• Suzanne Roberts’ book “Almost Somewhere” has won the National Outdoor Book Award for best Outdoor Literature. Roberts teaches at Lake Tahoe Community College and Sierra Nevada College.

• It’s that time of your year to get your holiday pet photo. Santa Paws will be in town Dec. 1 from 11am-4pm at the South Lake Tahoe Recreation Center. This website has more info.

• Weidinger Public Relations based in Stateline was recognized for superior professional achievement and performance at the recent Sierra Nevada Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America annual Silver Spikes program, winning awards for three campaigns.

• Lou Green is retiring Dec. 5 as El Dorado County counsel.

• Here are Caltrans’ roadwork schedules for the coming week for Sierra and El Dorado-Tahoe.