• South Tahoe Wooden Boat Classic (July 29-30) at Tahoe Keys Marina in South Lake Tahoe has discount tickets at any Raley’s, Nob Hill, or Bel Air market in California and Nevada. Tickets at the stores are $15 – a $5 savings. Kids 12 and under are free.

• El Dorado County’s 2010-11 Grand Jury report does not have anything scathing to say about South Lake Tahoe this year.

• Straw Hat pizza has opened in Harveys casino at Stateline.

• John Poell has been promoted to battalion chief and fire marshal at Lake Valley Fire Protection District.

• Census: The ratio of married-to-unmarried couples is 9-to-1 in El Dorado and Placer counties.