Snippets about Lake Tahoe

• Alpen Sierra Coffee is branching out into other beverages. The company is applying for a permit to sell alcohol.

• Fitch Ratings upgraded the joint powers agency that makes up Measure S on the California side of the South Shore from A+ to AA-.

• Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Granite Bay, has been appointed chairman of the Water and Power Subcommittee of the House Natural Resources Committee.

• The Tudor Pub in South Tahoe now has the name MacDuffs Public House.

• Sierra-at-Tahoe’s 8th annual Telegrass Festival is March 26 and 27.