Bull Fire near California-Nevada border grows to 1,100 acres
Evacuations are in place for backcountry areas as the fire spreads north of Dog Valley.
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Evacuations are in place for backcountry areas as the fire spreads north of Dog Valley.
Because Lake Tahoe spans California and Nevada, how officials respond to bears can look very different depending on which side of the lake you're on.
The fire apparently began Saturday and grew significantly throughout the day, fueled by strong, gusty winds, low humidity and dry vegetation.
About 37,000 customers across the Truckee and North Lake Tahoe region were without power Saturday night after transmission lines were de-energized due to the Hawk Fire in Nevada.
Federal officials announced sharp water cuts for the next two years on Friday for three Western states that rely on the imperiled Colorado River.
Two people were flown to the UC Davis Burn Center in Sacramento after suffering burn injuries in the Bug Fire near the California-Nevada border, authorities said Thursday.
A 47-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of intentionally starting the Fred Mountain Fire, one of two wildfires that have merged at the California-Nevada border as thousands of people remain under evacuation orders and warnings.
Nine schools just across the California-Nevada border will remain closed Wednesday as the Bug Fire continues to bring evacuations and power outages to communities north of Reno.
A wildfire that started over the weekend along the California-Nevada border has exploded in size, burning 15,000 acres and prompting evacuations near Reno, officials said.
A series of suspected tree poisonings at a Lake Tahoe beach is under investigation, the Washoe County Sheriff's Office said.
Arizona, California, and Nevada would take less water from the Colorado River under a federal proposal to stave off a crisis in the river.
A teen girl has been arrested and charged for allegedly stabbing three horses during a racing event in Las Vegas, police said.
An early morning earthquake in Nevada on Friday was felt as far west as the Sacramento Valley.
Authorities in the San Francisco Bay Area said they busted a suspected retail theft crew allegedly linked to nearly 100 retail thefts across Northern California and Nevada.
A long-duration heat wave is taking shape over the western half of the U.S. and forecast to stick around in the days ahead.
Two police officers were injured and a suspect was killed in a shooting at a shopping center in Sparks, Nevada, on Thursday, officials said.
Two skiers died Friday in separate incidents at Lake Tahoe's Heavenly Mountain Resort, marking the latest in a series of ski-related deaths in the region this month.
The driver of the vehicle, a 23-year-old man from Albany, New York, had been reported missing and died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said.
A Nevada jury convicted "Dances With Wolves" actor Nathan Chasing Horse of multiple charges of sexually assaulting a minor.
The Athletics have hired former Colorado Rockies general manager Bill Schmidt as the club's special assistant to the scouting department.
An alert sent to people across California warning about a strong earthquake striking Northern Nevada on Thursday morning was sent in error, officials said.
Authorities have arrested a Nevada man in connection to the disappearance of a girl who was later found in Sacramento.
Authorities in the Lake Tahoe region on Thursday announced the arrests of 15 people in California and Nevada as part of bust targeting gangs and drug sales.
One Lake Tahoe area Fourth of July fireworks show has been canceled due to storm damage, officials say.
Voluntarily recall comes after listeria outbreak linked to ready-to-eat food puts 10 people in hospital, Federal officials say.
