The old 1950 jail in South Lake Tahoe to be next home for Cal Tahoe JPA ambulances. Photo by STN.
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Bids are currently being sought for the remodel project at the new home of the California Tahoe Emergency Services Operations Authority (CalTahoe) in South Lake Tahoe. They have been without a permanent home since early 2020 when South lake Tahoe Fire Rescue took back its Station 2 for fire and medic operations.
CalTahoe has been serving the South Shore with ambulance service as a Joint Powers Authority (JPA) since 2001. After the fire department moved trucks into Station 2, the Cal Tahoe JPA has been renting homes in South Lake Tahoe for their base of operations as they continued their search for a new place to house staff and ambulances. They are currently housed in a home near Heavenly Mountain Resort. The City of South Lake Tahoe is giving them free use of the old jail at 3066 Lake Tahoe Boulevard. The South Lake Tahoe Chamber moved into the old jail, fo
Lake Tahoe travelers seeing cancellations after region bans visitors
Jesse Gary reports on how the region is responding to the ;latest coronavirus surge.
The annual Winter trek to California’s Lake Tahoe is experiencing the COVID-19 effect.
“There are restrictions on hotels now. They are not allowed to take reservations going forward,” said Carol Chaplin, the president & CEO of the Lake Tahoe Visitor’s Authority.
He said current hotel and Airbnb occupants can complete their stays. But those who have reservations for the upcoming holidays are being sent cancellation notices.
A notice from Northstar Hospitality sent to a KTVU associate saiid the three-bedroom, two bath mountain condo booked for later this month had been canceled.