El Dorado County Public Safety Digest

As temperatures start to warm, bear cubs and yearlings are emerging from winter dens.

Take Care Tahoe is taking on traffic safety by distributing free yard signs to the public that encourage drivers to “Take it Slow, Tahoe.”

A $171,000 request to refurbish the former Marine 24 and get it back on Lake Tahoe was approved by Douglas County commissioners.

Safety is a crucial aspect of any water-based activity, especially when it comes to recreational activities at local rivers, which can be unpredictable and have hidden dangers.

The unseasonably warm temperatures at Lake Tahoe have prompted officials to issue a flood warning for a rapidly melting snowpack.

A magnitude-5.2 quake was recorded in Northern California May 11 in Plumas County, about 6 miles east of Lake Almanor.

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.

The U.S. Federal District Court of Montana heard oral arguments April 17 for the Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics’ lawsuit against the U.S. Forest Service for the service’s discharging of fire retardant into national waters.

With reluctance, the Cameron Park Community Services District Board of Directors supported a fire service plan that will brown out Station 88 on Alhambra Drive. The plan includes a five-year service extension agreement with Cal Fire.

The Pioneer Fire Protection District is getting an addition to its Station 31 facilities on Grizzly Flat Road. The district will receive money from FEMA after losing Station 35 in Grizzly Flat in the 2021 Caldor Fire.

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.

California State Parks’ Division of Boating and Waterways, the Department of Water Resources and Cal Fire are urging the public to be aware of cold-water dangers this spring as record snowpack is causing flow levels not seen in years.

The Placerville City Council approved a resolution that will direct $1.9 million toward the Broadway Sidewalks Project, intended to ease walkability by closing gaps in sidewalks.

A years-long study looking into concerns regarding a stretch of Highway 49 between Cool and Auburn provides a list of potential fixes.

North Lake Tahoe, North Tahoe Fire, Northstar Fire and Truckee Fire all received instruction from the the experts at Sustainable Workplace Alliance and learned about how to handle fuel tanker rollovers.

The South Lake Tahoe council passed an ordinance combining special events and temporary uses and voted to enter a lease for new snow removal equipment..

For most Californians, the sight of aircraft spewing neon pink liquid over flaming trees and brush has become a hallmark of aggressive wildfire suppression campaigns. But some forest advocates say the substance does more harm than good. A federal lawsuit could reshape how the U.S. Forest Service battles wildfires throughout the western United States.

The South Lake Tahoe City Council will discuss, among other things, approving funds to renovate Fire Station No. 3 and will receive the annual police report.

The short period of dry and cool weather wraps up Friday at Lake Tahoe with possibly another big snow dump on the way.

After closing for structural concerns, the store reopened March 16, after crews removed accumulated snow.

Buildings and other structures on the Georgetown Divide collapsed due to heavy snow loads, including Ronnie Beam’s office structure at Georgetown Precast and two metal carports.

More than 100 buildings in the South Lake Tahoe area have been inspected for structural integrity over the past week following record snowfall too heavy for some structures to support.

The stormy weather will continue as another atmospheric river is poised to pound Truckee-Tahoe, bringing renewed flooding, snow load and avalanche issues.

The winter storm pounding the Lake Tahoe Basin with rain and snow has closed schools, ski resorts, caused travel disruptions and flooding and brought down a couple of structures.

With a series of storms forecasted to continue through mid-March, Gov. Gavin Newsom proclaimed a state of emergency to support storm response and relief efforts in El Dorado County, as well as 20 other counties.

Snowfall will wind down and a warm atmospheric river packing heavy moisture will hit the Lake Tahoe Basin on March 9.

El Dorado County Sheriff Jeff Leikauf proclaimed a local emergency for the major winter storms in February and March.

The Diamond Springs-El Dorado and El Dorado County Fire protection districts have taken the first official step toward unification, following a decision to establish an ad-hoc committee to explore annexation or consolidation.

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.

El Dorado County Fire Protection District officials say they are hopeful the project will be completed well ahead of the coming fire season. It will the station’s improve living, working and apparatus storage spaces.

A report from the USDA Forest Service reveals about 36.3 million trees across 2.6 million acres of federal, state and private land died in California in 2022.

Snow-covered sidewalks near some business properties along U.S. Highway 50 have created unsafe conditions for pedestrians and the city has sent warnings.