Snippets about Lake Tahoe

• Do you want to send Smokey Bear a letter? Just make sure it has the ZIP code 20252.

• Reno-Tahoe Open landed a new title sponsor and will change its name to the Barracuda Championship under a four-year, multimillion-dollar deal with Bay Area-based Barracuda Networks Inc. This year’s event is set for July 31-Aug. 3 at Montreux Golf & Country Club between Reno and Lake Tahoe.

• The 55th International Camel and Ostrich Races return to Virginia City Sept. 5-7.

• J. Dean Grimes will talk about how entertainment will save Nevada’s economy on July 26 in Incline Village. For more info and to buy tickets, click here.

• Ironman Lake Tahoe is Sept. 21 on the North Shore.