Snippets about Lake Tahoe

·  Comments on the draft environmental impact report for the Squaw Valley Specific Plan are being taken until July 17. The document is available online.

· The Douglas County Public Library in Minden will be closed May 25 for Memorial Day.

· Big Brothers Big Sisters of El Dorado County has entered into a contract with El Dorado County Health and Human Services to provide mentors for children as young as 3 years old in South Lake Tahoe. For more information about the South Lake Tahoe program, contact Brenda at 530.626.1222 or brenda@bbbs-edc.org.

·  Leadership Lake Tahoe applications are due June 12. For more info about the Lake Tahoe South Shore Chamber of Commerce program, go online.

·  Christopher Cruz, 50, of El Dorado Hills has been appointed chief deputy director of operations at the California Department of Technology.

·  Elena Duarte, 49, of El Dorado Hills, has been appointed to the California Commission on Uniform State Laws.