·      Mount Aukum Winery is closing on Jan. 31.

·      Sierra Speaker Series: The Donner Party Chronicles with Frank Mullen is Feb. 17 from 5-6:30pm at the Donner Memorial State Park Visitor Center in Truckee. Cost is $5.

·      Vanetta Van Cleave is now the CFO for the North Tahoe Public Utility District.

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

·      President Trump signed legislation introduced by Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Garden Valley, designating a mountain in the John Muir Wilderness of the Sierra National Forest as Sky Point. The bill honors Marine Staff Sgt. Sky Mote of El Dorado, who was killed in action in Afghanistan on Aug. 10, 2012.