• The League of American Bicyclists gave the North Lake Tahoe-Truckee area honorable mention in its quest to be named a Bike Friendly community.

• IntenSati is a new class being offered through Help Me Rhonda personal training. Click on class for more details.

• Patricia Gibbons-Johnson, who sat on the Tahoe Truckee Unified School District board from 1999 to 2006, was appointed to fill the vacancy until after November’s election.

• Howard Coleman created a video from the protest at Lake Tahoe Community College this spring before the “Laramie Project” was staged.