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Week of rain starts Sunday for Bay Area - good time to batten down hatches FacebookTwitterEmail A person wears a mask and face shield while carrying an umbrella on South 3rd Street as rain falls in downtown San Jose on Friday. Rain is expected to return Sunday.Jessica Christian/The Chronicle It won’t rain for 40 days and nights next week but it might seem like it. Wet weather is expected in the Bay Area every day through next weekend. But even the coming deluge won’t bring rainfall totals t...

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - El Dorado County Sheriffs Office responds to calls throughout the county. The following are calls that only pertain to the South and West Shore, including Meyers, South Lake Tahoe, Meeks Bay, Tahoma, and the Echo Summit area.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - With nice weather, a relaxing of some travel restrictions, and some snow on the ground, the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend is expected to be a busy one in the Sierra. The USDA Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit (LTBMU) and California State Parks have joined together in an outreach campaign to provide simple actions to increase the enjoyment of the outdoors experience. Staying local, planning ahead, social distancing guidelines, not leaving trash...

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — A motorist leaving South Lake Tahoe on Wednesday must have felt like the sky was falling.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - A driver heading westbound on US50 over Echo Summit got a little more than they bargained for Wednesday afternoon. The California Highway Patrol (CHP) received a call at 1:30 p.m. January 13 from a person traveling on the highway that a rock "the size of a Yeti Cooler" was on the roadway, according to Officer Ruth Loehr.

1/7 1/8 7:32 a.m. - Towed Vehicle - Elks Club Dr - VEHICLE TOWED PURSUANT TO VC 22652(B) - "If a vehicle is parked or left standing upon a highway in a position so as to obstruct the normal movement of traffic or in a condition so as to create a hazard to other traffic upon the highway." 1:10 p.m. - Coroners Case - South Lake Tahoe - 69-YEAR-0LD MALE DECEASED. 1/9

Illegal parking at Lake Tahoe Airport. Photo from Jeffrey Spencer. SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Many head to the Sierra to experience snow in all forms, from the ski slopes to sledding and building snowmen. Even during the pandemic and current "Stay-at-Home" orders in California, area roads were full this past holiday weekend with those seeking play time in the snow. Each year, law enforcement has to deal with those who seem to have forgotten the laws of being safe on the roadway and parking on ...

11:00 p.m. - DUI Alcohol - Bertha Ave - 34-YEAR-OLD MALE SUBJECT ARRESTED FOR DUI 12/21 9:15 a.m. - Lost Property - Meadow Crest Dr - A PROBATION OFFICER LOST A FLAT BADGE IN SEPTEMBER OF 2020. 11:00 a.m. - COVID-19 Death - South Lake Tahoe - COVID-19 ICU DEATH OF 78-YEAR-OLD MALE - DOCTORS CASE 5:19 p.m. - Search and Rescue - Highway 89, Tahoma - A LOST 21-YEAR-OLD MALE HIKER WAS LOCATED AND ESCORTED TO SAFETY BY EDSO SAR. 9:09 p.m. - Verbal Dispute - South Lake Tahoe 12/22 12/23 8:52 a.m. - V...

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - A late Christmas Day weather system dropped several inches of snow around Lake Tahoe. A second colder system will be on its heels Sunday night into Monday and will provide chances for another round of snow. Additional fast moving storms are possible going into 2021.

Police respond to injured sledder, photo provided by TDFPD and LTBMU Snow, a good slope and a sled in hand are the ingredients needed for a fun day around Lake Tahoe, but first responders are warning the public to only use official sledding locations or that fun can turn to a bad day very quickly. Sledding is not as harmless as it looks, just ask the roughly 20,000 kids under age of 19 in the United States involved in sledding accidents annually. The Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District (TD...