It’s the day before the Fourth of July in Lake Tahoe. So naturally, it’s crowded. Traffic moves at a stop-and-go pace down the West Shore. As the road bends toward Sunnyside, a pair of bikini-clad ...

The thunderhead looked like a massive gray genie exploding from Pyramid Peak, its belly dark and swollen. A great roar clapped down on us. We waited for the rain. There would be no three wishes this ...

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — A hiker and her dog who became disoriented while hiking in the Desolation Wilderness last weekend was rescued by emergency personnel. El Dorado County Search and Rescue ...

Despite its somewhat fearful name, California's epic Desolation Wilderness is anything but desolate. As a sublime mountain wilderness preserve within Eastern California's Eldorado National Forest, the ...