Snippets about Lake Tahoe

• This is the current El Dorado-Tahoe roadwork schedule for Caltrans.

• Phase I of Lake Tahoe Books and Art – the bookstore located in the Village Center in South Lake Tahoe – comes to an end March 4.

• Truckee has been named one of the world’s best ski destinations by the editors of National Geographic Adventure.

• Tanner Tingey of Fresno, who owns a second home near Tahoe City, and Tahoe City landscaper Trent Udlock must pay the TRPA a $20,000 fine for chopping down five trees without a permit.

• El Dorado County Auditor Joe Harn is not releasing money to Garden Valley Fire District. Find out why in this letter. This is the district that just signed a 10-year, $1 million no-out-clause contract with its chief.

•  There is an open house for internal medicine and pediatric physician Allison Steinmetz on Feb. 28 from 4-6pm at 1090 3rd St., South Lake Tahoe.