This tool allows you to track prescribed fires in the Tahoe basin 02:07. SOUTH LAKE TAHOE – Take a quick hike in the Tahoe region and it's easy to see conditions are ripe for a fire.

The last time the bottom of Lake Tahoe was mapped was in the 1920s. Since then, technology has changed drastically. Next week a new, up-to-date, three-dimensional map will be completed of the lake ...

Its approximate boundary is shown on the map in purple. • All other Northern California national forests , closed from 11:59 p.m. Aug. 22 to 11:59 p.m. Sept. 6 (Labor Day).

The California Highway Patrol’s South Lake Tahoe office posted Facebook photos of enforcement that snared “multiple vehicles” on May 16. The penalty is $240. Related Articles ...

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. -- Firefighters reported progress Wednesday in the battle to save communities on the south end of Lake Tahoe from an approaching forest fire after the stiff winds and ...

The most recent over magnitude 4 in the Tahoe area was a 4.2 in June 2012 on the California-Nevada line near Interstate 80. In June 2005, a 4.8 was centered between the lake and Truckee.

This December is already one of the snowiest ever in the Lake Tahoe region, with 202 inches having fallen in the month so far as of Tuesday.Naturally, bad weather results in road closures.

Evacuating the Tahoe basin in summer could take 14 hours, and 99% of properties are at risk — yet new resorts are being built in high-danger fire areas.

Those navigating the roads and paths around Lake Tahoe on two wheels now have an interactive option for finding their way. Lake Tahoe Bicycle Coalition unveiled a new interactive online map in ...

New Cal Fire operations maps show how close the Caldor Fire is now raging to the Tahoe Basin. A detailed map shows the red tendrils of the fire's edge jumped across highways 50 and 89 near Echo Lake.

The Lake Tahoe planning agency now allows homeowners to remove larger, 14-inch diameter trees without a permit. Prior to the Angora Fire, they could cut only 6-inch trees.