• Twenty-one writers respond to America’s war on women’s rights and reproductive health in “Get Out of My Crotch” – which will be released Jan. 22 on the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. Order a copy online.

• Tahoe Regional Planning Agency will be closed Dec. 24-Jan. 1.

• The San Francisco Giants World Series trophy is not coming to Lake Tahoe like it did after the 2010 championship.  The route is online.

• New American Mortgage and Chase International South Tahoe made holiday donations to Tahoe Youth & Family Services, Live Violence Free and El Dorado County South Lake Tahoe library’s Giving Tree for Court Appointed Special Advocates.

• Lake Tahoe News is closing in on 1,000 likes on its Facebook page. If you are the 1,000th, LTN will send you a T-shirt.