rain and snow, but one surprise came in the mail by wait of an electric bill.

Many Liberty Utilities customers have noticed their January and February bills were higher than expected. Due to extreme weather, the utility company had to bill based on estimated billing as actual meter reads were impossible. For some customers, actual reads may not have occurred until March if a customer’s scheduled meter read was during the February winter storms.

Matthew D. Muller, a 40-year-old disbarred lawyer from Orangevale who often spent time at his family cabin in the South Lake Tahoe area, was sentenced today to 40 years in prison for the kidnapping Denise Hoskins at the Vallejo home she shared with her boyfriend on March 23, 2015.