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It’s Wildfire Awareness Month at Tahoe, and with the summer tourist season around the corner, we must all remember that drought has left our Region with severely dry forest conditions and an extreme risk of wildfire. This summer we need to think about “when” not “if” another fire will happen. All of us have important roles to play in preventing the next wildfire, and in making sure our homes, families, and communities are prepared for it.

Looking to improve your business's customer service? Want to rise above the norm?

The Lake Tahoe South Shore Chamber of Commerce (Tahoe Chamber), in partnership with the City of South Lake Tahoe, is offering a Knock-Your-Socks-Off Customer Service workshop on Wednesday, June 3, 2015 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

The 3rd Annual Lake Tahoe Reggae Festival will be held at the Hard Rock Hotel Outdoor Arena on Saturday, June 27. The concert is open to all ages and will feature Iration, Matisyahu, Don Carlos, The Green, The Expendables, Fortunate Youth, Vokab Kompany, Squarefield Massiv and more.

Advanced general admission tickets for the reggae festival are $45, VIP tickets are $90; and kids 12 and under are only $10, and kids under 6 are FREE. All tickets can be purchased on line.

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"This is astounding and I have not seen anything to this degree in the years I've lived here." Those were South Lake Tahoe City Councilwoman JoAnn Conner's words after hearing how several agencies will work together to make the Middle School Connectivity Plan a reality.

Her sentiments were echoed by her fellow council members and the mayor after seeing how multiple agencies can leverage their funds and plan together for a network of connecting trails through South Lake Tahoe that will keep pedestrians and bikers off unsafe roadways.

Families, art and music lovers, and history buffs can expect a spectacular season of entertainment on the shore of Lake Tahoe at this year’s Valhalla Arts, Music & Theatre Festival, June 17 – August 26, 2015. Free music on the lawn, boot stomping roots music in a 1920’s boathouse, classic theatre productions, outdoor art camps for kids, cultural dance performances and fine art shows are some of the many highlights that await 2015 festival goers. Tickets are on sale now at ValhallaTahoe.com.

Give Where You Live! is a 24-hour giving challenge coordinated by the El Dorado Community Foundation. This year's day long giving day is Thursday, April 23, 2015.

“We have approximately 70 nonprofits participating in the event this year. Each nonprofit will have its own website presence to highlight a particular need or needs for which it is focusing giving dollars, as well as more information about the organization in general,” said Megan Buchanan, donor services coordinator at the foundation.

While the summertime tourist to South Lake Tahoe should only be slightly affected, business owners along Highway 89 are worried about their livelihood with overnight road construction and blocked driveways.

During Thursday evening's Caltrans informational meeting at South Tahoe High, several owners of lodging properties, restaurants, sports and retail stores spoke about their concerns during the project which will last from mid-April to mid-October in 2015 and could even extend into the 2017 building season.

It was a blast from the past today as I spoke with Night Ranger's drummer Kelly Keagy. We covered everything from playing discos in my hometown of Fremont, CA in the 70s to playing in large arenas with the likes of Kiss and ZZTop, to playing at the Hard Rock Casino Lake Tahoe this weekend.

Keagy is one of the founding members of the band Night Ranger. He and buddies Jack Blades and Brad Gillis formed the band in 1979, and the three are still performing around the world as well as recording albums today.

Pro-snowboarder, Mike Basich, tours his self-built 225 square foot home in the middle of his 40 acre property in Truckee, CA, and shows how being close to nature drives his most creative decisions.

The annual Gala for the South Tahoe High Performing & Visual Arts Booster Association (PABA) is being held on Saturday, March 20 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Enjoy appetizers and "mocktails" prepared by the STHS culinary arts students prior to the evening's performance of A Midsummer's Night Dream.

Tickets for the Gala are $30 for the Gala only; $40 for the Gala plus a show ticket; $50 for the above plus a bonus gift; and $75 for all this plus a reserved seat in the theater!

“The course of true love never did run smooth," wrote William Shakespeare in his most famous comedy, 'A Midsummer Night’s Dream.' Fans of the Bard are in for a treat as the talented South Tahoe High students present this famous play in the school's new, state of the art TADA Theatre March 13-15 and 20-22.

Midsummer's Night Dream will be presented with a Tahoe Twist and promises to keep you in stitches. Director Nannette Niven has a cast of 20 students including Bjorn Hedqvist, Stephanie Hernandez, Zoe Greco, Tyler Martin, Steve Huerta, Zane Brady, Hunter Turney and Jered Stowell.

Craft shows allowed in South Lake Tahoe have long been an issue, whether it was the number of them or the quality of goods offered. In September of 2013, the codes concerning craft shows were revised to only allow 10 per year in 2014 and eight per year starting in 2015. The maximum number of shows per location was changed to limit just four.

The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in South Lake Tahoe announced today they will be hosting six to eight outdoor concerts this summer.

The rear parking lot at the Stateline property will be converted into an outdoor amphitheater that will seat up to 7,500 people.

In a venture with PR Entertainment, Inc. (owned by former Caesars Entertainment Director Paul Reder), Hard Rock is looking to attract top-name national artists to the Lake Tahoe area. They plan on starting the concerts in June and concluding on Labor Day weekend.

El Dorado County Sheriff's Office arrested three suspects for the murder of 55-year-old Pete Thomas.

On the evening of February 3, police found Thomas's body inside of a home in the 3200 block of Sand Ridge Road in unincorporated Placerville. Detectives and crime scene investigators examined the scene and circumstances of Thomas’ death and determined it was a homicide, said El Dorado County Sheriff’s Department spokesperson Lt. Tom Murdoch.

Five big nights of music have already been announced for Harvey's Outdoor Concert venue and tickets are already selling.

The popular South Lake Tahoe spot will host Train as they tour the US on their Picasso at the Wheel Summer Tour. Train will be joined by The Fray & Matt Nathanson on Tuesday, July 21.

On Wednesday, July 22, superstar Kenny Chesney stops by on his Big Revival Tour 2015. Chesney is the only Country artist in Billboard’s Top 10 Tour Acts of the last 25 years. Chase Rice will also be on the bill.

Actors, singers and dancers of all ages are needed for the Lake Tahoe Community College production of the award winning musical Pippin. Gymnasts, jugglers, acrobats, aerialists are also being sought.

Auditions will be held on Tuesday, February 17 at the college's Duke Theater. Actors are required to sing selections from Pippin for the audition. Audition material and information can be found at http://www.singingvoice.net/williams/pippin, as well as on the Theatre Department webpage and Facebook page (LTCCTheatreArts).

After dismal gaming figures were released in December, the news received on the South Shore today was much better for casino officials.

Local casinos won $15,947,548 in December, up 1.05% from December of the previous year. Year to date figures show that the combination of Harrah's Tahoe, Harvey's, MontBleu and Lakeside Inn are up 2.6^% with a gaming win of $124,107,554.

The gaming win represents the computed income of casinos before business expenses and taxes.

For the first time since World War I was ongoing, a rare Sierra Nevada red fox was spotted in Yosemite National Park. The video above shows the fox making tracks through the snow-covered mountains early this past December.

The National Park Service said in a press release that two documented sightings have occurred in park since early December, one on Dec. 13, and another on Jan 4. These marks the first confirmed sightings of the rare fox in the park in nearly 100 years.

A 2011 false arrest complaint against the City of South Lake Tahoe by Patrick Solomon ended up in a jury trial in Federal Court's Eastern Division in Sacramento. On Thursday the jury came back with a decision siding with the defense, stating that there was no wrong doing on behalf of the City or the police department.

The case started when Solomon was arrested on January 21, 2011 for assaulting an El Dorado County Sheriff's Officer Deputy Brandon Pena.

Officer Pena was a County correctional officer and knew the plaintiff during his time as an inmate at the El Dorado County jail.

The City of South Lake Tahoe is set to sell the vacant lot they own on the southwest corner of Ski Run Blvd and Highway 50 during Tuesday's City Council meeting.

A purchase and sale agreement between the Halferty Development Company, LLC of Pasadena, CA and the City of South Lake Tahoe was created on January 5, 2015 and will be voted on January 20, 2015. The agreement shows that Halferty has offered $1,100,000 for the lot and will get 12,000 square feet of commercial floor space with the sale.

Live music, painting, giveaways and local sponsor and non-profit booths will all be part of the action as the FNCTN Winter Music Series has it's second event of the season. It will be rocking inside the Lake Tahoe Golf Course on Friday, January 23, 2015. Top S.F. Bay Area band Forrest Day and funky jam band Big Sticky Mess will both perform at the clubhouse.

Doors open at 8:00 p.m. and admission is $10 (FREE on your birthday) with affordable drink options available to suit a ski bum budget including Redbull with Tahoe Blue Vodka.

With an overall record of 12-1 and a Northern Nevada IV league leading 5-0, the Whittell High School Varsity Basketball Team has taken off just as they did in their 2014 State Championship year.

The Whittell Warriors hosted Excel Christian action Saturday night. Whittell's 31 point second quarter sealed the deal as the South Shore team won, 81-51. Whittell was coming off a Friday night road victory where they beat Smith Valley 73-35.

“Wouldn’t it Be Nice” to rock out as the legendary Beach Boys perform one-night only at Lake Tahoe’s MontBleu Resort Casino & Spa, March 27, 2015. Regarded one of the greatest American rock groups and an important catalyst in the evolution of popular music, The Beach Boys are one of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful bands ever. www.montbleuresort.com.

In the United States, 31% of all traffic fatalities involve drunk driving which means 10,322 people are killed by drunk drivers annually, with 802 of those in California alone.

With holiday parties and festive occasions, more people will be drinking that during a normal week.