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Working Together: TTCF and California Local

08/12/2023
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A conversation with Stacy Caldwell, CEO of Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation

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Power Grid Emergencies: What to Know About Flex Alerts, Other Warnings

08/07/2023
Summer heatwaves can strain California’s electricity supply, prompting energy emergency notifications to appear across highway signs and social media.

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Public Safety Resilience

Caldor Fire Survivors Are Taking Legal Action Against U.S. Forest Service

08/01/2023
Caldor Fire survivors are taking on the federal government, claiming the U.S. Forest Service failed to protect Grizzly Flats when the Caldor Fire ignited in August of 2021 and destroyed more than 400 of the 600 homes in the mountain community.

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Sustainability Resilience

How to Move Communities Away From Flooding Risks

07/27/2023
As sea levels rise, many countries are considering a controversial strategy: relocation of communities. A Stanford analysis of planned relocations around the world reveals a blueprint for positive outcomes from an approach often considered a last resort.

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2023 Tahoe: State of the Lake Report

07/20/2023
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The 2023 Tahoe: State of the Lake Report, released by UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center (TERC), reveals significant changes in Lake Tahoe's ecosystem. The report, based on data collected in 2022, highlights unprecedented biological shifts and serves as a vital resource for restoration, management, and monitoring decisions.

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Goat Herders Prevent California Wildfires. Most Haven’t Seen Their Families in Years

07/20/2023
Luis Yauri Oyola hopes one day to buy a tractor to start a business in Peru; he estimates that he is six years away from that goal, for which he will have spent more than a decade of his life living thousands of miles away from his family. He is on call 24/7 and doesn’t leave the job site except for necessities.

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Public Safety Resilience

New Rigs Rolling in Rescue

07/07/2023
The Rescue Fire Department has added two cutting-edge apparatus to its fleet: a Type 2, 2023 Pierce Freightliner fire engine and a 2023 Fouts Bros. Western Star water tender.

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How California Protects Workers From Rising Heat

06/26/2023
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Hot temperatures kill employees every year and climate change is making work more deadly.

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Resilience Community Service & Support

Officials Propose Landing Community Center for Grizzly Flat

06/19/2023
County officials are currently in discussion to secure a piece of U.S. Forest Service-owned land off String Canyon Road to build a community center that could provide the community of Grizzly Flat a beacon of hope while it recovers and rebuilds from the 2021 Caldor Fire.

From Tahoe Daily Tribune...

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North Tahoe Fire, Parasol Team to Expand Wildfire Resilience

06/08/2023
North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District has implemented Fire Aside's Defensible Space Evaluation software as part of an expanded commitment to improve residents' wildfire resilience, funded by Parasol Tahoe Community Foundation.

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Resilience

Tips to Mentally Prepare for Fire Season

05/31/2023
If you live pretty much anywhere in California, you’re familiar with to-do lists that help residents prepare for wildfires. What might be missing from the lists are ways to deal with stress and anxiety.

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Supes Support Fire Rebuilds Without Solar

05/17/2023
El Dorado County supervisors added their support to Assembly Bill 704, which assists those who lost their homes in a disaster—like the Caldor and Mosquito fires—by eliminating the state’s requirement that their new homes include a solar power system.

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Sprouting Hope for Grizzly Flat

05/15/2023
In an effort to help restore the Eldorado National Forest in the Grizzly Flat area, South Lake Tahoe-based Sugar Pine Foundation will lead a tree replanting effort on May 20 at ground zero of the Caldor Fire scar.

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Resilience

Winter Home Damages: Navigating the Insurance Process

05/11/2023
Winter storm damage is a chance to make the changes to your house you’ve always wanted, but having help to navigate the insurance process can make a big difference.

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Resilience

Insurance Commissioner Announces Firewise Discount Mandates

05/10/2023
California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara announced that by the end of the year all insurance companies will be mandated to offer a discount to insured members who create defensible defensible space and adhere to guidelines outlined by Firewise USA.

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Public Safety Resilience

Cal Fire to Pilot ‘Ultra-Early’ Wildfire Sensors

05/08/2023
Cal Fire will be testing use of German environmental start-up Dryad Networks’ “ultra-early” wildfire detection technology to improve fire detection speeds. A pilot program will test 400 of Dryad’s sensors in the largest of Cal Fire's 10 demonstration forests—Jackson Demonstration State Forest in Mendocino County.

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El Dorado County to Benefit From Cal Fire Grants

04/25/2023
El Dorado County agencies will receive a portion of the $142 million in grants, which will go to projects intended to enhance carbon storage while restoring the health and resilience of existing and recently burned forests.

From Tahoe Daily Tribune...

Transportation Resilience

Study: Recycled-Plastic Pavement Survived Winter

04/25/2023
Asphalt pavement formulated with recycled plastic has successfully survived heavy truck traffic and the atmospheric rivers of the winter of 2022-23 after a section of California State Route 99 flooded in January.

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Resilience Community Service & Support

New Program Prepares Residents for Disaster

04/21/2023
Residents of south county communities on April 30 and May 6 will have the opportunity to learn about the Neighbor to Neighbor program recently implemented by the West Slope Foundation.

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State Officials to Attend National Wildfire Preparedness Day

04/19/2023
California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and California Sen. Marie Alvarado-Gil will speak at an event in May that will help residents understand new wildfire mitigation, insurance, and home inspection laws.

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