Breaking: 20 Cdf Camino St Camino Fire reported in El Dorado County on Jan. 29

First discovered: 2:01 p.m. Jan. 29 A new wildfire was reported today at 2:01 p.m. in in El Dorado County, California. 20 Cdf ...

Update: Prescribed fire Tobacco Gulch burns 215 acres in El Dorado County since Jan. 18

The pile burning project, known as Tobacco Gulch, was initiated 12:39 p.m. Jan. 18 in in El Dorado County, California. The ...
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Sierra Foothills Community Could Provide Blueprint For Building Homes In Era Of Megafires

State officials are increasingly looking to fire-hardened construction to keep housing both insurable and habitable.

In El Dorado County, wildfire safety features are a selling point for new homes

At a new neighborhood in Cameron Park, L.A.-based developer KB Home is touting features intended to make homes more resilient ...
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Living With Fire: Inside Northern California’s First ‘Wildfire-Prepared Neighborhood’

The new Stone Canyon development in El Dorado County was built with wildfire in mind. It could offer a blueprint for building — and insuring — homes in an era of megafires.