• Markleeville is about to have a pizza parlor and Intero Real Estate office – both are under construction. Both are expected to open later this year.

• Award-winning Tahoe mystery writer Todd Borg will be at the Twin Cabins on the Tahoe Tallac Site on the South Shore through July 22 from 10am to 4pm.

• South Tahoe Chamber of Commerce is still thriving – it just gave up its lease. “We didn’t get much walk-in traffic,” President JoAnn Connor said. She said the approximately 400 calls a month (530.542.5060) the organization gets are people seeking advice where to stay and what to do once they reach the South Shore.

• The World Series of Poker Circuit schedule for 2010-11 includes a stop at Harveys Lake Tahoe from Nov. 11-23.

• All campgrounds in Yosemite National Park are open. Snow delayed the opening of some. This is the first years since the 1997 flood that Yosemite Creek Campground has been open.