Snippets about Lake Tahoe

• Sierra-at-Tahoe launched a new website this month.

• Julia Mancuso fans may be interested to see how she travels in her new van.

• The Tahoe Queen is offline for maintenance through Dec. 22. The M.S. Dixie paddle-wheeler is offering lunch as part of the scenic cruise ticket, as will the Queen when it resumes service.

• The League to Save Lake Tahoe has a new website.

• A team from the AVID Center in San Diego visited and observed South Tahoe High School’s AVID program this month and at the end of the day awarded the school a two-year term as an AVID National Demonstration School. This distinction is given to about 10 percent of schools nationwide.