• South Lake Tahoe Fire Department is having a public Badge Pinning Ceremony on Aug. 3 from 3-4pm at the senior center for the department’s three new firefighters and 19 reserves.

• South Tahoe High School’s Student Union will be dedicated Aug. 24 at 10am. At noon the school board will head down to South Tahoe Middle School to cut the ribbon on the new Mountain Vista building.

• The Steve Walker Band will be at Valhalla on the South Shore on July 31 at 7:30pm. Tickets are $18 in advance, $20 at the door – (530) 541.4975.

• Here is Caltrans’ roadwork schedules for the coming week for El Dorado-Tahoe and Sierra.

• Artist Michael Godard will visit Wyland Galleries in South Lake Tahoe on Aug. 4 from 6-9pm.