• Bona Fide Books’ author Lexa Hillyer, who won the 2011 Melissa Lanitis Gregory Poetry Prize, was just awarded gold in the national Foreword Book of the Year Award 2012 for Poetry for her collection “Acquainted with the Cold.” Bona Fide is a small press based in Meyers.

• Looking for a grow house in South Lake Tahoe? Just go to CraigsList.

• Placer County officials are reminding residents and visitors that fireworks of all sizes and types are illegal in unincorporated areas of the county. Anyone caught violating the fireworks ban could be charged with a misdemeanor and face a fine of up to $2,000 per violation.

• A new cell site in El Dorado County should be making easier and faster for people using the Verizon wireless network. The site is designed to improve wireless network coverage and capacity in the Placerville area, including the Somerset community.