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Fred. Wilbert. The Trout Creek Outrage, also known as the Truckee Outrage or Trout Creek Murder, was an example of anti-Chinese violence in California which occurred on the night of June 17–18, 1876. White residents of Truckee, California set fire to two cabins along Trout Creek that housed six Chinese immigrants working as woodcutters ...
Truckee, California. / 39.34222°N 120.20361°W / 39.34222; -120.20361. Truckee is an incorporated town in Nevada County, California, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 16,180, reflecting an increase of 2,316 from the 13,864 counted in the 2000 Census and having the 316th highest population in ...
The Caldor Fire was a large wildfire that burned 221,835 acres (89,773 hectares) in the Eldorado National Forest and other areas of the Sierra Nevada in El Dorado, Amador, and Alpine County, California, in the United States during the 2021 California wildfire season. [ 2] The fire was first reported on Saturday, August 14, 2021, and was fully ...
More than 28,000 people have been ordered to evacuate their homes due to a wildfire in northern California, officials said Wednesday. The Thompson Fire broke out Tuesday morning in Oroville ...
Semi-truck catches fire, shuts down California interstate for 16 hours. Julia Gomez, USA TODAY. August 20, 2024 at 8:30 AM. A big rig caught fire Monday morning and shut down Interstate 80 in ...
Opening date. 1913; 111 years ago. ( 1913) Lake Tahoe Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Truckee River, at the outlet of Lake Tahoe in Placer County, California . Tahoe Dam regulates the top six feet of Lake Tahoe, and distributes the water into Tahoe's primary outflow, the Truckee River. [ 1] The dam is located in Tahoe City and serves as ...
The California Highway Patrol and Truckee fire personnel went to the ... Officers were called just after 9:10 a.m. to reports of a bus parked near the right shoulder of westbound I-80 and the ...
List of California wildfires. Santa Ana winds in California expand fires and spread smoke over hundreds of miles, as in this October 2007 satellite image. The Rim Fire consumed more than 250,000 acres (100,000 ha) of forest near Yosemite National Park, in 2013. This is a partial and incomplete list of California wildfires.