LAKE TAHOE

The first-of-its-kind effort was aimed to learn more about the source and potential harm caused by plastics and other pollutants in the iconic lake.

Scuba divers at Lake Tahoe are sorting through their haul after an unprecedented, yearlong effort to remove litter from the alpine lake's entire 72 miles of shoreline atop the Sierra Nevada.

They found no trace of a mythical sea monster, no sign of mobsters in cement shoes or long-lost treasure chests. The dozens of dives that concluded this week were part of a first-of-its-kind effort to learn more about the source and potential harm caused by plastics and other pollutants in the storied alpine lake on the California-Nevada line. It's also taken organizers on a journey through the history, folklore and development of the lake atop the Sierra Nevada that holds enough water to cover all of California 14 inches (36 centimeters) deep.

U.S. government forecasters see a hot spring for much of the nation with drought in the West likely deepening.

Located in Truckee, California, the family oasis was designed by Nicole Hollis Originally Appeared on Architectural Digest

The 500-pound animal is a "severely food-habituated bear," meaning that it "has lost its fear of people and is associating people with access to food," California officials say.

Officials and animal advocates agree the bear doesn't know how to hunt, but they disagree on how to stop it from damaging people's homes.

Officials and animal advocates agree the bear doesn't know how to hunt, but they disagree on how to stop it from damaging people's homes.

Authorities in Northern California say one person drowned and another was injured after a group of people fell through the ice while skating at a reservoir north of Lake Tahoe.

The water contained in California's mountain snow is now at 92% of its historical average after a January without significant amounts of rain or snow.

Search-and-rescue volunteers discovered the body of Rory Angelotta roughly 3 miles from the boundaries of the ski resort.

On Monday, Lake Tahoe broke a 50-year record when snow totals reached 193.7 inches, nearly 15 inches more than the record from 1970.

A major Christmas weekend storm caused whiteout conditions and closed key highways amid blowing snow in mountains of Northern California and Nevada, with forecasters warning that travel in the Sierra Nevada could be difficult for several days. A 70-mile (112-kilometer) stretch of Interstate 80 was shut Sunday from Colfax, California, through the Lake Tahoe region to the Nevada state line.

Five people were injured and about 1,000 homes and other buildings were destroyed in California's Caldor Fire.

Laurel-Rose Von Hoffmann-Curzi suffered injuries to her face, chest and arms when a bear mauled her and she had to receive dozens of stitches, CBS station KPIX-TV reports.

Using their scuba skills, these water lovers clean the country’s largest lakes in the hope their garbage hordes can spark high-level change

A majority of Americans regard the deteriorating climate as a problem of high importance to them.

Massive storm brings Lake Tahoe's water levels back above natural rim

Officials say a target for rich countries to provide poor nations with $100 billion in aid each year to tackle global warming will be missed, dealing a blow to the upcoming U.N. climate talks in Glasgow.

A powerful storm roared ashore Sunday in Northern California, flooding highways, toppling trees and causing mud flows in areas burned bare by recent fires as forecasters predicted record-breaking rainfall.

A powerful storm system brought drenching rains and strong winds to areas along the West coast on Oct. 24.

Multiple wrecks were reported on slick roads in San Francisco, California, as a storm walloped the West Coast on Oct. 24.

The 2-month-old California wildfire that threatened the Lake Tahoe resort region over the summer has been declared 100% contained.

Crews were watching the weather this weekend as they battled California wildfires that have burned into some groves of gigantic ancient sequoias. (Sept. 18)

A US Coast Guard air patrol transferred Haitian 41 migrants from Little Inagua, the largest inhabited island in the Caribbean, handing them to Bahamian authorities earlier this month. (Sept. 18)

Aluminum wraps designed to protect homes from flames are getting attention as wildfires burn in California.

With a wildfire no longer threatening Lake Tahoe, residents, tourists and scientists drawn to its clean alpine air, clear blue waters and fragrant pine trees now wonder about the long-term effects that remain.

When a wildfire crested the mountains near North America's largest alpine lake, embers and ash that zipped across a smoky sky pierced Lake Tahoe’s clear blue waters. The evacuation order for thousands to flee their homes has been lifted, but those who returned have found black stripes of ash building up on the shoreline — a reminder that success fighting the Caldor Fire won’t insulate the resort region on the California-Nevada line from effects that outlast wildfire season. Scientists say it’s too soon to draw conclusions about the lasting damage that record-setting wildfires will have on Lake Tahoe.

Native Americans applaud resort's decision to drop "squaw" from its name, pointing to racist legacy.

Squaw Valley hosted an Olympics, but it now has a new name. "It's a term that was inflicted upon us by somebody else and we don't agree with it," an official of the Washoe Tribe says.

Squaw Valley hosted an Olympics, but it now has a new name. "It's a term that was inflicted upon us by somebody else and we don't agree with it," an official of the Washoe Tribe says.

The president campaigned for Governor Gavin Newsom at a Southern California rally after he had toured Idaho and Northern California earlier in the day.

Resort will be called Palisades Tahoe after consulting with Indigenous groups over longstanding name Indigenous nations in California had long called for the Tahoe resort to change its name, which used a derogatory term for Indigenous women. Photograph: Tim Dunn/AP A popular ski resort at California’s Lake Tahoe has changed its name to remove a racist and misogynistic slur after consultations with local Indigenous groups. The resort, known as Squaw Valley since 1949, will be called Palisades Tah

Nearly 1,000 structures have been destroyed in the fire near Lake Tahoe on the California-Nevada border, including 776 homes.

Nearly 1,000 structures have been destroyed in the fire near Lake Tahoe on the California-Nevada border, including 776 homes.

People craving nature after being cooped up during the pandemic are being stymied by raging wildfires.

Wildfires burning in the U.S. this summer have upended plans for countless outdoor adventures.

Torrential rain led to massive flooding in Mexico's state of Jalisco on Sept. 3, sending people wading through knee-deep floodwaters as the military responded to the area.

Storm Ida bursted the banks of the Schuylkill River, causing extreme flooding around the city.

Officials say better weather has slow the growth of the huge California wildfire that has been threatening the Lake Tahoe resort region.

An EF3 tornado spun through the town of Wenonah, New Jersey, flinging debris from miles away as Tropical Rainstorm Ida hammered the Northeast.

Bodycam video released by the NYPD shows officers carrying a driver to safety after more than three inches of rain fell in an hour on Wednesday night.

The remnants of Hurricane Ida took a deadly toll in the Northeast overnight. CBS News correspondent Mola Lenghi has more on the extent of the flooding and tornado damage. Then the mayor of Yonkers, New York, Mike Spano, joins CBSN to discuss how his city is recovering from the record-breaking rainfall.

Three days of gusting winds had driven the Caldor Fire east through the rugged Sierra Nevada, forcing tens of thousands of people from the region of forests, mountain hamlets, resorts and lakes.

Fire conditions are expected to improve and keep flames out of Lake Tahoe.

New York City saw its first ever flash flood emergency.

Last week, managers overseeing the fight against the massive wildfire scorching California’s Lake Tahoe region thought they could have it contained by the start of this week.

Just last week, managers overseeing the fight against the massive wildfire scorching California's Lake Tahoe region thought they could have it contained by the start of this week. Instead, the Caldor Fire crested the Sierra Nevada on Monday, forcing the unprecedented evacuation of all 22,000 residents of South Lake Tahoe and tens of thousands of tourists who would otherwise be winding down their summers by the alpine lake straddling the California-Nevada state line. “I do think the Dixie and the way that it’s burned and its magnitude did impact the early response to the Caldor,” said Scott Stephens, a professor of wildland fire science at the University of California, Berkeley.

A red flag warning for dry, windy conditions remains in effect until 11 p.m. today. More than 50,000 people remain evacuated throughout the region.

High winds that were expected failed to materialize, giving firefighters a chance slow the spread of the Caldor Fire burning toward Lake Tahoe. At least 700 homes and structures have been destroyed.

The Caldor Fire, one of the largest in California's history, has been blazing since Aug. 14, 2021.

The 23-year-old Black man died after he was put in a chokehold by Aurora police in August 2019.

The 23-year-old Black man died after he was put in a chokehold by Aurora police in August 2019.

Around 50,000 people are under evacuation orders as the popular resort area faces a fire threat it hasn't seen in decades.

After seeing gusty winds in the forecast as the fire moved closer to his Lake Tahoe community, Johnson said he planned to leave Tuesday afternoon to join his girlfriend in Reno, once he had packed up a few precious items to take with him. While more than 20,000 residents and likely thousands of tourists packed roads leading out of Lake Tahoe on Monday to flee the Caldor Fire closing in on the resort community, a handful of people decided to buck the mandatory evacuation orders and stay behind. In the West, where bigger and hotter wildfires rage through the forests each year, more communities find themselves staring down evacuation orders.

The raging wildfire that is encroaching upon Lake Tahoe threatens to mar the pristine alpine lake that draws approximately 15 million visitors a year.

A huge firefighting force gathered to defend communities near Lake Tahoe from a wildfire is being hampered by difficult weather conditions. The wind-driven Caldor Fire crossed highways and burned structures as it swept into the Tahoe Basin. (Aug. 31)

The Caldor fire has burned through more than 191,000 acres in Northern California and is now headed toward Lake Tahoe.

The Caldor Fire raging near Lake Tahoe on the border of U.S. states of California and Nevada has been captured by the GOES 17 satellite by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on Monday evening (Aug 30).

Lake Tahoe faces disastrous 'urban conflagration' if Caldor fire reaches communities

Flames churned through mountains just a few miles southwest of the Tahoe Basin, where thick smoke sent tourists packing.

A few days ago, he thought crews could halt the Caldor Fire's eastern progress, but “today it let loose.” Flames churned through mountains just a few miles southwest of the Tahoe Basin, where thick smoke sent tourists packing at a time when summer vacations would usually be in full swing ahead of the Labor Day weekend.

Fire officials have ordered more evacuations around the Tahoe Basin as crews deal with a two-week old blaze.

Firefighters faced a critical day in efforts to prevent a massive California wildfire from reaching the Lake Tahoe resort region, hoping to take advantage of calmer winds before hot, heavy gusts return.

A community on the shore of Lake Tahoe issued an emergency declaration and a tourism group discouraged visitors from coming amid smoky skies from a major wildfire nearby.

Ash is raining down on Lake Tahoe and thick yellow wildfire smoke is blotting out its famous postcard views of mountains surrounding pristine blue waters.

More than 13,500 firefighters are working to contain a dozen large California wildfires that have destroyed hundreds of homes and forced thousands of people to flee.

A 14-year-old California boy has become the youngest person to swim the entire 21.3-mile length of Lake Tahoe and complete the alpine lake’s Triple Crown.

Federal wildlife officials have decided to list the Sierra Nevada red fox as an endangered species.

It’s so hot out, even wildlife are trying to cool down.

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