Lake Tahoe requiring mandatory boat decontamination after discovery of golden mussels, which are more invasive than quagga ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Gary Gerren, the affable fire chief in the community of Fallen Leaf Lake, is serious about protecting the few ...

Department of Water Resources scientist Brianne Sakata, center, works with California State Parks staff to collect invasive ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Tahoe has seen some incredible snow days this year, but all good things come to an end. At least until the next season rolls around. As the Lake Tahoe ski season begins to ...

The U.S. Forest Service manages 78% of the land in the Lake Tahoe Basin. Yet, a hiring freeze on seasonal workers and recent firings of key staff have gutted an already-stretched-thin agency ...

With one main road, evacuations in summer could take 14 hours, and nearly all properties are at risk. Yet new developments are still being built in high-danger areas.

The slow and bumpy 5-mile road to Fallen Leaf Lake, southwest of South Lake Tahoe, affords only one way in and one way out — a potential deathtrap. “We have probably three or four thousand ...