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A proposal to set up digital highway signs along Alpine County highways has sparked opposition from the Friends of Hope Valley.

Interstate 80 closed in both directions due to spinouts; chain controls are in effect on Tahoe mountain passes.

Areas of localized flooding are forecast today as heavy rains fall. Snow levels will fall, reducing the threat later today. Check here for the latest.

Here are the latest updates on conditions, evacuations and closures for the Caldor Fire in El Dorado County.

Here are the latest updates on conditions, evacuations and closures for the Caldor Fire in El Dorado County.

Here are the latest updates on conditions, evacuations and closures as the Caldor Fire continues to grow in El Dorado County.

A Fire Weather Watch was issued for Monday and Tuesday that will lead to “elevated fire weather concerns” in higher elevations.

By Friday morning, the Caldor Fire has grown to 143,951 acres, continuing its northeast march toward Lake Tahoe.

A Fire Weather Watch was issued for Monday and Tuesday that will lead to “elevated fire weather concerns” in higher elevations.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — As California’s fire season rages on and firefighters take on multiple blazes, the Dixie fire has become the state’s largest wildfire this year to date and is driving smoke into the Sacramento Valley. The Dixie fire is burning on the border of Butte and Plumas counties, in the burn scar of the deadly 2018 Camp Fire. It has rapidly expanded to 142,960 acres (223 square miles), growing nearly 40,000 acres since Thursday morning. Although most of the smoke from ...