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Tahoe Youth & Family Services (TYFS) is planning a celebration for the community in honor of the nationwide "Give Where You Live" day.

El Dorado County Sheriff's Office responds to calls throughout the county.

The following are calls that only pertain to the South Shore. There may be some missing calls due to sheriff's logs not being completed at press time and the story will be updated when provided.

4/5
No Report

4/6
6:36 p.m. - Pornography Found - Heavenly Mountain Resort - A HEAVENLY SKI RESORT EMPLOYEE LOCATED SUSPECTED CHILD PORNOGRAPHY ON A FOUND I-POD TOUCH.

4/7

The following is a recap of activity the South Lake Tahoe Police Department responded to for the week of March 12 to March 18, 2015. They responded to 183 calls during the 7 day period.

Calls Resulting in Arrests:

3/12
No Arrests

3/13
DUI in the 3800 block of Steven Lane
Threats in the 4000 block of Lake Tahoe Blvd
Unlicensed Driver at Tamarack and Ski Rn Blvd

3/14
Drunk in Public in the 4100 block of Lake Tahoe Blvd
Trespassing in the 1000 block of Johnson Blvd

The following is a recap of activity the South Lake Tahoe Police Department responded to for the week of February 6 to February 12, 2015. They responded to 190 calls during the 7 day period.

Calls Resulting in Arrests:

2/6
Drunk in Public in the 2100 block of South Ave
Drunk in Public in the 1000 block of Al Tahoe Blvd
Battery in the 3800 block of Lake Tahoe Blvd

2/7
DUI in the 2600 block of Lake Tahoe Blvd
Traffic Collision with no injury in the 2300 block of Lake Tahoe Blvd

2/8

It’s been nearly a month since the suspicious disappearance of 17-year-old Hannah Thomas-Garner. Now community members are anxiously awaiting answers in the case — and are asking police to consider changing it to a criminal investigation.

Garner’s disappearance is not only affecting her family, but also her friends, classmates, and the entire Ashland community.

The partnership between California and Nevada that created the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency turns 45 years old today, marking nearly a half-century of progress in the protection and restoration of Lake Tahoe and its treasured environment.

President Richard Nixon signed the Bi-State Compact creating TRPA on Thursday, December 18, 1969. Nixon’s signature followed the compact’s ratification by Congress and its approval by both states’ legislatures and former governors Ronald Reagan in California and Paul Laxalt in Nevada.

The following is a recap of activity the South Lake Tahoe Police Department responded to for the week of November 28 to December 4, 2014. They responded to 144 calls during the 7 day period.

Calls Resulting in Arrests:

11/28
Assault with a deadly weapon in the 2400 block of Conestoga St
Drunk in Public in the 3000 block of Harrison Ave

11/29
DUI in the 4000 block of Lake Tahoe Blvd
Driving on Suspended/Revoked license at Lake Tahoe Blvd & Cave Rock Ave
Spousal Abuse in the 2600 block of Knox
Unlicensed Driver on Montreal Road

The following is a recap of activity the South Lake Tahoe Police Department responded to for November 6 through November 13, 2014. They responded to 169 calls during the 8 day period.

Calls Resulting in Arrests:

11/6
Under the influence of drugs in the 2100 block of South Ave
Under the influence of drugs in the 1200 block of Tata Lane
Warrant in the 900 block of Pioneer Trail
DUI in the 3800 block of Pioneer Trail

11/8
Drunk in Public in the 2100 block of South Ave
Battery of a Peace Officer in the 2100 block of South Ave

What are the first thoughts that go through your mind when you see a youth on the streets? How did they get there, where are their parents, and are they safe? It’s disturbing to realize that between 1.6 and 2.8 million youth run away annually. Most youth who run away do so because of threatening environments at home, such as physical/verbal abuse, substance abuse issues, questions of sexual orientation, or escaping state care. Unfortunately, by choosing to run away, they further subject themselves to threatening situations that impede their progress in life.

The following is a recap of activity the South Lake Tahoe Police Department responded to between October 10 and October 16, 2014. They responded to 164 calls during the 7 day period.

Calls Resulting in Arrests:

10/10
Spousal Abuse in the 100 block of Highway 50
Violation of Court Order in the 2100 block of South Ave
Unlicensed drier at Lake Tahoe Blvd & Silver Dollar Ave

10/11
DUI in the 2000 block of Lake Tahoe Blvd
Drunk in Public in the 3900 block of Lake Tahoe Blvd
DUI Felony at Lake Tahoe Blvd & Tahoe Keys Blvd

The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help in locating a 16 year-old runaway juvenile, Mia Swenson. Mia was last seen on Friday, October 3, 2014.

Her family says that Mia has been suffering recently from depression, and they are concerned for her well-being. Mia lives in the Carson Valley, however she has ties to South Lake Tahoe and may also have possibly traveled to the Sacramento or Reno areas.

The following is a recap of activity the South Lake Tahoe Police Department responded to for the week of September to September 11, 2014. They responded to 144 calls during the 7 day period.

Calls Resulting in Arrests:

9/5
DUI at the corner of Lodi and Lake Tahoe Blvd
Battery in the 2900 block of Lake Tahoe Blvd
Warrant in the 2400 block of Lake Tahoe Blvd
Warrrant in the 3600 block of Primrose Rd
Felony - other in the 1300 block of Johnson Blvd
DUI in the 2600 block of Lake Tahoe Blvd

9/6

El Dorado County Sheriff's Office responds to calls throughout the county.

The following are calls that only pertain to the South Shore.

8/7
3:21 p.m. - South Avenue: A 62 YEAR OLD FEMALE WAS TRANSPORTED TO BARTON HOSPITAL AFTER SHE ENTERED A LOCAL PET STORE ASKING FOR PARAMEDICS AND THEN COLLAPSED. LIFE SAVING MEASURES WERE ATTEMPTED WITH NEGATIVE RESULT. DUE TO THE FEMALE'S
UNEXPLAINED INJURIES SOUTH LAKE TAHOE POLICE DETECTIVE'S RESPONDED AS WELL.

4:12 p.m. - Johnson Blvd: A 47 YEAR OLD WOMAN WAS ARRESTED FOR BEING UNDER THE INFLUENCE

8/8

El Dorado County Sheriff's Office responds to calls throughout the county.

The following are calls that only pertain to the South Shore.

5/29
4:50 p.m. - Emerald Bay Road: AN 18 YEAR OLD MAN WAS ARRESTED FOR POSSESSION OF A CONCEALED BUTTERFLY KNIFE AS WELL AS METAL KNUCKLES.

5:46 p.m. - Mewuk Rd: BURGLARY

5/30

Between May 29 and June 5, 2014, the South Lake Tahoe Police Department responded to 178 calls.

Calls Resulting in Arrests:

5/29
Warrant at LaSalle Ave & Lake Tahoe Blvd
Battery in the 4000 block of Manzanita
Petty Theft in the 1700 block of Lake Tahoe Blvd
Burglary in the 3800 block of Bridle Rd

5/30
"Other" Misdemeanor at Cedar & Friday Avenues
Drunk in Public in the 4000 block of Lake Tahoe Blvd
Resisting in the 1000 block of Sonora

5/31
Drunk in Public in the 2600 block of Elwood Ave
Warrant in the 1000 block of Emerald Bay Rd

Douglas County Sheriff's Office is continuing their investigation into the October 6th disappearance of 17 year old Treasa Ramirez from the Rite of Passage in Minden, Nevada.

Ramirez, originally from Winnemucca, was a resident of ROP and apparently left the facility on foot. A bag of clothing apparently worn by the teen when she was last seen in her bedroom was found nearby.

It was originally thought that she was trying to make it back to Winnemucca but she has yet to return. Investigators believe she may be in the Reno/Spark area.

The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help in locating a runaway juvenile from Austin’s House, who has been missing since April 9.

Evelynn Ploston, 13, from Winnemucca ran away from Austin’s House in Minden on April 9. At this time her whereabouts are unknown, said Douglas County Sheriff's Sgt. Pat Brooks in a news release.

Polston is described as a white female juvenile, 5 feet-3 in tall, 150 lbs, brown eyes with blond hair. It is unknown who she may be with or what location she is headed to.

The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help in locating a 16-year-old female who ran away from her Minden home and has been missing for about a week.

On Feb. 23, Geolyn Balleza ran away from her parent’s home in Minden. She is believed to have run away and is somewhere between Douglas County and the Reno/Sparks area, according to Douglas County authorities.

Two Tahoe conservation groups, the Sierra Club and Friends of the West Shore, filed a federal lawsuit on Monday challenging new rules for Lake Tahoe that seriously reduce protections for the treasured mountain lake. The new Tahoe Regional Plan Update, approved in December by the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA), shifts authority over future development decisions to local jurisdictions. The plan also allows those towns and counties to adopt weakened pollution controls that do not meet the minimum environmental requirements established by TRPA.

Stampeding elephants! Raging typhoons! Runaway trains! Unabashedly slapstick – it’s Monty Python meets the Three Stooges! Lake Tahoe Community College Theatre Department is staging this classic adventure this winter.

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The deceased driver of the commercial truck that crashed through the runaway ramp at Mount Rose Highway near Incline Village on Monday has been identified as Eric S. Holton, 31 of Gardnerville.
Nevada Highway Patrol troopers were dispatched at 2:48 p.m. to the accident on State Route 431, approximately one-half mile east of State Route 28, near Incline Village. The vehicle involved was a 2006 gray Freightliner truck tractor pulling a 1989 flat bed trailer transporting composite decking materials traveling westbound on the two-lane highway.

UPDATE: 10 PM: The runaway truck ramp at the bottom of Mount Rose Highway in Incline Village was the scene of another tragedy today as a truck driver was killed trying to stop his vehicle using the ramp.
The Nevada Highway Patrol reports that the truck was carrying composite decking material on a flatbed trailer. The driver used the ramp to stop the vehicle, but the cargo broke loose and crushed the cab of the truck.

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