• People who purchase a new Lake Tahoe license plate in either California or Nevada could receive two free lift tickets to one of 13 Tahoe resorts participating in the program. More info is available online.

• Tahoe Regional Young Professionals’ mixer is Nov. 12 at 6pm at Azul Latin Kitchen in Heavenly Village in South Lake Tahoe. Admission is free for TRYP members and $10 for non-members.

• Tahoe Cross Country ski swap is Nov. 15 from 10am-4pm, 925 Country Club Drive, Tahoe City.

• The last day to purchase a fuel wood permit from the U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit is Nov. 14 and the last day to cut wood is Nov. 16. Permits cost $20 per cord, with a two-cord minimum purchase and a limit of 10 cords per household.

• Bill Hoffman, executive director/CEO of the Incline Village Crystal Bay Visitors and Convention Bureau for the last 16 years, is retiring. Andy Chapman, chief marketing officer for North Lake Tahoe Resort Association, will replace Hoffman.