• Sugar Bowl’s Torchlight Parade with Santa and the Backcountry Ball is Dec. 13 from 5-10pm in the Judah Lodge. It’s a fundraiser for the Sierra Avalanche Center and features professional big-mountain snowboarder Jeremy Jones. Tickets are $20 at the door.

• Northstar will host a Northern Lights Festival and Mardi Gras Celebration, as well as its annual Carve Tahoe ice-sculpting contest from Jan. 28-Feb. 2.

• Kings Beach Commercial Core Improvement Project construction activities have essentially come to a halt for the season, except for a few final wrap-up tasks that are still in the works.

• Live Violence Free distributes food every Thursday from 9-10:30am at 2941 Lake Tahoe Blvd., South Lake Tahoe. Give-aways also include adult and children’s clothing, toys, household and miscellaneous items.

• Here are the El Dorado-Tahoe and Sierra roadwork schedules from Caltrans for the week.