• Barton Foundation raised $63,000 during the Festival of Trees and Lights for Barton Hospice.

• The former Bank of America building in Stateline is about to be an El Dorado Savings Bank, which will leave a vacancy in the Bijou Center in South Lake Tahoe.

• Lack of snow has forced Tahoe Donner Cross County to close. To stay updated, go online.

• Tahoe Paradise Resort Improvement District’s board meets Jan. 22 at 6pm at the Lake Valley Fire Station on Keetak in Meyers.

•  South Tahoe High School basketball teams play Lowry on Friday. The boys are are 6-2 after round one, STHS is 5-3. Girls tip off at 6pm, boys at 7:30pm.  STHS girls are 4-4 and Lowry is 8-0. STHS girls are fighting hard for one of four playoff spots.