A Rare Phenomenon: An inlet on Lake Tahoe has frozen over for what appears to be the first time in three decades, leaving some locals in awe.Plane Spotting: Plane spotters are everywhere in the world, but dramatically so in Los Angeles, where one is primed to view the everyday cinematically.
Mansions at Bargain Prices: Wealthy home sellers in Los Angeles are slashing prices and sweetening deals, eager to move their properties off the market before a new “mansion tax” goes into effect on April 1.Schools Strike: The union representing 30,000 education workers reached a tentative deal with the Los Angeles Unified School District, following a three-day strike that had closed hundreds of campuses “But the fire is pretty much going to do what it’s going to do until the weather shifts.” “You can save particular areas or particular homes,” Professor North said. Forest Service and a professor at the University of California, Davis. “No matter how many people you have out on these fires, it’s not a large enough work force to put the fire out,” said Malcolm North, a fire expert with the U.S.
Experts believe that the challenge is a cautionary tale for future megafires in the West and lays bare a certain futility in trying to fully control the most aggressive wildfires.
The air quality index was nearing 500, a level considered hazardous.īattling the Caldor fire has been humbling and harrowing for California firefighters. On the Nevada side of the border, which has not yet been evacuated, one industry was still limping along: A trickle of gamblers sat at slot machines to the whooshing sound of large air purifiers that attempted to keep out the pungent smoke. The lake, renowned for its bright blue hues and the evergreen forests that surround it, was smothered in a slate of sickly orange-gray haze.
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