Tahoe Talk - 8/31/20

Final day of August, 63 days until the election, and.... just 10 days until the first NFL game! Quick Hits: - “Finger Lickin' Good"? Not so much in a pandemic -- KFC has suspended its use of the catchphrase in advertising campaigns. - I could use a drink: "Booze Fairies" are leaving baskets of alcohol on doorsteps all over New Jersey. - A 3,000-pound triceratops skull dubbed "Shady" was unearthed in South Dakota. - Airbnb employees will be working from home until August 2021 -- longer than any other tech company so far. - 2020 hurricane season on a record pace so far with 13 named storms already - C19 global case total surpasses 25m - USA at 6.1m (more on those numbers in the fact check) Local News: - Indoor dining in South Lake Tahoe permitted to 25% capacity - Friday: Governor Newsom released revised criteria for loosening and tightening restrictions on activities.  The new blueprint replaces the current watch list approach and can be found at. There are 4 tiers, from purple to yellow, with purple being the most restrictive.   El Dorado: Substantial   Placer: Widespread   Nevada Co: Substantia - Wildfire survivors can now apply for federal assitance - Glider aircraft crashes into Lake Tahoe - Bonanza Ranch real estate sells for $38m and pivots to 'Luxury Vacation Rental' for 10-15k per night Deeper Dives: - Nearly 25% of licensed child-care providers in California have shut down amid the pandemic — and more than 1,200 of the 9,300 closures are permanent, eradicating roughly 19,000 child-care slots in a state already starved for adequate spots, the Los Angeles Times report. In SLT alone we’ve lost 3 so far - California will begin issuing $300 a week in supplemental unemployment benefits on September 7 now that the state's application for $4.5 billion in aid from FEMA has been approved (includes back pay to Aug. 1) l Fact Check: - False: “CDC has adjusted numbers to show that only 6% of 187k C19 deaths are related to the virus” International Day: Sat. Sept. 5th = International Bacon Day!