How Lake Tahoe is preparing for Labor Day weekend a year after the Caldor Fire
Labor Day weekend, which typically brings tourism to Tahoe, was quiet after thousands were forced to evacuate.
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Labor Day weekend, which typically brings tourism to Tahoe, was quiet after thousands were forced to evacuate.
If agreed upon by Governor Newsom and the agencies union, the contract could mean higher pay and a reduction in work days for firefighters.
Cal Fire and Gov. Gavin Newsom's office have reached a tentative deal to help boost pay while cutting hours and striking a better work-life balance for the state's firefighting crews.
Calfire says the number of fires and acreage in 2022 is well below that of 2020 and 2021.
One of the fires is behind Costco.
A firefighting aircraft has dropped fire retardant on the Pleasant Fire, and the blaze is holding at 47 acres.
Though CAL FIRE responds to every wildland blaze - they weren't always capable of using their limited resources to prevent fires.
The fire started Monday after a big rig crashed on the freeway near Live Oak Road between Colfax and Weimar.
Forward progress has been stopped in a wildfire that prompted evacuation orders in rural Vacaville on Monday
In the decade leading to the Caldor Fire, the agency treated 1,000 acres in the wildland-urban interface.
Lightning-caused blaze discovered last week now estimated at 167 acres
The fire began at roughly 4 p.m. in the area of Lafayette Ridge.
Firefighters are battling a grass fire near Antelope that has burned 15 acres so far.
In an area damaged by the Caldor Fire, PG&E will put six miles of overhead lines underground. That is a portion of the 175 miles of undergrounding that the company says they will complete this year.
Firefighters battling the McKinney Fire in Northern California on Monday remembered long-time U.S. Forest Service employee Kathy Shoopman, the first publicly identified victim of the fire.
