·      Youngsters will have a new place to spend Halloween. Trick and Retreat – it’s the Beach Retreat’s answer to going door-to-door in neighborhoods. Instead kids will go room-to-room on Oct. 31 from 6-8pm at the South Lake Tahoe hotel to get candy. These will be specially designated and decorated rooms, not occupied guest rooms.

·      Michael Franti & Spearhead will be at MontBleu in Stateline on Sept. 15 at 8pm.

·      Mike Domino from Surprise, Ariz., on Aug. 17 hit a hole-in-one on the second hole at Bijou Municipal Golf Course in South Lake Tahoe.

·      North Tahoe Public Utility District is having meetings Aug. 23 and Sept. 7, both 5:30-7:30pm, regarding the draft final lease agreement with Laulima Kings Beach Event Center to operate and manage the North Tahoe Event Center.

·      Here are the El Dorado-Tahoe and Sierra roadwork schedules from Caltrans for the week.