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

Kevin Harrington was arrested in South Lake Tahoe hours after Penngrove Elementary School was evacuated Oct. 14, 2024. He ...

In South Lake Tahoe, according to a company ... Fires carry along fences like a wick.” The Lake Tahoe Regional Evacuation Plan, released last September, was developed by the region’s fire ...

The sun sets Tuesday on an empty beach with the sky obscured by the smoke from the Caldor Fire in South Lake Tahoe. REUTERS/Aude Guerrucci Gary Gerren, the affable fire chief in the community of ...

Gary Gerren, the affable fire chief in the community of Fallen Leaf Lake, is serious about protecting the few hundred full-time residents and the thousands of summer daytrippers who descend on his ...

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