Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. KTVU crews went up to Truckee and Boreal Mountain on Friday, days after an avalanche killed eight people and one is still missing.

The avalanche happened at around 11:30 a.m., local time, on Tuesday, Feb. 17, in the Castle Peak area of Truckee, Calif. Madison E. Goldberg received her B.S. in Journalism and double minors in ...

A devastating avalanche just North of Lake Tahoe is feared to have buried up to 10 backcountry skiers, triggering a massive search effort. The avalanche struck around 11:30 a.m. in Castle Peak near ...

The Lake City Fire Department says that one person was rescued and one was found dead in a fire on Sunday. The department says that they were dispatched to a fully involved fire at 6:54 a.m. with ...

Fifteen backcountry skiers were caught in an avalanche Tuesday near Lake Tahoe as heavy snow fell across the Sierra Nevada, officials said. At least six were rescued, but nine were still unaccounted ...

The “First Point” wildfire burning across the exposed Lake Bed of Lake Okeechobee is now 100% contained, according to the Florida Forest Service. The fire ultimately burned an estimated 8,612 ...

Over 100 people attended the Lake Tahoe Basin Wildfire Summit on June 24th, 2011 at Granlibakken Resort in Tahoe City, CA.The goal of the summit was to provide information and tools to assist ...

Perched at 7,400 feet above sea level and taking in sweeping south-facing views of Lake Tahoe, Randy Marek shaded his eyes from the late-afternoon sun slowly making its way across the horizon. The ...

PROJECT. WESH TWO NEWS STARTS NOW WITH BREAKING NEWS. BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT IS OUT OF LAKE COUNTY, WHERE NEARLY 100 ACRE BRUSH FIRE FORCED EVACUATIONS THIS AFTERNOON. CHOPPER TWO IS BRINGING YOU THESE ...

After weeks of mostly dry and mild weather in the Lake Tahoe region, serious snow is finally forecast to return, with up to 18 inches of precipitation expected for some locations. For weeks, a jet ...

Fox Lake firefighters arrived to find one home fully engulfed with flames spreading to neighboring houses. A second alarm brought mutual aid to Fox Lake, where crews used an elevated master stream to ...

More than four and a half years after the Caldor Fire tore through Grizzly Flats, the community is still waiting for the return of Walt Tyler Elementary School. The small, two-room schoolhouse once ...