Lake Tahoe Community College’s board of trustees will have a meeting later this month to discuss disbanding the theater arts program.

The college is proposing to do so at the end of this academic year because of lack of enrollment and the expense to keep it going.

That does not mean the theater would be dark. College personnel envision it becoming more of a community theater, but not tied to academics/course credits.

Since the proposal to shut down the department first came to light last month, a petition has been circulating on Facebook to keep the program going.

The meeting will be Nov. 29, 6pm in the board room at LTCC.

·       Over the last year, Humane Society of Truckee Tahoe found homes for 100 percent of the adoptable and treatable pets received from Placer County. The average length of stay for animals in the new shelter is 12.8 days for dogs and 46.5 days for cats. That is a significant decrease from the average length of stay of four to six months for dogs and nine months for cats at the old Tahoe Vista shelter.

·      Lake Tahoe South Shore Chamber of Commerce will host a meeting about the new federal overtime rules on Nov. 16 from noon-1:30pm at Tahoe Mountain Lab in South Lake Tahoe. The rules take effect Dec. 1.

·      Karla and Jeff Brennan are the new owners of South Lake Tahoe’s Cork & More.

·       Mammoth Mountain will host the Revolution Tour on Feb. 7-12, with slopestyle, halfpipe and big air competitions in its Unbound Terrain Park.

·       The final EIR/EIS for Placer County’s Tahoe Basin Area Plan has been released. It is available online. The Board of Supervisors will discuss it Dec. 6 in Kings Beach, with the Governing Board of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency having it on the Jan. 25-26 agenda.

·      El Dorado County Supervisor Shiva Frentzen has been elected to the California Association of Local Agency Formation Commission board of directors.

·      Check out the video on this link for thrilling footage of dirt biking at Donner.

·      Jake Nielsson’s Triple Threat will play at Whiskey Dick’s in South Lake Tahoe for free on Nov. 19. Doors open at 9pm.

·       The Lodge at Edgewood Tahoe is now part of Preferred Hotels & Resorts, the world’s largest independent hotel brand. Reservations are now open for stays beginning June 22, 2017.

·       Here is the El Dorado-Tahoe roadwork schedule for the week from Caltrans.

The 46th annual Barton Auxiliary Holiday Faire is Nov. 13.

The free event is at St. Theresa Grace Hall in South Lake Tahoe from 9am-3pm. Santa Claus will stop by from 10am-2pm.

Holiday and winter treasures have been set aside from the Attic Thrift Store donations. Items include jewelry, books, holiday decorations, winter wear, crystal, dolls, purses, antiques, and collectibles.

All funds support Barton Health’s efforts to improve the community’s health and wellbeing. In 2015, the Barton Auxiliary raised $280,850.99 from holiday fundraisers, membership donations, Attic Thrift Store, and the hospital gift shop.

Attendees to can also purchase baked goods, lunch, refreshments, and the auxiliary’s famous cheese balls.

Motorists can expect delays on Interstate 80 east of Truckee from Nov. 7-23.

Groove pavement work will require alternating lane closures from 6am-6pm those days. Additional work days may be required after the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. No work is scheduled on Veterans’ Day.

Alternating lanes of Interstate 80 from Hinton Road to the Acid Flat Bridge east of Floriston will be closed as the contractor increases surface friction by grooving the concrete pavement on eastbound and westbound freeway lanes.

Don’t forget to set your clocks back an hour tonight before you go to bed.

At 2am Nov. 6 it’s time to return to standard time.

The whole reason for this, according to the federal government, is energy and fuel savings.

·      In 2016, Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows and the Village at Squaw Valley gave $800,000 in cash and in-kind donations to support 118 area nonprofit organizations and events, with the resort team contributing more than 6,500 hours of paid time annually to help local and regional charities achieve their goals.

·      State Farm gave $17,000 in support of the Nevada Network of Fire Adapted Communities Program.

·      The Leapfrog Group, a national patient safety watchdog, has once again rated Barton Memorial Hospital with an A grade for patient safety, ranking among the safest hospitals in the United States

·       Washoe County’s library in Incline Village is having a food-for-fines drive. Fines for overdue books are waived if people bring one can or box of food to the library for each overdue book or other library item. Donations will go to Project MANA.

·      The recreational Dungeness crab season is scheduled to open statewide today – with a health warning in place for crabs caught north of Point Reyes.

·      Placer County Board of Supervisors on Nov. 15 at 9am will have a public hearing regarding various aspects of Squaw Valley’s plans to develop the base area. Supes will be looking at the Planning Commission’s approval from August.  The meeting is at the North Tahoe Event Center in Kings Beach.

·      Douglas County Public Library in Zephyr Cove will be closed Nov. 11 for Veterans Day. The library will resume its normal schedule Nov. 12 at 9am.

·      Equipto, Micheal Marshall and disc jockey True Justice will be at Whiskey Dick’s in South Lake Tahoe on Nov. 12. Doors open at 9pm. No cover.

·       Gene Upshaw’s NFL career, groundbreaking work as executive director of the NFL Players Association, and personal story will be told in “Highway 63 – The Legacy of Gene Upshaw,” scheduled to air Nov. 6, 11am on Comcast SportsNet Bay Area. Upshaw died Aug. 20, 2008, of pancreatic cancer at Tahoe Forest Hospital in Truckee.

·       The senior shuttle is providing rides to precincts on Election Day between 9am-2pm for people in Truckee and North Lake Tahoe. Cost is $3 for those 59 and younger; donations accepted from others. Call 530.550.7451 to schedule a ride.

·      Friends of the Library in South Lake Tahoe is having a book sale Nov. 19 at 10am. Members are allowed to come in at 9am, and it’s possible to join that morning. The library is at 1000 Rufus Allen Blvd.

·      Through the Roots will be at Whiskey Dicks in South Lake Tahoe on Nov. 8. Doors open at 9pm. Tickets are $15 at the door.

·      U.S. News & World Report recognized Lake Tahoe among the 15 best places to go this winter.

·      The 3rd annual Bass Camp Onesie Party is Nov. 18 at Cargo Concert Hall in downtown Reno starting at 8pm. For tickets and more info, go online.

·       Douglas County Library in Minden is showing “Captain America Civil War” (PG-13) on Nov. 10 and “Into the Woods” (PG) on Nov. 17. Both are free and start at 2:30pm.

·      South Lake Tahoe is putting on a public workshop about vacation home rentals on Nov. 16 from 6-8pm at the senior center.

·      South Lake Tahoe Friends of the Library is having a gathering on Nov. 15 at 6pm. Help elect officers for 2016-17. Help is always needed on committees, too, and there will be a sign-up sheet with descriptions to encourage those who want to be part of the volunteer corps. Following the brief election, the program features all you ever wanted to know about the library through panels, games, quizzes and a tour.

·      Clear Conscience and Dollar $hort will play at Whiskey Dick’s in South Lake Tahoe for free on Nov. 5. Doors open at 9pm.

·      Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows officially launched its new mobile application. Download it here.

·      Roger Niello has been appointed interim director of the Community Development Agency in El Dorado County.