SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – Tahoe Coalition for the Homeless announced that Joseph Herold of Zephyr Cove has been appointed as Board Chair for TCH.
Herold is a retired human resources executive who worked in the energy and semiconductor industries. He also worked as an organization and leadership development consultant for several clients, including The Venice Family Clinic, a non-profit medical center serving the homeless and underserved communities in west Los Angeles.
Herold lived and worked in southern California for more than 25 years before he and his wife, Kerry, moved to Lake Tahoe in 2017. He does weekly food pickup for Bread & Broth and has assisted with demolition work at the Bears Den Inn for the Tahoe Coalition for the Homeless.
He is a board member and vice president for the PineWild HOA and served as its President for 5 years. One of Herold’s first objectives is launching the Home Hope Alliance, a monthly donation program developed by the Tahoe Coalition for the Homeless.
“Our mission is to partner with our community to house, shelter, and support our neighbors experiencing or at risk of homelessness to foster their independence. To continue providing services to those in need, we are focused on securing regular funding. Sustained giving has never been more critical. By joining the monthly donor program, you become a vital lifeline for our organization allowing us to plan and grow sustainably and ensuring we can continue delivering essential housing and supportive services every month,” said Herold.
If you’d like to learn more about what we do and get involved, please email us at info@tahoehomeless.org. Please consider committing a monthly donation to allow our organization to plan for a sustainable future where we house, shelter, and support our neighbors experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness, and foster their independence. Make donations at https://www.charityweb.net/tahoehomeless/
For further information please contact Herold at joe@tahoehomeless.org or (530) 600-2822.
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – The sun is out, the snow has melted, and now is the time to get out and enjoy summer on your National Forest lands! The USDA Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit (LTBMU) along with our partners at Heavenly Mountain Resort, invite the public to Hike with a Ranger beginning Friday, July 26, 2024. Hikes take place every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. at the top of the Heavenly Gondola. The guided hikes last approximately one hour and will continue every weekend through September 29, weather permitting.
Hikes are moderate in terms of difficulty, closed-toe shoes and water are required for attendance, along with a ticket to ride the gondola. Remember to bring your sunscreen, hat, and sunglasses! No reservations are required. Attendance is on a first-come, first-served basis. Participants should meet the rangers at the top of the gondola.
This Conservation Education program aims to provide an enjoyable opportunity to learn more about the Lake Tahoe Basin and its environment. Rangers cover a variety of natural history topics, which help promote a deeper understanding of our natural resources while increasing environmental literacy and developing land stewardship ethics. Programs are led by LTBMU rangers and Heavenly’s own Eco Rangers. This program is made possible through the LTBMU’s invaluable partnership in outdoor recreation with Heavenly Mountain Resort.
For more information, contact Lannette Rangel at 530-659-3003, 530-543-2730 or lannette.rangel@usda.gov.
STATELINE, Nev. – The Tahoe Knight Monsters, proud ECHL Affiliate of the NHL’s Vegas Golden Knights and the AHL’s Henderson Silver Knights announcd today that the team has agreed to terms with defenseman Brandon Tabakin for the 2024-25 season.
Tabakin, 24, joins the Knight Monsters after beginning his professional career with the Newfoundland Growlers this past March, logging an assist in six appearances. Prior to joining the Growlers, Tabakin concluded his senior season at Arizona State University where he collected ten points (2g, 8a) in 36 games played.
From 2019-2023, Tabakin played three collegiate seasons at Yale University. He completed his college career with 22 points (5g, 17a) in 110 games. The 5-10, 161-pound blue liner won a USHL Clark Cup Championship with the Sioux Falls Stampede in 2019. The Woodbury, New York resident totaled 25 points (2g, 23a) in 133 games with the Stampede from 2016-2019.
The following is a list of players who have agreed to terms with the Knight Monsters for the 2024-25 season: Anthony Collins (F) Blake Christensen (F) Chris Dodero (F) Brennan Kapcheck (D) Nate Kallen (D) Adam Robbins (F) Brandon Tabakin (D)
The Knight Monsters will host their inaugural home opening weekend on October 24 & 25 against the Jacksonville Icemen at Tahoe Blue Event Center. Ticket packages for the 2024-25 season are now available. For more information, visit www.knightmonstershockey.com
LAKE TAHOE, Calif./Nev. – Tahoe Fire & Fuels Team forest thinning projects are underway in the Lake Tahoe Basin. These projects are expected to continue for the next several weeks with some projects continuing through the fall, conditions and weather permitting. For project details, including the lead agency, start date and expected duration, view the Forest Thinning Projects Map at Tahoe Living With Fire which highlights current and upcoming projects.
After decades of fire suppression, Tahoe Basin’s forests are overstocked and highly vulnerable to insects, disease, and catastrophic wildfire. Forest thinning projects are a vital forest management tool used by land managers to help protect communities by removing excess vegetation (fuels) on public lands that can feed unwanted wildfires. These projects complement defensible space and home hardening efforts on private property in neighborhoods and communities. Forest thinning also contributes to improved forest health, wildlife habitat, and watershed and forest resilience in the face of climate change.
These projects improve forest health by thinning trees in dense areas, which reduces competition for water, sunlight and nutrients and allows remaining trees to thrive. Thinning also decreases the potential for spreading tree diseases and insect infestations such as white pine blister rust, dwarf mistletoe and bark beetles.
Forest Thinning Map.Provided
Forest health is a top priority of the Lake Tahoe Environmental Improvement Program (EIP), a landscape-scale collaboration and partnership between nearly 80 public and private organizations to achieve the environmental goals of the region. To date, partners have treated nearly 95,000 acres in Lake Tahoe Basin forests to reduce hazardous fuels.
Land managers use different methods during forest thinning treatments that include mechanical and hand thinning. Mechanical thinning utilizes heavy equipment to remove trees and most of the excess vegetation while hand thinning is accomplished by hand crews using chainsaws to remove trees and pile excess material for burning after the piles dry which may take two to three years.
Mechanical thinning sometimes requires the closure of an area during operations due to the hazards posed by heavy equipment and falling trees. Hand thinning generally does not require project area closures. Mechanical thinning is used wherever slope and road access allow and hand thinning is typically used in urban areas, where only smaller trees and brush need to be removed or where equipment access is restricted, often on steep rocky slopes.
Short-term effects of forest thinning projects include temporary impacts to recreational areas and changes to the appearance of Lake Tahoe Basin forests. Treated areas may look disturbed immediately after treatment, when fresh stumps, equipment tracks, freshly chipped or masticated vegetation, or burned areas are more visually obvious. These areas recover quickly and improve ecologically as new vegetation growth occurs within a few years. Similar short term visual impacts can occur after prescribed fire treatments, but these areas also recover quickly.
Thinning operations typically take place in the summer and continue into fall as conditions and weather allow. However, some operations may be implemented over the snow when conditions permit. In addition, some small, isolated thinning projects may be conducted on short notice and may not appear on the map due to the small window of opportunity to implement these projects.
For completed forest thinning projects, view the Forest Vegetation Interactive Map that highlights forest thinning treatment accomplishments of the TFFT and the EIP.
Learn more about living in fire-adapted ecosystems, forest thinning and prescribed fire at Tahoe Living With Fire and get prepared, get informed, and get involved.
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – On the morning of July 16, 2024, South Lake Tahoe Police Department officers responded to the 2000 block of Eloise Avenue for a report of a shooting. A male was located with gunshot wounds, and a suspect was detained.
The SLTPD would like to provide an update on this case as of July 22, 2024. The victim of the shooting, Dennis Crowe,41, is now deceased. Crowe has ties to the area and was a former resident of South Lake Tahoe.
The suspect in this case, Christopher Guzman, is still in custody at the El Dorado County Jail. He is being charged with homicide and a variety of other crimes and is currently awaiting arraignment.
SLTPD detectives have been working closely with witnesses and the family of Mr. Crowe. Detectives are still conducting investigation into this case and have various leads to follow.
If you have any information about this incident, please email cybertips@cityofslt.us
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