El Dorado County Local News: Resilience

02/17/2023
Cuppa Tahoe’s Sandra Santané stood before the South Lake Tahoe City Council to raise issues she has encountered over the last few months with power outages. She wasn’t the only concerned business owner.

02/13/2023
The Cal Fire Amador-El Dorado Unit captain who was burned when a crew transport truck he was working on caught fire says the incident changed the way he looks at burn patients.

02/08/2023
Pioneer Community Energy, a community choice aggregator serving 156,000 accounts in the counties of Placer and El Dorado, has issued its first-ever municipal non-recourse Clean Energy Project Revenue Bonds through the California Community Choice Financing Authority.

01/24/2023
Delivery has resumed in the south Meyers and North and South Upper Truckee neighborhoods and mail is no longer being held at the post office, officials said.

01/20/2023
When external factors cause a power outage, there are often calls to underground power lines. While undergrounding may seem logical, there is more to consider.

01/11/2023
Steve Leighton, fire chief for Meeks Bay and North Tahoe fire protection districts, says the best way to stay safe is to plan and be prepared before a weather event arrives.

01/11/2023
Flooding is the most common natural disaster in the U.S., according to FEMA, and mountain communities are at heightened risk.

01/09/2023
When the power goes out, especially for prolonged periods of time, being prepared can help you reduce anxiety and stay safe.

01/08/2023
Georgetown School of Innovation sixth-graders created StoryCorp-type podcasts about different agencies that helped during the Mosquito Fire. The class came up with 10 different agencies to interview.

01/04/2023
In 2004, Bob Moore put together the concept of the Sierra Avalanche Center and enlisted a volunteer to help with winter forecasting duties. It became officially stamped as a nonprofit in the 2003/04 season. Next year will be its 20th anniversary.

12/27/2022
Following years of research and analysis of current fire trends, Cal Fire will update its map of fire hazard severity zones that ranks rural and unincorporated areas based on anticipated risk of wildfires.

12/27/2022
In partnership with El Dorado County, members of the South County Alliance want to build a community center and recreational park in the heart of the fire-torn town of Grizzly Flat.

12/20/2022
El Dorado County is starting its bidding process to find a company to remove debris left in the Mosquito Fire’s path. The forest fire burned more than a dozen homes in the Volcanoville area.

12/19/2022
Cell phones buzzed 10 seconds ahead of shaking in Northern California.

11/21/2022
Members of Congress are inquiring about a failed U.S Forest Service plan that could have saved Grizzly Flat from destruction. In a Nov. 18 letter, lawmakers demanded answers on shortcomings of the Forest Service’s Trestle Forest Health Project.

11/09/2022
On Election Day, a tornado with wind gusts of up to 70 mph touched down in a rural area of Sacramento County near Galt. The Bee looks at how common tornadoes are in California, what causes them and how dangerous they can be.

10/30/2022
The California Tahoe Conservancy has awarded two grants to improve forest health and reduce wildfire risk in the Lake Tahoe Basin.

10/24/2022
Scientists at the University of Nevada, Reno, are using a variety of new technologies with massive amounts of data and computational power to model and map fire-vulnerable forest vegetation across millions of acres in California.

10/24/2022
Bureau of Reclamation contracts goats to devour brush in Auburn State Recreation Area; prevention work will extend for years, but no trail closures anticipated.

10/16/2022
Grizzly Flats still without post office after the previous PO was destroyed in the Caldor Fire. “All we get are rumors and promises,” charges area woman Cathie Adams.