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.

Four years since the Caldor Fire sparked and burned more than 200,000 acres in California's El Dorado, Amador and Alpine counties, the Lake Tahoe Basin Manageme ...

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 ...

The USDA Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit welcomes public feedback on the draft proposal for the Caldor Fire ...

No one thought the Caldor Fire would go over the wall of granite at Echo Summit, she said, “but sure enough, it did.” To South Lake Tahoe Councilman Scott Robbins, the prospect of a ...

Regan was evacuated from her home for weeks during the Caldor Fire. To South Lake Tahoe Councilman Scott Robbins, the prospect of a catastrophic wildfire in a crowded, forested basin with limited ...

The 2021 Caldor Fire raced toward the South Lake Tahoe neighborhood of Christmas Valley, tucked in a secluded vale. Residents were told to evacuate. Wind-borne embers landed like small bombs.