Snippets about Lake Tahoe

• Earlier this month South Lake Tahoe wrote a check for $2,546.78 to Community Animal Hospital for Duke, the South Lake Tahoe police dog, to pay for a crown on a tooth.

• In 1854, Hangtown (Placerville) was the third largest town in California behind Sacramento and San Francisco.

• Mammoth Mountain has converted some snowcats into food vending apparatuses that will roam the slopes and make it unnecessary to stop at the lodge.

• It’s time to plant native wildflower seeds, according to Tahoe Resource Conservation District. Free seeds at the office — 870 Emerald Bay Road, South Lake Tahoe.

• Find out about the foundation Heavenly Mountain Resort skier Sho Kashima is starting.