EL DORADO COUNTY, Calif. – After burning for 60 days and dropping into the Tahoe Basin within that time, the Caldor Fire reached 100% containment on Oct. 21, 2021, yet work related to the over 220,000 ...
UC Davis forest ecologist Hugh Safford overlooks Echo Lake in the Lake Tahoe Basin. In August 2021, the Caldor Fire entered the basin but spared the communities of Meyers and Christmas Valley due to ...
Jenny Magidson’s tuna casserole is “just heaven in your mouth,” her granddaughter says. Before the Caldor Fire, Magidson would open the front door of her Grizzly Flats cottage and call a dinner ...
CHRISTMAS VALLEY, Calif. – The sound of Caldor Fire embers falling from the sky and landing on windshields made a familiar noise. “It was almost like it was sprinkling, but it was sprinkling embers,” ...
For the latest on the wildfires threatening the Tahoe basin, check out KQED's updated coverage. Find the latest on evacuation orders and warnings, including a map from the El Dorado County Sheriff's ...
A ferocious wildfire is approaching Lake Tahoe just hours after roads were clogged with fleeing cars when the entire California resort city of South Lake Tahoe was ordered to evacuate. Communities ...
Jenny Magidson’s tuna casserole is “just heaven in your mouth,” her granddaughter says. Before the Caldor Fire, Magidson would open the front door of her Grizzly Flats cottage and call a dinner ...