• South Lake Tahoe is canceling its Aug. 19 City Council meeting so members may attend the annual Environmental Summit at Valhalla, which starts at 10am.
• Tom Lotshaw has been hired as public information officer for the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency. Most recently he has been a reporter at the Tahoe Daily Tribune.
• On Aug. 22 at 8pm, Will Richardson is giving a presentation on Birds of the Sierra Nevada at the Taylor Creek amphitheater on the South Shore.
• The Friends of the Library is having a book sale Aug. 16 from 10am-3pm at the South Lake Tahoe Library, 1000 Rufus Allen Blvd.
• Laurie Lewis and Tom Rozum will perform at the Boathouse Theatre on the South Shore on Aug. 6 at 7:30pm.