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LAKE TAHOE, Nev. - The hilarious host of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show,” Trevor Noah, is bringing his “Loud & Clear Tour” to the 2019 Lake Tahoe Summer Concert Series at Harveys Outdoor Arena on Friday, July 5.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - It was a day of crazy socks, mismatched shoes and untied shoelaces at the Sierra House Elementary campus at Al Tahoe Learning Center Thursday in celebration of World Down Syndrome Day.

Kindergarten teacher Amy Terpening organized #RockYourSocks day in her classroom and held a surprise celebration of her student Dylan Polan who has Down Syndrome. The six-year-old came through a tunnel created by her fellow students and then sat down to be "interviewed" by her teacher. The students displayed paper socks they decorated with fun shapes and colors.

EL DORADO COUNTY, Calif. - Films, commercials, and television shows are shot all over South Lake Tahoe and the rest of El Dorado County, and many times the local film industry needs the help of the community to fill positions from catering to actors.

To learn how you can be part of the lights, camera, and action, plan on attending the El Dorado Lake Tahoe Film & Media Office annual "I Love Film Mixer" on Friday, March 22 from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the El Dorado County Fairgrounds in Placerville.

2019 Volvo XC90 AWD Inscription, inscribed to be the best, but?

Volvo brought us the XC90 in model year 2003 and it won the Motor Trend SUV of the year. It was a trick vehicle and one of my favorites, especially when equipped with the spectacular 4.4L, 311 hp Yamaha V-8 engine. It was about the perfect SUV with great styling from Volvo designer, Doug Frasher, a man responsible for many great Volvo designs including the S80.

LAKE TAHOE, Nev. - The Del Tackett movie "Is Genesis History?" will be featured dueing a free showing at Tahoe Community Church on Saturday, January 19 at 7:00 p.m.

Is Genesis History? features over a dozen scientists and scholars explaining how the world intersects with the history recorded in Genesis. From rock layers to fossils, from lions to stars, from the Bible to artifacts, this fascinating film will change the way you see the world.

Good Morning Lake Tahoe Skiers & Riders…

Mostly Clear to Partly Cloudy Skies and Resorts continue to open more Lifts & Terrain. Heavenly opens California Base access; Kirkwood opens Chairs 2, 3 & 4 to the Back Side, Sierra at Tahoe opens Back Side’ Squaw opens KT22, Scott & Sherwood open at Alpine; Mammoth opens all lifts with 151 trails open. Sunshine & Blue Skies with Machine Groomed Corduroy and Skier-Rider Packed Powder… Have Fun & Be Safe! Don’t miss the Tahoe Adventure Film Festival this evening at Montbleu.

Tahoe Sports Ltd will be presenting the South Lake Tahoe premier of Warren Miller’s new film, “Face of Winter” at Harrah’s Lake Tahoe on Friday, Nov. 30 and Saturday, Dec. 1. This latest movie of Miller's explores the fact that there are so many “faces of winter,” from your buddies you ski with, to the lifties, ski patrol, ski school, the little groms ripping around the mountain and the unknown skiers sharing the lift line with you.

The Tahoe Adventure Film Festival (TAFF) is like no other film festival in the world and the public is invited to find out all about it when they celebrate their annual event on December 8, 2018 at MontBleu Resort, where it all began 16 years ago.

This is not your typical stuffy film festival. This fun high-energy evening will fuel your passion for action and ignite your senses for adventure. It highlights the best adventure sports films of the year and showcases the action sports world's best talent.

LAKE TAHOE, Calif./Nev. - Have some winter fun and help kick off the ski season with a trilogy of movie premiers dubbed "Lord of the Boards." The Lake Tahoe premier of the feature movie, Blank Collective's film Before Blank, is headed to both north and south ends of the lake courtesy of Local Freshies® with a portion of proceeds going to the Sierra Avalanche Center (SAC).

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Each of the nine candidates for City Council have answered the same ten questions given to them by South Tahoe Now. For nine consecutive days the candidate's responses have been shared in the order received.

Today is the ninth and final candidate. Cody Bass gives his responses as he makes his first bid for a seat on the South Lake Tahoe City Council:

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - A 65-year-old man died Friday night after being struck by a vehicle near Denny's on Lake Tahoe Boulevard. Just before 7:30 p.m. on September 28, the South Lake Tahoe Police Department (SLTPD) received several calls about a pedestrian versus vehicle collision near the intersection of Lake Tahoe and Al Tahoe Boulevards.

Upon arrival they found an unresponsive man lying in the roadway in front of Denny's. South Lake Tahoe Fire Rescue personnel arrived and pronounced the local man deceased at the scene.

Chabad at Lake Tahoe will be celebrating 5 years and it's been a Shrek of a Trek. Please join us for an Evening with David Weiss, screenwriter of Shrek 2. Sunday Aug. 26, 4:00pm at a private home in the Tahoe Keys.

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Author Robin Holabird will present “Elvis, Marilyn and the Space Aliens: Nevada Screen Icons” in a free presentation at the Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park on Saturday, August 11, at 10:00 am.

Robin Holabird’s book about Nevada films Elvis, Marilyn and the Space Aliens was published by UN Press in 2017. Holabird honed her writing skills with a degree in Journalism from Humboldt State University and reporting stints at KOLO, the Sparks Tribune and other media outlets.

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Speaker Jim Clark will present Part II of his program, “More Trains in the Westerns”, in a free presentation at the Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park on Saturday, June 16, at 10:00 am.

Jim Clark, known to many as “The Train Man”, returns for a third year to cover more of the 250 films he has worked on. Clark is an engineer and train coordinator who is associated with several of the biggest films with trains and their Hollywood stars. Some of those films include "The Lone Ranger", "Wild, Wild, West", "Into the West" and “Water for Elephants”.

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SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - It's been almost one year since the Lake Tahoe Humane Society (LTHS) fired their former Executive Director Niki Congero amid allegations of embezzlement. For months, South Lake Tahoe Police detectives worked through piles of paperwork and film, completing the case for the El Dorado County District Attorney in December. Since then, the case has been in the hands of the DA's office, but nothing has happened yet.

Tickets are now on sale for the 3rd annual Wild & Scenic Film Festival hosted by Mountain Area Preservation (MAP) on Friday April 20 at the Community Arts Center in Historic Downtown Truckee at 5:00 p.m. This year, the Wild & Scenic Film Festival Truckee will show 13 inspiring and adventurous films, including feature films, SHIFT and Follow Through.

Join the Friends of the Library as we welcome the Sugar Pine Foundation and the showing of ?"The Seedling", a short film that explains the challenges white pines face and how this local organization aims to help. Come meet the staff and the filmmaker. Try the giant sling shot. Bring your tree related questions and learn how to get involved in reforesting our local fire scars. Free and open to all.

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SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, CALIF. - One year ago, South Tahoe Now carried the story of Kerry Gross, a local woman who was setting off on a bike ride across the country as part of her "Women Who Dare" project.

The Women Who Dare podcast, to be released on March 6, follows Gross on her five-month bike ride where she met inspirational women who had a story to tell. She spent the summer of 2017 riding 5,800 miles to meet and interview remarkable women.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, CALIF. - Lake Tahoe Community College (LTCC) has just received the highest level of accreditation possible from the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges, Western Association of Schools and Colleges (ACCJC). The commission reaffirmed the college’s accreditation for seven years on the basis of a comprehensive evaluation. This reaffirmation puts the college in excellent standing until its next full accreditation review in Fall 2024.

The question I get asked the most when sharing that I’m a member of PATH (Partners Against the Trafficking of Humans) is: Is human trafficking happening here in South Lake Tahoe? The answer is yes, although solid numbers are hard to come by. Recently, it was reported in local media that 14 people were arrested and one 17 year old girl rescued from a trafficking ring in El Dorado County that included South Lake Tahoe, Placerville, and El Dorado Hills.

Multi-Platinum artist/musician/producer Charlie Puth has announced plans for his biggest North American headline tour to date, The Voicenotes Tour, and they include a stop at the scenic Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena at Harveys on Saturday, August 18, 2018.

Multi-Platinum recording artist Hailee Steinfeld will be joining Puth on the tour.

You can catch Puth on Tuesday night's finale of The Voice on NBC and Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve.

Three skiers in the Hourglass Bowl area on Tamarack Peak near Mt. Rose triggered a 600 foot long avalanche around 10:45 a.m. Thursday. Nobody was seriously injured though two of the party were slammed into trees and rocks according to the Sierra Avalanche Center.

Heavy new snow was falling rapidly at the time. The avalanche was about three feet deep and 200 feet wide.

A group of 4 or 5 were skiing in the area, with three of them involved in the slide. Two of the skiers lost their skis and another had a possible broken ankle.

Larry Ellison has made billions in high technology and has a knack for buying glitzy real estate properties. Can the founder of Oracle Corp. bring his Midas touch to a faded Lake Tahoe resort once owned by Frank Sinatra?

Tahoe Adventure Film Festival (TAFF) is the annual gathering of the who’s who of outdoor adventure set in a hypnotic theatrical show of go-go dancers and dramatic action imagery by the best Tahoe photographers. It’s where the industry’s best filmmakers premier their latest adventure sports films one night only hosted by festival creator and adventurer, Todd Offenbacher.