California’s Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, Cal Fire, has been releasing new fire hazard maps. The latest ...

Cal Fire has released new fire hazard severity zone maps for public review and comment, including maps for Tulare County, Woodlake, and Porterville. The new maps will impact future building projects ...

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 — ...

The state’s fire hazard map, updated last month, and a U.S. Forest Service map ... Planned in a high-hazard area of Placer County, a proposed condo and hotel development in Olympic Valley is ...

With spring on the horizon, many gardeners are preparing for prolonged, hearty growing seasons in their region. The United States has a diverse ecological footprint, so growing seasons differ ...

A Placer Superior Court judge on Monday postponed a murder trial for a former Major League Baseball player accused of shooting his wife’s parents at their Lake Tahoe-area home. Daniel Serafini ...

A man was killed and another injured in a crash Friday morning in Placer County, the California Highway Patrol said. The crash happened before 9:43 a.m. at Highway 65 and Wheatland Road.

A new study of Moore County housing shows a gap of nearly 8,000 units between what’s available and what’s needed, based on projected growth in the county. The recently released findings were ...