• For 25 years the Bread & Broth program has served more than 125,000 hot, nutritious meals to those in need. There will be a community celebration Oct. 5 from noon-4pm at the Celio Ranch in Meyers. Cost is $10 adults, $5 children.

• The second annual Halloween Freq Fest Costume Party featuring Freq Nasty is Oct. 30 at Whiskey Dicks Saloon in South Lake Tahoe. Tickets are $18 in advance at Whiskey Dicks, The Spot (South Lake Tahoe) or Recycled Records (Reno). Tickets are $20 at the door. Doors open at 8pm.

• Squaw Valley is launching the ski industry’s first app for Google Glass.

• Mammovan is coming to Harrah’s Lake Tahoe on Oct. 8 from 7:45am-3:15pm. It will in the upper parking lot behind tree line. To schedule a mammogram, call 877.581.6266.

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

The Placer County Sheriff Office’s Search and Rescue teams have started their annual telemarketing fundraising drive throughout the county.

This year, search and rescue is again raising money to purchase mobile communications equipment for the Lake Tahoe area. Search and rescue volunteers donate thousands of hours each year to locate lost hikers, skiers and anyone else who may need assistance in Placer County’s thousands of acres of wilderness.

Telephone solicitors will be calling Placer County residents to ask for donations. Anyone wishing to make a donation will be sent a pre-addressed envelope. Callers will not ask for credit card information. Donations should only be sent to the following addresses: P.O. Box 4150, Auburn, CA, 95604 or P.O. Box 1710, Tahoe City, CA 96145.

During recent fundraising efforts, another company calling themselves “Search and Rescue Charities” led some donors to believe that they were donating to Placer County. This is not the case and anyone interested in donating to the local search and rescue efforts needs to make sure they are giving to “Placer County Search and Rescue.”

For further information, call 530.889.7846.

Douglas County is accepting applications for the 2015 Community Development Block Grant program.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is expected to allocate approximately $2.3 million for grants toward community facilities, planning and capacity building, economic development, micro enterprise programs, and low/moderate income development.

Eligible projects must meet one of the following: 1) benefit low-to-moderate income persons, 2) aid in the elimination of slums or blight, or 3) solve an urgent need that poses a threat to the public health and safety.

Grant applications must be submitted by Nov. 6 at 5pm.

For grant applications, program information, and grant eligibility requirements, contact Dirk Goering at 775.782.6212 or dgoering@co.douglas.nv.us.

Public meetings to evaluate and select two to three grant proposals to forward to the state for funding consideration will be

· Nov. 6 – Board of County Commissioners, 1pm at the county’s historical Courthouse, 1616 Eighth St., Minden. Present overview of CDBG program. County staff will request additional grant proposals.

· Nov. 20 – Board of County Commissioners lake meeting, 1:30pm at the Tahoe Transportation Center, 169 Highway 50, Stateline. Conceptual grant proposals briefly introduced by staff and grantees can present their grant proposal. Public comment taken on conceptual grants.

· Dec. 4  – Board of County Commissioners, 1pm at the county’s historical courthouse, 1616 Eighth St., Minden. Grants ranked (two county specific grants and one statewide grant can be submitted to CDBG). Ranked applications will be requested to submit a complete CDBG application to the county by Dec. 31.

• This marks Sugar Bowl’s 75th year. Sugar Bowl Corporation was formed on Oct. 13, 1938, and the ski resort officially opened for skiing on Dec. 15, 1939.

• High Fives Foundation has been honored with the 2014 op-Rated Award by GreatNonprofits, the leading provider of user reviews about nonprofit organizations.

• Forest Suites Resort in South Lake Tahoe is having a Pony and Pumpkin Festival on Oct. 11 from 11am to 6pm. For more info, call 775.588.2953.

• Bill Cottrill is now chief managing officer of Lake Tahoe Resort Hotel, Lorraine Tuner is chief administrative officer and John Steinbach is vice president.

• Oct. 8 is International Walk to School Day.

The October professional workshop for Tahoe Regional Young Professionals is about the pros and cons of renting and buying.

A panel of real estate, property management and finance gurus will talk Oct. 15 from 5:30-6:30pm at Inn by the Lake in South Lake Tahoe.

TRYP workshops are free for members and $5 for non-members.

For more info, email TahoeTRYP@gmail.com.

The King Fire Fund has given out nearly $30,000 to local organizations.

The fund was established by the Sacramento Region Community Foundation to provide support and future recovery efforts to those affected by the King Fire in El Dorado and Placer counties.

Grants to the El Dorado Community Foundation, People for Animal Welfare in El Dorado County (PAWED), the Food Bank of El Dorado County, and the American Red Cross Capital Region are designed to augment immediate relief needs as well as support a pathway for recovery as people return home.

“It was just recently that we made the decision to open the fund. We were completely gratified by the outpouring of support from our fundholders, corporations and the general public who – with donations ranging from $10 to $10,000 – once again demonstrated just how generous this region is,” foundation CEO Linda Beech Cutler said in a statement.

The Sacramento Region Community Foundation has covered all processing and transaction costs, including credit cards fees, so that 100 percent of the donations will go to nonprofits that directly support King Fire victims and recovery in the future.

• Lake Tahoe Blue’s hockey season at the South Lake Tahoe Ice Arena has started. For more info, go online.

• Longtime Placer County Supervisor Kirk Uhler has been named CEO of Sacramento Regional Technology Alliance.

• Two of Barton Health’s female doctors will talk for free about breast cancer and other common cancers that affect women. Female conditions, such as pelvic pain, will also be discussed Oct. 21 at 6pm in the board room at Lake Tahoe Community College.

• The charity for the Oct. 5 1-4pm Genoa’s Sweet Sippin’ Sundays is Kids and Horses. It is on Main Street. Cost is $12 for new sippers, $10 with glass.

• Tahoe City’s Oktoberfest is Oct. 4 from noon-4pm on the grounds of Gatekeeper’s Museum.

The 10th annual Mutt Strut Poker Run is Oct. 12 on your calendar. It will start and end at Lakeview Commons in South Lake Tahoe.

And please have your fingers crossed that our weather will be more like this week, and not last weekend!

Three poker hands are $20 in advance ($25 day of event) and three hands plus a Mutt Strut T-shirt are $30. They are available at Alpine Animal Hospital (921 Emerald Bay Road) or Bonanza Boot and Leather (at the Chateau) or call 530.307.3638.

Registration from 11-11:30am. The walk is 1.6 miles.

Proceeds benefit Animal Coalition of Tahoe.

The Douglas County Library is celebrating Teen Read Week with an art contest.

Enter a drawing, photograph, or story with a fall theme. Bring entries to the Minden or Zephyr Cove libraries between Oct. 6-17.

Winners will be announced at the Teen Mystery Party. Winners and honorable mentions in each category will receive candy. Their entries will be posted on the library’s Facebook page and displayed in the teen area.

This event is sponsored by the Friends of the Douglas County Public Library.

The libraries are located at 233 Warrior Way in Zephyr Cove and 1625 Library Lane in Minden.

The annual Fall Fish Festival is Oct. 4-5 at the Taylor Creek Visitor Center on Lake Tahoe’s South Shore.

It focuses on a variety of fish species that live in Lake Tahoe and its streams, including the federally threatened Lahontan cutthroat trout, little-known smaller fish, such as Speckled dace, and the Kokanee salmon.

The weekend events feature children’s activities, food vendors, educational booths, streamside information and the return of the Kokanee Trail Runs on Sunday sponsored by the Tahoe Mountain Milers.

The festival runs from 10am-4pm each day.

Black bears in the area feed on the spawning salmon. Remember do not approach them – bears are wild animals and may attack if threatened.

The Fall Fish Festival and Oktoberfest at Historic Camp Richardson Resort occur the same weekend, so the parking lot at the visitor center fills quickly. The U.S. Forest Service encourages attendees to bike, walk or take public transportation to the event.