Snippets about Lake Tahoe

• South Tahoe Police Chief Brian Uhler has issued a press release warning people his department will be ticketing and towing people if vehicles are in the way of snow removal equipment.

• Sample the Sierra 2011 is Aug. 20 on Ski Run Boulevard in South Tahoe. Call (775) 588.1728 to be involved.

• The El Dorado County clerk’s office will not issue or accept passport applications as of Jan. 1.

• Truckee’s Elijah Bleu’s House of Coffee & Good Eats is celebrating its one-year anniversary Nov. 30 with $1 coffee and espresso drinks all day.

• Lanza’s in Kings Beach is expanding to have a restaurant in Stateline in the Nugget Building. Orchid’s Thai of South Lake, which has changed owners, is opening a second location later this month in the same building.

• Harrah’s Entertainment canceled its IPO on Friday, citing market conditions not being optimal. The casino giant has been privately held for the last three years since it bought Caesars Entertainment.