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By Paula Peterson SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - After a few weekends of verbal warnings to drivers making right turns from Sawmill and North Upper Truckee roads when prohibited, the California Highway Patrol (CHP) ticketed 22 drivers on Memorial Day. CHP patrol units wrote eight citations at Sawmill Road and 14 at North Upper Truckee Monday. Four of the violators had local addresses, five were frequent visitors and four said they were tourists. Four of the ticketed did say they were told by someone to take that route, according to CHP South Lake Tahoe Officer Ruth Loehr. The new turn restrictions prohibit right-hand turns from North Upper Truckee Road to westbound U.S. Highway 50 and from Sawmill Road to westbound U.S Highway 50 on Sundays and holidays between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. The pilot restrictions will terminate on October 31, 2021, and it is not known at this time if it will be extended. ....
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - After a few weekends of verbal warnings to drivers making right turns from Sawmill and North Upper Truckee roads when prohibited, the California Highway Patrol (CHP) ticketed 22 drivers on Memorial Day. CHP patrol units wrote eight citations at Sawmill Road and 14 at North Upper Truckee Monday. ....
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 the highways, and not observing no parking zone rules. The California Highway Patrol (CHP) from South Lake Tahoe and Placerville were kept busy on US50 at the common hot spots of Echo Summit, Sierra-at-Tahoe, Camp Sacramento, and the stretch from Strawberry to Twin Bridges. Numerous cars were parked all day long in areas were parking is not allowed. They are ticketed, and once one car leaves another is there to take its place. ....