• Every Saturday in July and August from 9-10:30am there are natural history hikes of Sugar Pine Point State Park. The free tours start and end at the Nature Center on the day use side of the park. Wear comfortable walking shoes and bring water.

• Community Air Service Initiative is a group trying to bring commercial air service to the South Shore.

• Thunder Valley Casino Resort’s hotel has earned the Four Diamond rating from AAA.

• Former Lake Tahoe Unified School District Superintendent Rich Fischer speaks out about journalist Jose Antonio Vargas, who recently revealed he is an illegal immigrant.

• El Dorado County’s taxable real estate and personal property valued dropped 1.4 percent to $25.3 billion. Placer County figures won’t be available for a few weeks.