Evacuating the Tahoe basin in summer could take 14 hours, and 99% of properties are at risk — yet new resorts are being built ...

The slow and bumpy 5-mile road to Fallen Leaf Lake, southwest of South Lake Tahoe, affords only one way in and one way out — ...

In South Lake Tahoe, according to a company that analyzes climate risks, 99% of all properties are at risk of wildfire over the next 30 years. The state’s fire hazard map, updated last month ...

Tahoe Basin fire districts are preparing for changes brought about by Governor Gavin Newsom’s early February executive order ...

Lake Tahoe Basin Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) is now officially signed and valid, marking another significant milestone in regional wildfire preparedness for the Basin. CWPPs are ...

and a U.S. Forest Service map lay out the hazards of the Tahoe basin in blazing color codes. Nearly all of the land around the lake, in both California and Nevada, is designated as facing a “high” or ...

With a few notable areas where the orange and red tide receded, like the hills above Berkeley and Oakland, territory deemed “high” or “very high” hazard exploded across the state, increasing by 168% ...