Hundreds honor fallen Tahoe firefighter during procession

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — Hundreds of people lined the streets and highways near Lake Tahoe on Thursday to pay their respects as a funeral procession passed for a U.S. Forest Service firefighter killed while responding to a Sierra wildfire. Michael “Mikey” Hallenbeck, 21, of Shingle Springs, Calif., was fatally injured when a tree fell on him Aug. 8 during the initial attack on the fire in the Eldorado National Forest near Echo Summit south of Tahoe. The procession began about 10 a.m. Th