Placer County Local News: Resilience

Getting your home ready for winter weather will save you thousands in repairs from broken water pipes and fires by following a few simple tips from FEMA, American Red Cross and Tahoe Fire and Fuels Team.

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.

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.

Denials and non-renewals of homeowner fire policies have continued to climb.

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.

The Truckee Donner Land Trust is putting nearly $2.5 million in grants for projects to improve wildlife habitat and drought resiliency and reduce wildfire risk.

A conversation with Stacy Caldwell, CEO of Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation