Snippets about Lake Tahoe

• Twenty-four cadets graduated from the Lake Tahoe Basin Fire Academy on June 29 in a ceremony at the Lake Tahoe Community College theater. Three were on a fire with a U.S. Forest Service fire crew within days of the ceremony.

• The Fields Advisory Committee of the South Lake Tahoe Recreation Facilities Joint Powers Authority meets Aug. 12 from 4-6pm at Lake Tahoe Airport.

• Railroad Earth’s 3rd annual Hangtown Halloween Ball will run Oct. 24-27 at El Dorado County Fairgrounds in Placerville.

• Here is next week’s Sierra roadwork schedule from Caltrans.

• Those interested in participating in next year’s Lake Tahoe Basin Fire Academy program must attend an orientation program Aug. 8 at 6 pm at the Lake Tahoe Community College cafeteria. For questions, call Leona Allen at (530) 541.4660, ext. 554.