• South Lake Tahoe City Clerk Suzie Alessi received the 2014 Presidential Award of Excellence from the City Clerk’s Association of California.

• The little cub being taken care of at Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care now weighs 7.7 pounds. She arrived April 15 weighing 5 pounds, 6 ounces.

• The Genoa Cowboy Festival is May 2-4. More info is online.

• May is Wildfire Awareness Month in the Lake Tahoe Basin.

• Nevada will be receiving $2.5 million in federal highway grants for projects that are intended to improve safety on roads and interstates.