Snippets about Lake Tahoe

• AAA is ending its Saturday hours starting in January at most of its offices in the Tahoe region. However, the Sparks, Truckee and Reno Damonte Ranch offices will still be open Saturdays.

• Brandianne Ledbetter has left Outside TV to start her own company in South Tahoe — Princess Productions.

• Saveur magazine has listed El Dorado County’s Cedarville Vineyard’s 2008 Grenache in their list of “65 California Reds to Drink Now”.

• South Lake Tahoe mystery writer Todd Borg is offering a writing course in Folsom Feb. 4-6. Details are on his website.

• Dec. 20 is the last day to register to vote for the Jan 4 special election to fill the state Senate seat of the late Dave Cox.

• Claire Champlin and Brook Roberts of Reno finished second in the season finale of the reality show “The Amazing Race.”