• MontBleu casino in Stateline will fire up the vats and get the stew pots steaming Aug. 24 with the inaugural Boil ‘n Fry Day Festival featuring crayfish from Lake Tahoe.

• Labor Day weekend fireworks on the South Shore are that Sunday starting at 8:30pm.

• Long-time environmental advocate Warner Chabot has joined the Tahoe Fund board.

• Jazzercise and Harveys are sponsoring two one-hour free Jazzersie events. One is Aug. 12, the other Aug. 14; both at 6:30pm at the outdoor concert venue.

• The bus company – Standard Parking – that made a gay couple sit in the back of the bus is the same firm that used to run the South Lake Tahoe parking garage.