SF News Lake Tahoe Continues Getting Less Clear As Officials Pledge to Reverse the Trend The famous clarity and blueness of Lake Tahoe has been slowly changing in recent years, thanks to a combination of erosion, litter, and of course wildfire smoke and ash.
SF News Very Good Dog Lost In Caldor Fire Turns Up Alive In the Snow, More Than Four Months After Disappearing Meet Russ, the pit bull-terrier mix who somehow fended for himself in South Lake Tahoe for several months after being separated from his family in the Caldor fire, but was found alive and is now reunited with his humans.
SF News Bail Reduced For Accused Caldor Fire Arsonists; Clue Emerges About Machine Gun We still don't know what the prosecution's theory is in the ignition of the Caldor Fire in August, but the father and son accused of starting it are now free on drastically reduced bail.
SF News Father and Son Arrested on Suspicion of Starting the Caldor Fire in August A father and son who were in the vicinity of the ignition point of the massive Caldor Fire in August, and who made the first 911 calls about the wildfire, are now under arrest and set to be charged with wildfire arson.
SF News Hundreds In South Lake Tahoe Give Heroes' Sendoff to Caldor Fire Firefighters With the Caldor Fire now 71% contained and the city of South Lake Tahoe deemed safe to return to, some firefighters were packing up to leave town in recent days, and a large group of city residents gathered to cheer for them on Tuesday.
SF News Dixie and Caldor Fires Each Reach 60% Containment Saturday morning, a milestone in fighting two of Northern California's most pressing wildfires — the Dixie Fire and Caldor Fire — was achieved: successfully containing at least 60% of each blaze.
SF News Tahoe Bears Took Advantage Of Empty Neighborhoods, Went to Town on Trash Cans, Rotting Food The bears of the South Lake Tahoe area had a ball last week tearing through evacuated neighborhoods, breaking into homes and garages where they smelled food, and generally making a huge, stinking mess.
SF News Evacuations Lifted In South Lake Tahoe As Winds Calm Down Evacuation orders in areas close to Lake Tahoe, including the city of South Lake Tahoe, were downgraded to warnings on Sunday, allowing thousands of residents to return home almost a week after being forced out by threatening flames.
SF News Caldor Fire Jumps to 37% Containment; Fire Evacuees Hopeful They Can Return Home Soon Due to a mix of improved weather conditions and successful suppression strategies performed by firefighters, the Caldor Fire is now at least 37% contained after burning some 214,107 acres — giving new hope for evacuees that they can return to their houses soon.
SF News Black Bear Euthanized for Burns Suffered in Caldor Fire California Department of Fish and Wildlife officials had to make a tough call, with a bear they could not transport to safety, and would have burned alive in the fire as it could no longer walk.
SF News South Lake Tahoe Spared Another Night From Caldor Fire Winds cooperated Wednesday night and Thursday morning, and firefighters continue to keep the Caldor Fire several miles away from Lake Tahoe, and outside of the city of South Lake Tahoe, but the flames continue advancing east toward the Nevada border.
SF News Union Square's Handlery Hotel Offers Discounted Room Rate for Caldor Fire Evacuees For any fire evacuees from South Lake Tahoe who'd like to spend a few days in San Francisco to take their minds off the wildfire bearing down on their town, the Handlery Union Square Hotel is offering rates of $75 per night.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Caldor Fire Moves Closer to Heavenly The Caldor Fire grew to over 200,000 acres last night and is scorching the edges of South Lake Tahoe, Santa Clara County supervisors took a vote of no confidence in the sheriff, and jury selection continues in Elizabeth Holmes's trial.
SF News South Lake Tahoe Evacuation Causes Major Traffic Jam; Caldor Fire Advances Into Edge of Tahoe Basin The Caldor Fire continued its steady advance toward the Tahoe Basin on Monday amid a mass evacuation of South Lake Tahoe. But so far most of the flames have been held back by the granite outcroppings around Lower Echo Lake and Lake Aloha.
SF News New Evacuation Orders Hit Most of South Lake Tahoe as Caldor Fire Inches Closer Parts of South Lake Tahoe are now under evacuation orders after spending the weekend under evacuation warnings, and the Sierra-at-Tahoe ski resort remains a staging area for the firefighting effort.
SF News Sunday Links: South Lake Tahoe Looks Lifeless Amid Evacuation Warning Hurricane Ida has made landfall off the coast of Louisiana as a Category 4 storm, a deadly car crash Friday killed one Livermore high schooler and left another five injured, and pictures arrive of a desolate South Lake Tahoe following a new evacuation warning.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Caldor Fire Grows to 104,000 Acres An air quality advisory has been issued for the Bay Area Monday though smoke may stay aloft, the Caldor Fire continues growing near South Lake Tahoe, and the FDA has given full approval to the Pfizer vaccine.
SF News Caldor Fire Tops 53,000 Acres; Firefighters Call Fire Behavior 'Unprecedented' The Caldor Fire burning in El Dorado County, which was at 6,500 acres as of yesterday morning and 30,000 acres by evening, continued tearing through the El Dorado National Forest overnight, and as of Wednesday morning it had hit 53,000 acres.
