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Seniors in the Truckee/North Tahoe region are met with a lack of services — there’s only one senior housing complex and no senior community center, nor assisted living facility, nor local veteran support. Seniors and advocates alike are working to address that.

Covid-19 vaccines are available for children under 6; Cal Fire is struggling to meet expectations; the CodeRED emergency alert system is as popular as ever; more.

CHP is stepping up traffic enforcement in Placer County; stricter permitting process for construction taking place along the Lake Tahoe shoreline; El Dorado County proclaims May through October 2022 as the timeframe for the Lake Tahoe Wildfire Awareness Campaign.

In his My Shot, Tahoe Forest Hospital’s Dr. Jonathan Laine wants to set the record straight on topics regarding Covid-19 that he feels are misunderstood.

As the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 accelerates positive cases in Truckee/North Lake Tahoe, local vaccination rates don’t keep up.

While the author of this My Shot has family ties to TFH, she provides a critique of the leadership there, saying it’s emblematic of greater problems in healthcare across the U.S.

Vaccines in El Dorado, Nevada, Placer, and Washoe counties have been administered to nearly 100,000 residents. A gap between supply and demand slows the process while insight from vaccinated locals shows enthusiasm for the rollout.

Vaccinations are on their way to North Tahoe and testing capacity is improving, but positive COVID-19 cases are higher than ever before.