• Barton Memorial Hospital’s Skilled Nursing Facility recently received the highest rating of five-stars from U.S. News & World Report in the publication’s best nursing homes list for 2013.

• California Tahoe Conservancy is putting on a two-day workshop about the Upper Truckee River restoration project. Click on the flyer for more info about the May 2-3 event.

• Have you voted for Corral Trail on the Bell Built Grant Facebook page? Voting ends April 12.

• Brendan McGill of the Hitchcock restaurant in Bainbridge Island, Wash., is Food + Wine magazine’s People’s Best New Chef. The California winner is Matthew Accarrino of SPQR in San Francisco. Truckee’s Jacob Burton of Stella’s was a contender.

• The 81st Annual Far West Ski Association convention is June 6-9 at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno.