Snippets about Lake Tahoe

• Veterinarian Kelly Doria is closing shop in mid-June. She will be leaving South Lake Tahoe for Santa Barbara.

Kelly Doria

• Douglas County commissioners barely made the deadline of sending a balanced budget to the state by the third Monday of May. Officials approved the $123.8 million budget May 17.

• Have you signed up for the Thin Air Festival? The Aug. 12-15 running event on the South Shore of Lake Tahoe has a variety of courses to choose from.

• Extra DUI roving patrols will be out in Placerville and South Lake Tahoe for Memorial Day weekend – May 28-31.

• Former Sierra Nevada College CFO Richard Rubsamen has been hired as president of the Incline Village school.

• Researchers at the University of Miami in Ohio are studying how UV and invasive species are related to the clarity of Lake Tahoe.