Snippets about Lake Tahoe

• Carson City High School grad and former Giants third baseman Matt Williams is now the manager of the Nationals.

• Longtime Tahoe Resource Conservation District employee Kim Boyd was recently promoted to district manager.

• In Conde Nast Traveler’s annual reader poll three ski area lodging properties made the list of top resorts in Northern California: Ritz-Carlton at Northstar (5), Westin Monache Resort at Mammoth (12), and PlumpJack Squaw Valley Inn (13).

• The November issue of Ski magazine touts Basecamp Hotel, 968 Park and Stardust Lodge as worthy places to stay in South Lake Tahoe. The same issue has an interesting article on the founder of Mammoth Mountain resort.

• Northstar has fired up its snowmaking guns.