• Senate Bill 125 would have exempted a property owner of a structure that is within a State Responsibility Area as designated by CalFire and within the boundaries of a local fire protection district from having to pay the $150 tax. But the bill by state Sen. Ted Gaines, R-Rocklin, didn’t make it out of committee on April 23.

• Sonora Pass is open for the season and Tioga Pass is projected to open May 11.

• The Nature Valley U.S. Alpine Championships is returning to Squaw Valley in 2014. The March 19-23 championships is likely to feature Julia Mancuso, Ted Ligety, Lindsey Vonn, Bode Miller and Mikaela Shiffrin.

• April is National 911 Education Month. Here is a 911 guide.

• Carnelian Bay, based on ZIP codes, is the least polluted in California as shown on an EPA interactive map developed by the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment.