El Dorado County Resilience Digest

Three days after immensely destructive and deadly wildfires broke out in and around Los Angeles, Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed a $322.3 billion state budget with a positive revenue forecast “based on an assumption of continued but slowing economic growth.”

Jennielynn Holmes stood in the middle of a make-shift evacuation center when the scope of the crisis hit her.

Key moisture measurements are only 2% to 5% of average, leaving dusty soils. And the recent swing from wet to dry is among the most extreme on record. This combination of climatic conditions crossed into a danger zone, priming much of Southern California for wind-whipped fires.

Read on to learn about the measures taken to harden and protect the lone remaining house of the neighborhoodfrom the Pacific Palisades fire in Southern California.

Official updated information from WatchDuty about the Eaton Fire in Southern California.

Official updated information from WatchDuty about the Palisades Fire in Southern California.

Plan to attend one of the three open houses in January at El Dorado County Fire Protection District and Diamond Springs-El Dorado Fire Protection District stations to learn more about new engines being brought into service to protect the community. Read on for more information.

Read on to learn more about what happens in the aftermath of a wildfire, using the 2021 220,000-acre Caldor Fire as an example.

The state’s plan to fix the insurance crisis had barely rolled out when the Los Angeles fires began. Can the market recover and stabilize?

After days of sniping back and forth with President-elect Donald Trump over California’s handling of the fires ravaging Los Angeles, Gov. Gavin Newsom today invited the incoming Republican president to visit the state and survey the damage.

As climate change warms the planet, wildfires have become so unpredictable and extreme that new words were invented: firenado, gigafire, fire siege — even fire pandemic. California has 78 more annual “fire days” — when conditions are ripe for fires to spark — than 50 years ago. When is California’s wildfire season? It is now almost year-round.

President-elect Donald Trump faulted California water policies for the devastating wildfires that are burning in Los Angeles County. The fires started because of fierce winds and extremely dry conditions.

The federal government typically covers 75% of rebuilding costs after a major disaster. President-elect Trump has threatened to withhold firefighting money from California.

Learn how the Tahoe Fund is raising $50,000 for Lake Tahoe Community College scholarships to develop the local forestry workforce.

Learn how to prepare for emergencies or bad weather with these tips from the the Georgetown Divide Community Emergency Response Team.

The El Dorado County Board of Supervisors were given a presentation by the Sierra Institute for Community and Environment about their biomass plant projects in Plumas County. Read on to learn more.

In their December 10 meeting, the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors were given a report on the accomplishments and progress of the Office of Wildfire Preparedness and Resilience. Read on to learn more about the office and their ongoing projects.

Cal Fire is taking applications for Camp Cinder, a free four-day, three-night immersive firefighter camp for young women ages 15-17. The program, led by women firefighters and offered June 23-26 in Shasta and San Luis Obispo, will teach rope skills, water rescues, hose movement, leadership and more,

The Tahoe Conservancy awarded a $601,700 grant to the North Tahoe Fire Protection District to aid in resilience and fuel reduction efforts. Read on to learn how the funds will be used over a three-year period.

There’s no law requiring California property owners to carry insurance, but the vast majority buy it to protect themselves from fire and other perils, or are required to do so by their mortgage lenders.

When disaster strikes, California gets federal funding to hire temporary workers to clean debris. But the jobs are tough, and some agencies struggle to manage the grants.

KFOK Community Radio in Georgetown is the recipient of a grant to fund a power backup system. Learn more about the grant, and the role KFOK will play in any upcoming emergency.

Learn how you can volunteer with the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Tahoe Search and Rescue Incident Support Team.

Learn more about the Georgetown electrical microgrid, installed by PG&E a few years ago.

An introduction to the new Squad 7 emergency response vehicle acquired and deployed by the Lake Valley Fire Protection District.

Trump’s promise to “end” the offshore wind industry could threaten CA’s renewable energy goals, potentially cutting off federal funding.

Read on for details about the new disaster response sponsorship program launched by the West Slope Foundation.

In their November 12 meeting, the Nevada County Board of Supervisors approved a three percent cost of living raise to some county staff. Learn more about which staff, and an update to hire snow plow drivers in time for the onset of winter.

A report on the progress of recover of the Eldorado National Forest two years after the devastating Mosquito Fire of 2022.

Learn more about how the just-passed $10 billion climate bond measure will fund resiliency projects across the state.

Sixty years ago, I was a reporter for the Klamath Falls (Oregon) Herald and News and with my family lived in a small house on the Link River, which flows out of Upper Klamath Lake, draining a large portion of the Cascade mountain range.

Low counts of spawning salmon could mean another year without fishing. Experts say the outlook still has time to turn around.