Placer County Local News: Resilience

Due to limited staffing, Auburn’s interim fire chief introduced a scaled-back defensible space enforcement program that will align with the requirements of Assembly Bill 38, which requires property sellers in a very high fire hazard severity zone to provide the buyer with documentation the property is in compliance with defensible space requirements.

Prescribed fire can help improve forest health and reduce the likelihood of catastrophic wildfire. A paper from UC Davis suggests four key strategies that policymakers and land managers can take to get more “good fire” on the ground in North America’s fire-adapted ecosystems.

At the stroke of midnight on Sept. 30, the 2023 water year in California bit the dust. Now that the snow has mostly melted from that monster winter, it’s time to evaluate the sensational headlines and realize that it was not the record season for snow and water that some in the media would have you believe.

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed legislation that would allocate $7.25 million in California's 3rd Congressional District to help protect water agency infrastructure against fire.

In an effort to manage wildfire hazards and upgrade systems to safety standards, Liberty Utilities has unveiled its Wildfire Mitigation and Vegetation Management Plan in the Tahoe/Sierra region.

Work to replace aging waterlines at D.L. Bliss State Park in the Lake Tahoe Basin is ongoing and expected to be completed next year.

Kris Kirkland leans over from the hanger bench at the Minden-Tahoe Airport. On clear days, the pilot can see the burn scars from two or three fires in plain sight.

As temperatures drop below freezing, protecting your home plumbing from the damage and expense caused by frozen pipes is essential.

Keep these online resources handy in case of floods, fires, quakes and other disasters.

The man who alleges his home was damaged by flooding caused by a California Tahoe Conservancy hopes the lawsuit he filed against the agency wraps up quickly.

The weather is getting cooler and rain is on the near horizon, making now the perfect time to clean up with the help of the Placer County Chipper Program.

During an "unusual" rain event at the 2023 Burning Man Festival, Truckee resident, Leon Reece, 32, was found unresponsive on the Playa on Sept. 1, 2023, according to officials.

The GigaFire Project will help land managers identify where fire risk is the greatest and determine which fuel reduction methods are most effective in a specific area.