• El Dorado County sheriff’s Deputies Damian Frisby and Bryan Brown were recognized as the Mother Lode Lions Club 2012 Officers of the Year.

• Sierra-at-Tahoe is opening Thanksgiving Day.

• Truckee Community Christmas has a new website.

• Conde Nast Traveler readers picked their top 20 ski resorts. Squaw came in at No. 16. Readers also picked the top 50 hotels. Ritz-Carlton Lake Tahoe is No. 14 and Resort at Squaw Creek No. 31.

• Cary Marshall won the three-day World Series of Poker Circuit Main Event at Harveys Lake Tahoe this week. He takes home $139,260, the gold ring, and gets a seat in the National Championship next year.