Snippets about Lake Tahoe

• Paris Hilton was on the South Shore to celebrate her 31st birthday and open the new nightclub at Harrah’s Lake Tahoe. She spent part of the weekend at Barton Memorial Hospital after boyfriend River Viiperi sliced open his leg on a jump at Heavenly Mountain Resort.

• Michael Holcomb has been promoted to vice president, financial adviser for Morgan Stanley’s Lake Tahoe office.

• South Lake Tahoe firefighter Kenin Fairley has been promoted to shift commander.

• In honor of Bill Foster, a 30-year veteran ski patroller who died in December while on duty at Alpine Meadows, Alpine and Squaw Valley are dedicating the Bill Foster dog adoption room that will be built as part of the Truckee-Tahoe Humane Society this fall.