• Terry Orr and Jonathan Finnoff, physicians with Tahoe Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, will volunteer as U.S. Ski Team physicians at the 2014 Winter Olympics.

• The February issue of Sunset magazine has a feature on why people should live certain places. Kings Beach is a runner-up for “Best Place to Postpone Your Career”.

• Tangled Roots Writing is offering creative writing, poetry and blogging workshops. More info is online.

• Jamie Anderson, Maddie Bowman, and Hannah Teter – who all call Meyers home and ride for Sierra-at-Tahoe – will be at the X Games in Aspen this weekend. Then they will be going to the Winter Olympics.

• The D and Golden Gate casinos in Las Vegas are accepting bitcoins at hotel front desks.