• The Community Athletic Coordinating Council will meet Feb. 4 at 5:15pm at the district office of Lake Tahoe Unified School District on Al Tahoe Boulevard. This group represents youth and adult sports organizations the area.

• 968 Park Hotel’s CoffeePub will feature a free live performance by the Marty O’Reilly Trio on Feb. 7 at 7:30pm. The performance begins during the South Lake Tahoe hotel’s weekly complimentary wine tasting event from 6-8pm.

• The deadline to register for the 2015 Reno-Tahoe Senior Winter Games has been extended to Jan. 30. For a schedule of events, and information on how to register, go online.

• California State University, Sacramento is creating an institute for environmental science and policymaking that will focus on local and global climate change and water issues.

• Oregon California Trails Association, a nonprofit organization responsible for searching for, mapping and preserving Emigrant trails from the 1840-60s, will have its national convention Sept. 19-26 at Harveys in Stateline.