INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. – The boat ramp at Sand Harbor State Park will be closed from 6 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, July 15 to accommodate the Trans-Tahoe Relay Race. The swimmers will start their race at the beach located just south of the boat ramp at approximately 7 a.m.

The boat ramp will reopen for normal boater traffic at 8:30 a.m.

LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Nineteen miles of trail that travel through Desolation Wilderness from Echo Lakes to Lake Aloha are in desperate need of extensive restoration work due to high use, erosion, and extreme weather events. To address this critical need, the nonprofit Tahoe Fund is partnering with the Tahoe Rim Trail Association to launch a $50,000 matching campaign.

Erich E. Alexander, May 16, 1957 - July 6, 2023. Our hearts are broken as we announce the loss of our beloved husband, brother, uncle, and friend. Erich E. Alexander passed away peacefully with loved ones by his side.

He was a patient, loving, caring, sincere, and incredibly skilled person. He was grateful for every day. Erich was born in San Mateo, Calif., and spent his first seven years in Pleasanton, Calif. The family then moved to a new home in Dublin, Calif. where he lived with his two brothers and parents until he graduated from Dublin High School in 1975.

LAKE TAHOE, Nev. - The casino sportsbooks at Stateline have former professional tennis player Mardy Fish at 11/4 odds to win this week's American Century Championship (ACC) at Edgewood. That put him directly behind the favorite to win, Tony Romo
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Fish was in town ahead of the tournament to share his thoughts on golf, the ACC, tennis, and mental health.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - What was once Embassy Suites and the Lake Tahoe Resort Hotel in South Lake Tahoe will be emerging as the Margaritaville Resort Lake Tahoe by the end of 2023 after a multi-million dollar top-to-bottom reimagination. On Tuesday Margaritaville announced the debut of Margaritaville Resort Lake Tahoe - the brand’s first lodging location in a ski destination and the only all-suite resort in South Lake Tahoe. The rumor had been circulating for a few weeks as the project went through the planning process.

LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The 27th annual Lake Tahoe Summit will be held on August 9, 2023, at the Kings Beach Recreation Area from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

This year’s summit will highlight Tahoe’s Environmental Improvement Program, a successful bipartisan, bi-state collaboration among local, state, federal, and private entities. It will also examine the challenges that lie ahead in the face of climate change and increasingly unpredictable weather whiplash, as well as the growing demands on regional infrastructure.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Celebrating 30 years of family-friendly shows, Tahoe Improv Players (TIP) are going retro for their July 18 show at the Boathouse Theater at Valhalla Tahoe. “It’ll be a blast to the past!” says
Gerry Orton, Director of the Tahoe Improv Players. Orton, along with Frank Riley, co-founded ComedySportz Lake Tahoe in 1993. The troupe evolved into the Tahoe Improv Players in 1997.

They're unpacking their ComedySportz (CSz) Lake Tahoe uniforms, to dress for the occasion … a special grudge match with ComedySportz San Jose.

LAKE TAHOE, Nev. - Former NFL quarterback Tim Tebow was at the Tahoe Blue Events Center Monday to announce that he and partner David Hodges are bringing professional hockey to Lake Tahoe.

The new center will be home to the first professional sports team to call the Lake Tahoe area home. The team will launch in October 2024.

Hockey players from Tahoe Hockey Academy, Tahoe Prep Hockey Academy, and the Lake Tahoe Lakers were on hand for the announcement on the steps of the new center which should be open by the beginning of September.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Seasonable July heat continues into next week with dry and breezy afternoon zephyr winds prevailing. By next weekend, a strong area of high pressure will develop across the southwestern U.S. which could yield some of the hottest temperatures so far this year with record
high temperatures possible, according to the National Weather Service (NWS) in Reno.

The final two rounds of the American Century Championship at Edgewood should see a high of 90 degrees.

The South Lake Tahoe weekly forecast from NWS Reno: