• Avalon Lodge in South Lake Tahoe is giving 10 percent of its annual Monday profits to one charity. Nominate and select a nonprofit beneficiary via a short five-question form online.

• Lake Tahoe Unified School District’s board will have its annual retreat Oct. 23 at 3:15pm at the student union at South Tahoe High School. The regular meeting will immediately follow the retreat.

• Travel website TravelOrMove.com calls Reno one of the world’s “super cool” communities.

• Fire restrictions have been lifted for most of western Nevada on state and federal land, including at Lake Tahoe.

• There will be a political forum Oct. 17 from 7-9pm at Sierra Nevada College for the two candidates for Washoe County School District board of education. Lisa Ruggerio and Dale Richardson are running for District A.