The El Dorado County Sheriff's Office says the large-scale search effort for missing hiker Jason Coughran has concluded, but the missing person investigation is still active and open.
Over the weekend on Saturday, July 27th an alarm went off notifying the South Tahoe Public Utility District of higher-than-normal spills at one of their sewer pump stations on Fallen Leaf Lake Road.
Nearly 100 tires, along with trash was found in a one mile stretch of the shoreline.
The El Dorado County Sheriff's Office says a 70-year-old man drowned at Fallen Leaf Lake in South Lake Tahoe on Sunday.
The El Dorado County Sheriff's Office released more details after two bodies were recovered from Fallen Leaf Lake last year.
Our erratic year-to-year swings in precipitation bring drought conditions here every couple of years. But have you heard of the megadrought? One professor says submerged trees at the bottom of Fallen Leaf Lake is evidence that a prolonged, historic drought is in our future.