Evacuating the Tahoe basin in summer could take 14 hours, and 99% of properties are at risk — yet new resorts are being built in high-danger fire areas.

In a legal victory for the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agreed today to again consider Endangered Species Act protections for the Clear Lake hitch. This large ...

This ruling is a clear signal to those who continue to push for building low-density development in California’s ... for 16,000 acres in Lake County. The site has a long history of wildfires and was ...