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‘It Will Not Be Survivable’: Lake Tahoe Could Be a Deathtrap During Major Wildfires
03/18/2025Evacuating 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.
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The High Cost of Fixing Lake Tahoe: Famed Alpine Lake Still Murky After Decades of Efforts
03/18/2025Billions of state and federal dollars are spent on Lake Tahoe. But is all this attention actually protecting this unique treasure? Pollutants pour in, while development continues. Funding has shifted in focus to tourism and traffic projects, while money spent directly on fixing the lake has declined.
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LAKE TAHOE, Calif./Nev. – With limited land, varying policies between counties, and environmental regulations to consider, it's no wonder that housing development has been a challenge in the Basin. And after the COVID-19 pandemic increased remote workers who flocked to …
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Folsom and El Dorado Hills Chambers team up to celebrate newest luxury living facility
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LAKE TAHOE, Calif./Nev. – At the California Tahoe Conservancy Board meeting on Thursday, the board acquired a parcel of land at the entrance of Van Sickle Bi-State Park, approved the Senate Bill 630 public access grants for Regan and Secline …
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GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA, Calif. – Tahoe Basin fire districts are preparing for changes brought about by Governor Gavin Newsom's early February executive order in response to the Los Angeles wildfires, which burned neighborhoods, took lives, and were largely wind …
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SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – City council met Tuesday to do their strategic planning retreat, which helps the council get on the same page with their newly elected members, staff, and directors. This year, city council identified priorities in growing …
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SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – After lengthy litigation on the citizen's initiative Measure T, which prohibited short-term vacation home rentals (VHRs) in residential areas, El Dorado County's Superior Court deemed that the measure's wording was unconstitutional and struck the entire …
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The Folsom City Council has approved a contract amendment with Dewberry Engineers, Inc. to complete the project authorization and environmental documentation for the long-awaited U.S. 50/Empire Ranch Road Interchange project.
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At its Tuesday nighty meeting, the Folsom City Council moved forward on a resolution to request a grant extension and budget increase from the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Hazard Mitigation Grant Program and the California Office of Emergency Services …
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SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – Tuesday's city council meeting addressed the Chateau site, also called the "hole in the ground" after consultants returned with findings, whether electric scooters like those provided by Lime and Bird would be slashed, the budget …
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On the shores of Lake Tahoe at Emerald Bay State Park grows what some consider to be the most iconic old-growth forest in the Lake Tahoe Basin. Giant ponderosa pines — some of the last remaining in the area — …
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