• The Virginia & Truckee Railroad is extending its 2010 season to include “Colors in the Canyon” train rides through Dec. 18.

• Crater Lake is the only body of water in the United States to make BudgetTravel.com’s top 10 most beautiful lake list.

• The 16th annual Winter Fest gay ski week on the South Shore is March 6-11, 2011.

• Douglas County Manager Michael Brown said there are no discussions going on about his jurisdiction pulling out of the coordinated transit system known as STATA even though it has filed for bankruptcy and faces several lawsuits.

• Small business owners in Kings Beach have formed the Kings Beach Downtown Association.

• The environmental impact statement for the Boulder Bay project in Crystal Bay is out. The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Governing Board is expected to vote on the project Oct. 28, with the APC hearing it first on Oct. 13.

• Click here for info about the West Nile virus in El Dorado County.