Truckee fire officials say the fire’s spread was stopped at about 12 acres. The Zonehaven map above shows the evacuation order in red; it includes Butterfield Drive and part of Joerger Drive.

LAKE TAHOE, Nev./Calif. — On the morning of Saturday, May 10, volunteers will fan out across the Truckee River watershed to collect and test water samples from creeks, streams, smaller lakes ...

A key piece in the Sierra Nevada, north of Truckee, has flipped from private to public land. On Tuesday, the Trust for Public Land announced the completed transfer of 569 acres in Sardine Meadow ...

The transfer permanently protects a vital part of the Truckee River watershed and comes after a large conservation effort to heal the meadow following decades of logging, overgrazing and railroad ...

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — A California conservation district has purchased a swath of privately owned land along the Upper Truckee River as part of the effort to restore an altered watershed ...