Terror in Tahoe returns — this year at the Campground by the Lake — the dead center of South Lake Tahoe.

It is open Thursday-Sunday from 7pm-midnight throughout October.

Tickets are $15, children under 12 are $7.50. The haunted trail is not recommended for those under 12. There are things for younger kids to do.

Terror in Tahoe is hosted by South Lake Tahoe Community Services Department (Parks and Recreation) and South Tahoe Chamber of Commerce.

North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District is planning on conducting a prescribed burn on Oct. 14 depending on proper weather conditions and fuel moisture content.

The 7 acre prescribed burn will be in the upper Apollo subdivision area, off Highway 431.

Smoke resulting from the prescribed burns will affect the surrounding area for approximately 24 to 36 hours. People who are smoke sensitive are advised to stay inside and close their windows and doors as much as possible until the smoke dissipates.

For further information, call (775) 831.0351, ext. 0.

UC Davis is hosting a Haunted Halloween Chamber Mixer with Masters of the Night bat lecture immediately following at Historic Fish Hatchery.

The event is Oct. 20, with the mixer from 5-6pm and lecture from 6-7pm.

The cost is $10. There will be a no-host, cash-only bar. All proceeds go to UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center Education Center and the Nor Cal Bats foundation.

The UC Davis Tahoe City Field Station (Historic Fish Hatchery) at 2400 Lake Forest Road, just east of Tahoe City off the bike path.

This event is open to the public and intended for adults.

U.S. Forest Service fire and fuels management crews will be conducting prescribed fire operations in the Andria Drive area off Kingsbury Grade in Stateline through the rest of the week.

If conditions allow, the Forest Service also may resume operations in the Angora area, focusing on the area below Angora Ridge Road and west of Mule Deer Circle. The number of acres will depend on weather conditions and other factors.

Forest Service fire and fuels management staff monitor weather conditions closely prior to prescribed fire ignition. They are looking for conditions that will carry smoke up and out of the Lake Tahoe Basin. Crews conduct a test burn before igniting a larger area, to verify how effectively fuels are consumed and how the smoke will travel. If crews light a significant number of acres at one time, the project may produce a smoke plume resembling that of a wildland fire.

Remember that fire appears larger at night.

The Forest Service strives to minimize the impacts of smoke on local communities. Smoke-sensitive residents should consider staying indoors and keeping doors, windows and outside vents closed. To directly receive prescribed fire updates, send an email to pa_ltbmu@fs.fed.us. Forest Service staff will post road signs around areas affected by prescribed fire, and update the local fire information line at (530) 543.2600, ext. 6.

• On Oct. 15 participating businesses at the Village Shopping Center in South Lake Tahoe will donate a portion of that day’s revenue to South Lake Tahoe Women’s Center to support efforts to stop domestic violence. Free Starbucks coffee to the first 50 shoppers who stop by the Shop to Stop booth.

• Sierra Resort’s annual Keep Sierra Clean Day was moved to Oct. 16 because of the snow on the slopes last weekend. Go online for more info.

• The Shane McConkey Foundation in Squaw has donated $20,000 to Tahoe Truckee Unified School District and $10,000 to Protect Our Winters.

• Lake Tahoe Community College is calling its community education program Connect – as in, get connected.

• On Oct. 20 at 10:20am, millions of Californians will “Drop, Cover, and Hold On” in the Great California ShakeOut, a statewide earthquake drill.

Dirk Yuricich is having a showing of fall photographs at his gallery at the Ski Run Marina Oct. 12-19.

The gallery will be open for the Celebrate Autumn Exhibit from 11am-5pm daily, with closing time at 8pm Wednesdays.

Dirk Yuricich is having a photo exhibit of fall colors. Photo/Provided

Parking is free at the Ski Run Marina.

For further information, call Dirk Yuricich Photography Gallery at (530) 542.2000 or go online.

The North Lake Tahoe Chamber of Commerce is hosting its annual chamber membership lunch Oct. 27 at noon, with registration beginning at 11:30am, at the North Tahoe Event Center in Kings Beach.

This year’s presentation is titled “The Changing Face of the North Lake Tahoe Ski Industry” with a guest speaker panel that includes General Manager Bill Rock of Northstar, Chief Executive Officer Art Chapman of JMA (co-owner of Squaw-Alpine, and sole owner of Homewood Mountain Resort) and Chief Executive Office Andy Wirth of Squaw-Alpine.

Attendees will learn about the new ownership of the larger ski resorts, the future of skiing in North Lake Tahoe, what’s new on the mountains and what does the merger of Alpine Meadows and Squaw Valley mean for employees and guests.

Bella Affair will cater the luncheon. Cost is $35/per person for chamber members and $45/per person for non-chamber members before Oct. 24, and $40/members and $50/non-members after Oct. 24.

For more information about the lunch or to register, call Kym Fabel, North Lake Tahoe Chamber of Commerce manager, at (530) 581.8764 or kym@puretahoenorth.com.

Five restaurants are helping increase TACCD’s funding base to make sure it is around for another 30 years.

Ernie’s Café owners Paul and Judi Bruso will donate a percentage of their proceeds Oct. 11 to Tahoe Area Coordinating Council for the Disabled.

The next restaurants on the fund raising list are:

• Oct. 18 Passaretti’s

• Oct. 25 Taqueria Jalisco

• Oct. 27 Coyote Grill.

Students at Tahoe Valley Elementary School are going to be a part of a world record jumping jack attempt Tuesday.

The entire school will be on the field at 12:30pm to be a part of it.

First lady Michelle Obama kicks it off in front of the White House.

If enough people are certified, the South Lake Tahoe school will be a part of an official Guinness Book of World Records record.

For more information, go online.

Phyllis Shafer, Lake Tahoe Community College’s art department chair, will have a solo exhibition of her recent paintings at Stremmel Gallery in Reno.

The opening reception is Oct. 20 from 5:30-7:30pm at the gallery at 1400 S. Virginia St.

Phyllis Shafer at Great Basin National Park in September. Photo/Linda Ruckdeschel

Shafer’s work will be on display through Nov. 19.

This series of paintings representing two years of work, focuses on the landscape of Northern Nevada.

For more information, go online.