Snippets about Lake Tahoe

• Fireworks on the South Shore start at 8:30pm on Sept. 4.

• Lake Tahoe – both ends – are working together again to be part of the 2012 Tour de California cycling event that almost started on the South Shore this year.

• Eppic Studios, a media production company providing marketing, mobile media, and motion picture production services, is open in Incline Village.

• In the 60-plus degree waters of Lake Tahoe on Aug. 14, Dave Van Mouwerick of San Luis Obispo became the 19th person to swim the 21.2-mile length of the lake.

• Great Basin Brewing Co. of Sparks is selling its Ichthyosaur India Pale Ale at stores in the Reno-Sparks area.