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Tahoe Talk - Good News Friday 5/22/20

Every Friday we change up the dynamic of our podcast to only deliver you wholesome, positive news locally and nationally:

- STHS sophomores start GoFundMe to raise $350 to pay for healthcare workers tabs at Sprouts… currently at $530!
- Other local GoFundMe news: Clean Up the Lake campaign shooting for $400k “Adopt a Mile”… will start underwater diving cleanup in July
- Bread & Broth in SLT in need of some help to continue the B&B 4 Kids program which provides bagged meals at school sites
- Old Trestle Distillery giving away thousands of bottles of hand sanitizer and below market value gallon quantities to large organizations… Never even made an ounce of liquor yet!
- Tahoe Chamber announces the 2020 40 Under 40 Honorees
- Support Small Business Fund of El Dorado County… partnership between ELDo Hills/County Chambers & City of SLT (applications taken today - June 3)
- Tahoe Magic paying $500 per month for housing/rent help to those in need throughout SLT
- New business, Cuppa Tahoe, opening in SLT on Saturyda
- Indiana announces ALL teachers in the state are “Teacher of the Year”
- New Hampshire high school utilizing chair lifts at local ski resort for their graduation ceremony
- Penguins in Kansas City enjoy art all to themselves at a museum- Priest using squirt gun filled with holy water to bless churchgoers (over Easter, but viral now)
- Free live streams: Thievery Corp Fri @ 5pm, Goo Goo Dolls Sat @ 5pm, Trace Adkins Sun @ 5pm,
- On this day, 1980: the dot munching Pac-Man arcade game is released

Tahoe Talk - Thurs. 5/21/20

Up-to-date, daily info on news that is happening around Lake Tahoe, California and Nevada! Notes from today’s discussion include:

Local News:
- Tahoe Truckee Sanitation Agency says water usage this spring (Mar 1 - May 5) is approx. half compared to last year
- Officials and Mayor of SLT ask visitors to stay away from Tahoe during Memorial Day weekend
- Today is the final day to ensure you have the correct address on file for mail-in ballots for Douglas County
- Celebrity Golf decision happens today

World News:
- WHO reported the largest single-day increase of infections (106K) since the outbreak began, and about 40% of them were in the U.S.
- 2.4M jobless claims filed over the past week; 9 week total = 38M
- NPR poll finds that two-thirds of Americans expect C19 to continue to upend daily life for at least 6 more months
- Yosemite announces they will open as early as June - reservations required, no shuttles, half capacity campgrounds (Yellowstone, Grand Canyon, Joshua Tree reopened in a limited way earlier this week)
- On this day, 1932: Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic

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Tahoe Talk - Wed. 5/20/20

Up-to-date, daily info on news that is happening around Lake Tahoe, California and Nevada! Notes from today’s discussion include:

Local News:
- Phased approach to launching boats underway at Lake Tahoe
- Gaming control board allows restaurants inside of casinos to reopen with strict precautions
- CA Assembly members introduce resolution to end the governors emergency powers

National News:
- Global C19 Totals: 5M+ cases, 325K deceased
- Michigan Dam failure causes 10K residents in Midland County to evacuate - could be under 9 feet of water within hours
- Navajo Nation has surpassed NY and NJ for the highest per-capita C19 infection rate in the US - 173K people total across AZ/NM/UT
- CDC quietly releases 60 page “guidelines of reopening economy” on Sunday. All 50 states have eased some C19 restrictions - rules vary widely
- Trump administration extends border closures to Canada & Mexico until June 22
- Trump says “we’ll see” to a request from Ford to wear a mask upon his visit to their factory on Thursday
- Tyson vs. Holyfield Round 3 stage is set in Saudi Arabia
- On this Day, 1873: Levi Strauss patents “Blue Jeans”

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Tahoe Talk - Tues. 5/19/20

Tuesday, May 19th: Waking up to chain controls over the mountain passes, snow on our spring flowers, and a plethora of news to cover…

International:
- Super Cyclone ‘Amphan’ forces millions of people to evacuate from coastal areas of India and Bangladesh - storm already tied a record for strongest ever in the region
- Air pollution returns to pre-lockdown levels in China after falling 40% in April
- Toronto Zoo opens a drive thru experience with Zoo Keeper commentary to supplement

National:
- Despite FDA caution, Trump says he is taking hydrocholorquine as a preventive (Pelosi doesn’t approve and calls him ‘morbidly obese’ in official video statement)
- Gov Newsom makes a surprising announcement yesterday that pro sporting events could resume as early as the first week of June (53 of 58 counties eligible for dine-in restaurants)
- Chancellor Oakley said yesterday that fall classes at all of CA’s 115 community colleges will likely be held entirely online
- Connecticut nursing home with zero cases due to asking employees to self quarantine in RVs on-site early in the process

Local:
- Small businesses find relief with loans, but PPP forgiveness concerns remain
- Farmers markets persevere around the region with modifications

Tahoe Talk - Mon. 5/18/20

Up-to-date, daily info on news that is happening around Lake Tahoe, California and Nevada! Notes from today’s discussion include:

Local News:
- Overland hosts grand finale of community dinner donations today at 10:00am
- More weekend protests at Governor’s Mansion in Carson City
- Tahoe Transportation District announces all passengers must wear face mask
- Small fire in Van Sickle State Park attributed to homeless cooking fire
- Celebrity Golf on the agenda for Douglas Co. commissioners this Thursday

National News:
- C19 World Totals: 4.8M cases, 317K deceased
- China’s President Xi pledges $2B to fight C19 over the next two years
- Trump vs. Obama: “grossly incompetent” tweet from Trump over the weekend
- Apple to reopen certain stores with stipulations of entrance
- More stimulus checks? $3T “HEROS” Act passed Friday by house, still needs senate approval
- Uber to cut thousands of jobs again - two weeks ago 3,700 let go via Zoom
- On this day: 1980 Mount St. Helens erupted (summit is now 1,300 feet lower)

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Tahoe Talk - Good News Friday 5/15/20

Every Friday we change up the dynamic of our podcast to only deliver you wholesome, positive news locally and nationally:

- Free public transit in Tahoe-Truckee through 2022
- Free for frontline workers: oil changes on any car at Mazda dealerships, Free Samsung phone repair (batteries/screens), Free tax prep from H&R Block
- Free live concert streams: Coldplay Sat @ 9am, Sheryl Crow Sat @ 4pm, Trace Adkins Sat @ 5:30pm
- Obama to deliver televised commencement speech for entire class of 2020 tomorrow at 5pm PST on all major networks
- Dad builds full stage, backdrop, podium, etc in driveway for daughters “graduation”… audience of 2
- On this day in 1940, the first McDonalds opened in San Bernardino as a BBQ fast food join, 1928 the first Mickey Mouse film was screened
- National Bring Flowers to Someone Day (Every May 15th)
- Ice cream shop in MA raises $40k for employee’s college fund
- Bill Murray challenges Guy Fieri to live nacho making contest - already raised over $22M
- 4,000 NYC hospital employees surprised with full 3-night vacation from Hyatt and American Airlines

Tahoe Talk - Thurs. 5/14/20

Up-to-date, daily info on news that is happening around Lake Tahoe, California and Nevada! Notes from today’s discussion include:

Local News:
- South Lake Tahoe 4th of July Fireworks have been canceled, possibly Labor Day instead
- Echo Pass construction project closing Hwy 50 postponed to post-Labor Day
- Demand high for Lake Tahoe real estate amid virus shutdown
- Close contact: Spa, salon experience to be vastly different
- Reno City Council gives ‘OK’ for bars to begin curbside service

National News:
- Thursday jobless claims update: 3M filed last week, 36.5M 8 week total
- Stocks drop across the board as Federal Reserve Chair Powell make claims of uncertainty and more evidence of 2nd waves are surfacing around the world
- Some of the first “bars” open in America in Wisconsin last night
- Gov. Newsom to propose a revised state budget today - expected to have a deficit of $54B
- CA, NC, PA are sending buses equipped with long-distance routers to poor and rural neighborhoods that don’t have stable internet

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Tahoe Talk - Wed. 5/13/20

Up-to-date, daily info on news that is happening around Lake Tahoe, California and Nevada! Notes from today’s discussion include:

California dominating global news this morning:
- UC & CSU announces fall academic plans likely to include only online courses, would effectively cancel fall sports as well
- Guidelines released for dine-in restaurants, bars not allowed to open
- LA County likely keeping stay-at-home order in effect through July, opening some beaches on Wednesday
- Over 15K rooms procured for “Operation Room Key” so far
- Over 70% of CA economy is open to some extent

National News:
- Western States Pact requests $1 Trillion from from Federal Government
- Largest 1 month bump of grocery prices in over 50 years
- Wuhan wants to test 11M people in just 10 days after a resurgence in cases
- USA Totals: 1.4M cases, 83K deceased

Non-Covid News:
- Largest US solar project ever approved in Nevada despite critics - 45 miles NE of Vegas, can power 260K households, offsetting 83K car emissions
- $49 SW Flights are back for one-way travel
- Amazon releases new $90 tablet as people are stuck at home, starts shipping June 3

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Tahoe Talk - Tues. 5/12/20

Up-to-date, daily info on news that is happening around Lake Tahoe, California and Nevada! Notes from today’s discussion include:

Local News:
- County to consider pushing Gov. Newsom to further reopen economy
- Chance of rain, snow added to wind advisory at Lake Tahoe

National News:
- India’s unemployment rate is at 27% - highest ever in recorded history
- Viral Vid: CEOs Were Asked to Remove Masks Before Meeting With Mike Pence in Iowa - Propaganda at it’s finest? Will we ever see Trump wear a mask?
- Carnival Cruises will resume sailing Aug. 1 (shooting bookings up 600%)
- Big South Dakota dispute between governors orders and Sioux tribe refusing to take down covid checkpoints
- A new video reveals the pricing, names and full specs for all four iPhone 12 models ($649-1,400… announcement Sept, shipping in Oct)
- 11 yr old lands 1080, breaking Tony Hawk record in vert pipe
- REI opening stores this week, just in time for major annual sale and 82nd birthday
- AP source: MLB owners OK plan that could lead to July start - no fans, players taking pay cuts

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Tahoe Talk - Mon. 5/11/20

Up-to-date, daily info on news that is happening around Lake Tahoe, California and Nevada! Notes from today’s discussion include:

Local News:
- Prescribed burns planned this week around Lake Tahoe
- ‘Tahoe Only’ inspection seals required to put boats in Lake Tahoe
- Dealing with ‘a sense of uncertainty’: Officials concerned about Truckee’s health and well-being through traumatic times
- Douglas County to begin public testing of Covid19 today
- High elevation snow possible this week

National News:
- Worldwide Totals: 4.2M cases, 284K deceased, 80K in US
- 14.7 unemployment rate, highest since Great Depression
- Packed United flight from NYC leaves passengers and internet shocked, United claimed they would leave all middle seats empty but did not
- Another stimulus package still on the table. Payroll tax cuts? More checks sent out? More funding for state & local gov’t? Wait and see?
- England, Germany, France begin reopening schools and business today
- Dr. Fauci compares Latinos and African Americans to nursing home Covid19 susceptibility
- #NationalEatWhatYouWantDays

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