Monitor the weather forecasts before you even get near the water. Lake Tahoe is big and beautiful — 22 miles long and 12 miles wide. Scary winds and thunderstorms can be at one end of the lake, and ...

Washoe County sheriffs officials conduct a search at D.L. Bliss State Park on June 23, two days after an incident in which a boat capsized, killing several people. (Brooke Hess-Homeier / Associated ...