• The Office of Public School Construction named South Tahoe High the school of the month for December.

• Unity at the Lake’s New Year’s Eve Meditation is from 7-8pm, 1195 Rufus Allen Blvd., South Lake Tahoe. For more info, call (530) 544. 2266.

• Four companies seeking permits to harvest crayfish from Lake Tahoe were given them this month.

• Artist Charles Muench has published “Markleeville Memories: Paintings of a Sierra Town.”

• The Jack London Commemorative Sierra Sled Dog Derby will be March 2-3 at Royal Gorge Cross Country Ski Resort.