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Wildfire evacuees fill Lake Tahoe roads in rush to flee

A popular vacation haven normally filled with tens of thousands of summer tourists was clogged with fleeing vehicles Monday after the entire resort city of South Lake Tahoe was ordered to leave as a ferocious wildfire raced toward Lake Tahoe, a sparkling gem on the California-Nevada border.

For prisoners in the West, the virus and the wildfires are colliding
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For prisoners in the West, the virus and the wildfires are colliding

Prisoners are more vulnerable than ever to the twin crises of the pandemic and a historic wildfire season.
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Why California, Oregon and Washington State are searching for help to battle fires
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Why California, Oregon and Washington State are searching for help to battle fires

With millions of acres ablaze across the West Coast, states are having a tough time finding available fire crews. California resorted to calling in a team of firefighters from Israel.
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