'It will not be survivable': Lake Tahoe could be a deathtrap during major wildfires

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

Live Updates: Caldor Fire reaches basin, jumps Highway 89 as South Lake Tahoe evacuates

By Monday evening, the fire had reached the Christmas Valley area, south of Meyers and not far from the southern edge of South Lake Tahoe. Sacramento Bee journalists saw flames on the eastern side of ...
Green Matters on MSN

Officials Plan to Set Fire to Vegetation Around Lake Tahoe This Week — and They Have a Good Reason

The burning plans will be initiated beginning from October 28, 2025. Several areas and counties located near Lake Tahoe will ...
Tahoe Daily Tribune

Charcoal use ban lifted as of November 1 for the City of South Lake Tahoe

Effective Saturday, November 1 at 8 a.m., Fire Chief Jim Drennan is lifting the ban on the use of charcoal for BBQs in the ...
kcra.com

Bear nearly sets fire in South Lake Tahoe home, wildlife officials say

$30 BILLION INTO THE U.S. ECONOMY, AS SOUTH LAKE TAHOE HOME HAS A BIT OF DAMAGE AFTER A BEAR BROKE IN AND IGNITED A GAS STOVE. A STAFF MEMBER WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE WAS CALLED TO ...
Yahoo

Citing safety risks from overdevelopment, Tahoe residents take Washoe to court

Traffic backed up on Hwy 50 as people evacuated ahead of the Caldor Fire in August, 2021. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) The Washoe County Commission failed to address “serious threats” to ...
Tahoe Daily Tribune

South Lake Tahoe Fire Rescue honors promotions and heroic efforts

Fire Chief Jim Drennan is pleased to announce two Fire Department Command Staff promotions. Battalion Chief Karl Koeppen has ...