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North Tahoe public utility, fire districts wrap up land deal for new fire station
Five years of preparation and planning culminated this week when Tahoe City's new fire station got its land deal in place, a move that also re-energized the community's snow removal issues. more...
  10/30/2009 2:47pm
Officials: Overloaded circuits caused fire at Lake Tahoe pizzeria
Officials have determined the fire that gutted a West Shore pizzeria last week was accidental.
  10/27/2009 4:39pm
Report: Antifreeze sprinkler system may have contributed to fatal explosion
Investigators are looking into whether the antifreeze fire sprinkler system at Henness Flats affordable housing complex contributed to the Aug. 18 explosion that killed one resident and injured four others.
  10/20/2009 4:50pm
Fire guts pizzeria on Lake Tahoe's West Shore; cause may be known by end of week
No one was hurt in a Monday evening fire that gutted a popular pizzeria on Lake Tahoe's West Shore, officials said Tuesday.
  10/20/2009 4:39pm
Officials: 2009 fire season in Tahoe, Truckee relatively calm
Weather, good prevention techniques and sheer luck helped the Tahoe/Truckee area and Northern California to one of its calmest fire seasons in recent years.
  10/16/2009 1:29pm
Planned burns, potential smoke on tap near Truckee
The U.S. Forest Service is planning prescribed burns behind Ponderosa Palisades and Sierra Meadows neighborhoods this fall, which may mean smoke for neighbors.
  10/06/2009 3:32pm
Tahoe rescue crews find lost Mt. Rose hiker
A 21-year-old man is receiving treatment for an ankle injury at Carson Tahoe Hospital after search and rescue teams found him earlier today near the Mt. Rose summit.
  10/05/2009 12:53pm
Fire crews control brush fire near Heavenly Tahoe
Firefighters have controlled a wildland fire behind MontBleu Resort Casino & Spa in Stateline.
  09/29/2009 11:45am
Hailing heroes: Community honors Jaylyn, Woody Rose
In a room full of adults — area politicians, firemen and board members — the attention centered on a pair of elementary school-aged students.
  09/25/2009 4:00pm
Plumas forest fire: Crews expect to contain blaze
Firefighters are hoping the weather doesn't turn on them as they try to contain a weekend wildfire in northeastern California.
  09/22/2009 8:07am
Saturday fire near Truckee contained quickly
A thunderstorm rumbled through the Truckee River Canyon at 3 p.m. Saturday afternoon, with ensuing lightning igniting a blaze on a steep, rocky ridge near Floriston, about 13 miles east of Truckee.
  09/14/2009 7:20am
Reader sends pictures from Monday's plane crash
Reader Jason DiGuilio, the chef de cuisine at Wild Goose/Schaffer's Camp, sent us pictures from the plane crash Monday that seriously injured four people
  09/09/2009 9:19am
Truckee airplane crash still under investigation
Witnesses say the plane that crashed Monday evening and seriously injured the pilot failed to gain altitude after taking off from Tahoe Truckee Airport.
  09/09/2009 4:47pm
4 hurt in small plane crash near Tahoe Truckee Airport
A single-engine plane crashed while departing from a small airport near Lake Tahoe, seriously injuring all four people aboard.
  09/08/2009 4:37pm
Truckee fire crews extinguish small Labor Day fire
A small brush fire Monday in Glenshire burned about an acre before being extinguished by area firefighters.
  09/08/2009 4:36pm
Los Angeles wildfire at 60 percent containment
Firefighters continue to make gains on the huge wildfire that has burned north of Los Angeles.
  09/08/2009 7:41am
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