·       Tahoe City XC is having ski swap Nov. 12. A percentage of each sale will benefit the group’s profit programs. Bring equipment to sale to the center on Nov. 11 from 3-8pm.

·       Here is the El Dorado-Tahoe roadwork schedule from Caltrans for this week.

·       The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office Citizen Corps is offering an emergency preparedness and response training academy beginning Oct. 13. For more details, go online.

·       Karen Fink, who has been a transportation specialist at Tahoe Regional Planning Agency for more than a decade, is stepping down.

·       Ann Harmon will share information about Project Vote Smart – The Voter’s Self Defense System on Oct. 12 from 4:30-6:30pm in the board room at Lake Tahoe Community College. Then the mother-daughter duo of Del and Brooke Laine, both of whom have served on the South Lake Tahoe City Council, will talk about women in politics. The free event is being put on by the AAUW.