·      Placer County residents may drop off 6 yards (1 yard = 6 bags) of yard waste for free until Oct. 31 at the materials recovery facility on Cabin Creek Road between Truckee and Squaw. It is open from 8am-4pm, closed Sundays. Bring ID for proof of residency.

·      Discover the rarely told stories about Tahoe’s history with Bill Morgan’s firsthand accounts in a talk on Aug. 24 from 5:30-7pm at Tahoe Environmental Research Center in Incline Village.

·      Lake Tahoe South Shore Chamber of Commerce is taking applications until June 12 for the next Leadership Lake Tahoe class. Go online to apply.

·     This is the final weekend of operations for the 2016-17 winter season at Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe.

·      A mountain lion and her cubs were sighted on the El Dorado Trail at the Weber Creek Bridge (the section of the trail between Forni Road and Missouri Flat Road).