·      South Tahoe High School Holiday Music Concert is Dec. 18 from 7-8:30pm at the school. Cost is $5.

·      The first tree run in the Shirley zone at Squaw Valley was renamed “Mac & Ernie’s” for the 2017-18 season to honor and thank Ryan McInerney, president at Visa, and his family for their donation to Waterkeeper Alliance. Waterkeeper Alliance is the largest nonprofit solely focused on clean water, fighting for every community’s right to drinkable, fishable, swimmable water. The trail name was awarded to McInerney during the fundraising gala and auction celebrating the World Cup at Squaw Valley last March. 

·      Carolyn Grubb, who was the glue holding the Valhalla Festival together through some turbulent times, is retiring now that the art-music festival is on solid footing.

·      H2uP Tahoe, South Shore’s IV hydration wellness service, has a new brick and mortar location at MontBleu.