Beach cleanup to follow fireworks

Mushroom-designed fireworks light up the sky Aug. 31. Photos/Howie Nave

Pyrotechnics become butterflies.

People will be out in force today picking up debris from Sunday’s annual fireworks show.

The Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority is organizing trash pick up today through Sept. 5 from 9am-noon each day. The beaches include: 4H Beach, Tahoe Shores, Nevada Beach, Round Hill Pines.

The fireworks on the South Shore are now shot off from the Nevada side.

The cleanup days are to help ensure all the floating debris is removed and discarded properly.