Tag Archives: Lake Tahoe

Fire officials ordered more evacuations near Lake Tahoe and told other residents to be ready to leave as a destructive fire roared through forests southwest of the alpine lake that straddles the California-Nevada state line. Several communities south of the lake were abruptly ordered to evacuate Sunday afternoon and residents …

The US Forest Service has announced it is closing several sites at California’s scenic South Lake Tahoe after discovering bubonic plague in the chipmunk population. The agency announced this week that “based on positive plague tests” in the rodent population around hiking areas, it would close popular hiking spots including …