• On July 9, Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law Senate Bill 991. It amends Section 400.1 of the Family Code. This law allows county supervisors, while in office, to perform marriage ceremonies starting Jan. 1.

• A Safeway worker says the Fox gas station in South Lake Tahoe will become a Safeway station in January.

• The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit anticipates selling out of holiday tree permits as early as Dec. 10. If you are interested in obtaining a permit, call  (530) 543.2694.

• Tioga Pass is closed for the season.

• This video shows that making snow is a science unto itself: