• Northstar is the only California resort on Forbes magazine’s list of most kid-friendly ski areas.

• Mark Williams, music department chairman at Lake Tahoe Community College, will be staring in Western Nevada Musical Theatre Company’s production of “Phantom of the Opera” in November.

• Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows auctioned off the first combined season pass on eBay, with all proceeds benefiting the Humane Society of Truckee Tahoe. Tahoe Super Pass number 00001 sold for $1,294.69.

• The new Uranus record label just released its first CD containing Elvis Presley’s previously unreleased Dinner Show from May 11, 1973, in Lake Tahoe.

• Kate Bush’s latest album is called “50 Words for Snow” and one of the tracks is called “Lake Tahoe”.