• Nice write up about Homewood in the February issue of Ski magazine. It mentions the awesome views, but fails to provide a photo. Same issue touts Northsar for being kid friendly.

• Reno is on the list of top 10 cities with the worst drinking water, according to the AOL Daily Finance report published last month.

• The 35th annual Great Ski Race, the Tahoe Nordic Search and Rescue fundraiser cross country ski race, is March 6 at 9am. It starts at the Tahoe Cross Country Center in Tahoe City and finishes at the Cottonwood Restaurant in Truckee. Information is online.

• Dee Byrne is now Squaw Valley’s director of Snowsports School and Race Programs. She spent the last eight years as the director of Vail Snowsports School.

• El Dorado County Air Quality Management District has released a request for proposal for fiscal year 2011-12 motor vehicle emission reduction projects.