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ALPINE COUNTY, Calif. - Alpine County has announced the 2nd annual Arbor Day Tree Planting event, presented by the Forest Health Community Working Group. The event takes place at Curtz Lake on Friday, April 26, 2024, beginning at 10 a.m.

The commitment we all share to protect and restore Lake Tahoe exemplifies the very essence of Earth Day. The global event celebrates actions big and small to save our planet and expresses the interconnectedness of people, communities, and the environment.

Lost your keys? Misplaced your glasses? Can’t remember where you parked the car? You may wish you had the memory of a mountain chickadee. In warmer months, these half-ounce birds, with brains slightly larger than a pea, stash tens of thousands of food items like seeds in tree bark, in lichens and crevices on the tree branches across the mountains.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Lake Tahoe’s Earth Week begins with Mother Nature Monday on April 22, Earth Day itself! Spring is in the air, green grass is poking out, and the animals are migrating back to Lake Tahoe after their winter away. What better way to appreciate Lake Tahoe than by appreciating Mother Nature this Earth Week?

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The proponents of the South Lake Tahoe Residential Vacancy Tax initiative filed their petition to make it on the November 2024 ballot today. The minimum number of signatures needed was ten percent of registered voters, or 1,159, and the group sponsoring the initiative turned in 2,471.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Providing a free and hot dinner to individuals and families who may be food insecure, or just in need of a nutritious meal, is a wonderful way to support the community.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The Tahoe Alliance for Safe Kids (TASK) and the South Lake Tahoe Police Department (SLTPD) will hold Drug Take Back Day on Earth Day from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Lake Tahoe Community College. Bring your unused medications (pet and human), along with over-the-counter pills. No needles will be accepted.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - A Pollock Pines man was arrested on Saturday after allegedly driving under the influence and causing a three-vehicle crash on US0 just west of the Sierra-at-Tahoe turnoff.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The South Lake Tahoe City Council has an item on its agenda Tuesday, requested to be there by Councilmember Scott Robbins and Mayor Pro Tem John Friedrich. Many have stated their reasons for being against such an increase, including both chambers of commerce, the lodging association, and community leaders.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The trash left behind on Lake Tahoes beaches after the 4th of July last year led retired South Tahoe Middle School Krissi Russell to write the song, Just Drink Tahoe Tap. Now with the plastic water ban going into effect in South Lake Tahoe on April 22, she wanted to share the positive message.