This is what happens when Lake Tahoe hits a critically low water threshold
The buoys at Regan Beach in South Lake Tahoe are still moored to cement blocks. They still have tags marking their registration. But…
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Climate change is disrupting Lake Tahoe
EXTREMES | Dry conditions leave residents worried the 2022 tourism season at risk, too. BY SCOTT SONNER The Associated Press Drought fueled by…
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Lake Tahoe communities under immediate, mandatory evacuation order as Caldor Fire grows
“Before, it was, ‘No worries … it’s not going to crest. It’s not gonna come down the hill. There’s 3,500 firefighters, all those…
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Traffic nightmare as Caldor Fire forced evacuation of South Lake Tahoe
Traffic was gridlocked throughout most of South Lake Tahoe Monday afternoon as the city rushes to evacuate ahead of the raging Caldor Fire. By 4…
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Grassroots movement in Tahoe wins court fight over ‘Vegas-style excess’ development at Squaw Valley
On Tuesday, California’s Third District Court of Appeal sided with a grassroots movement in Lake Tahoe at a pivotal point in a decade-long…
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Sierra Nevada snow pack on track to shrink 79 percent
Every year, like a giant frozen reservoir, snow that falls across the Sierra Nevada mountain range slowly melts in spring and summer months,…
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Rising Temperatures, Rising Risks
Homer Microgrid News & Insight: “One of the more sobering conclusions of the IPCC report is that we are likely to reach a…
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Increase in Wildfires
New York Times: “The town of Paradise was essentially wiped off the map, with more than 13,000 homes gone, more than 80 people…
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Litigation Settlement for Tahoe Basin Plan
Judge Charles Wachob of the Placer County Superior Court has approved the settlement negotiated by CCEC with Placer County over the Tahoe Basin Area Plan,…
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California Drought Severity Expected to Increase
Los Angeles Times: “California could be hit with significantly more dangerous and more frequent droughts in the near future as changes in weather patterns…
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