When the Caldor Fire swept through Christmas Valley and Meyers in 2021, many expected to return to a smoking, blackened wreck—and were surprised by the fire leaving the areas largely unharmed.

In what came to be called the "Christmas Valley miracle," the Lake Tahoe Basin communities of Christmas Valley and Meyers ...

General Counsel Brian Poulsen updated the El Dorado Irrigation District Board of Directors on Dec. 8 on the district’s insurance recovery from the Caldor Fire, detailing the final updates from ...

The large Caldor Fire burning in California has now destroyed close to 200,000 acres of land, with officials responding by evacuating tourists and residents from South Lake Tahoe. In an update at 8:47 ...

The Fix Our Forests Act (FOFA) removes bureaucratic roadblocks that slow down critical forest management and restoration ...

Water runs through a burn scar of the 2021 Caldor Fire in the Lake Tahoe Basin in this photo taken in 2025. UC Davis ecologists found that unburned fuel piles increased the fire's severity.

UC Davis forest ecologist Hugh Safford overlooks Echo Lake in the Lake Tahoe Basin. In August 2021, the Caldor Fire entered the basin but spared the communities of Meyers and Christmas Valley due to ...