South Lake Tahoe is the most populous incorporated city in El Dorado County, California, United States, in the Sierra Nevada mountains.

The western end of town is mainly residential, and clusters around "The Y", the intersection of US 50, State Route 89, and the continuation of Lake Tahoe Boulevard after it loses its federal highway designation.

[11] South Lake Tahoe education rate from 2017-2021, high school graduates or higher, 87.0% of persons age 25 years+.

[4] Federally, South Lake Tahoe is in California's 3rd congressional district, represented by Republican Kevin Kiley.

As reported in the local media, "The Washoe Tribe has presented the name Tahnu Leweh (Pronounced Tah-New Lay-Way) which, in native language, means 'all the people's place.'

It is a name the Tribe would like to gift to El Dorado County and South Lake Tahoe as a symbol of peace, prosperity and goodness.

On December 8, 1963, Frank Sinatra Jr. was kidnapped by Barry Keenan, Johnny Irwin, and Joe Amsler.

[21] The bombing of Harvey's Lake Tahoe in 1980, took place just outside the city limits in Stateline, Nevada.

[24][25] In 1991, Jaycee Lee Dugard (age 11) was abducted from a bus stop in South Lake Tahoe; she was found alive in Antioch, California, in 2009.

South Lake Tahoe is served by a major east–west highway, U.S. 50, which links the area with Sacramento, California, and Carson City, Nevada.

El Dorado Transit operates service between South Lake Tahoe, Placerville, and Sacramento.

Amtrak Thruway 20C provides a daily connection to/from Sacramento Valley Station to the west, with a few stops in between.

South Lake Tahoe averages 1 day per year that reaches 90 °F (32 °C) or higher, most commonly occurring in July and August.

[31] The fire spread throughout the Angora region rapidly, destroying dozens of homes and large tracts of forest.

John Garamendi acting on behalf of the absent Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, who was traveling in Europe.