968 Park Hotel in South Tahoe has received California’s highest green rating for a hotel.

Slow Food Lake Tahoe, a group based in Truckee, is partnering with other organizations to bring the educational program Harvest of the Month to schools. Students will munch on tomatoes, bell peppers, Satsuma mandarins, beets, dried fruits and salad greens.

Lake Tahoe was the focus of Evanne Schmarder’s Labor Day show. A host of rvcookingshow.com, Schmarder talked about the Tallac Site and Taylor Creek Visitors Center, Emerald Bay and Tahoe City.

Major League Soccer’s Real Salt Lake signed South Lake Tahoe’s Leon Abravanel.

Zephyr Cove Elementary School has been recognized as a high achieving school.

Bonnie Dreeke, a South Tahoe High School graduate, has published Upon the Land under the pen name Ivy Lee Ellas. The book about elves and unicorns is available at Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble and www.xlibris.com.

Tahoe Arts Project is selling VIP cards for $20, with $10 of it going right to TAP. Visit www.getyourvip.com for a list of El Dorado County vendors. To get a card, call (530) 542.3632 or email tahoearts@aol.com.