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

·       After more than 6½ years of service, K9 Thor has retired from the Washoe County Sheriff’s Department.

·       The California Department of Motor Vehicles is celebrating its 10-year partnership with Donate Life California in helping to register more than 13.2 million organ, eye, and tissue donors.

·       Jim Nichols, former Douglas County manager, has been hired to be city manager of Des Moines, Iowa.

·       Fred Block, professor in the UC Davis department of sociology, will give a talk titled Innovation in the United States: Myths and Realities on Sept. 15 starting at 5:30pm at Sierra Nevada College in Incline Village. Cost is $5.