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California wildfires begin to wane in last month of summer
California wildfires begin to wane in last month of summer
While the state’s biggest and most destructive wildfires have been extinguished or largely encircled, firefighters continue to battle blazes in mostly rural areas of Northern California. The Ranch ...
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California wildfires: How 20 major blazes have ignited since 1991
As another deadly fire season grips the state, we look back at what ignited some of the most devastating disasters of the past 30 years
California wildfires: How 20 major blazes have ignited since 1991
As another deadly fire season grips the state, we look back at what ignited some of the most devastating disasters of the past 30 years
Riding a lawn mower over dry grass. Target shooting on a hot day. The pedal of a mountain bike scraping a rock. Faulty wiring in a hot tub. These are among the countless ways that wildfires have started ...
California Wildfires: The lives lost across the state
The 2018 fire season in California is shaping up to be an incredibly deadly year. These are the residents who died in the blazes.
Fire in Tahoe National Forest not as large as initially feared
Firefighters battling a blaze in a steep river canyon in Tahoe National Forest are counting on nine large air tankers and seven helicopters to halt the spread of the North Fire. The wildfire erupted ...
Wildfire forces evacuations in Tahoe National Forest
A fast-moving wildfire that ignited in the Tahoe National Forest on Monday quickly grew to 650 acres, prompting the evacuations of several campgrounds at the end of the Labor Day holiday weekend. The ...
New wildfire prompts evacuations in Lake County community
A 20-acre wildfire that ignited Monday afternoon in Lake County prompted evacuations for residents near Kelsey Creek Drive and Carder Road in Kelseyville, according to Cal Fire. The fire is currently ...
Fire burning near Mount Rose ski resort after plane crash...
A wildfire sparked by a small-plane crash on a mountain outside of Reno had burned about 80 acres by Monday morning near the Mount Rose ski resort, fire officials said. The aircraft crashed about 1:40 ...
‘Unhealthy’ Labor Day smog forecast in Bay Area prompts...
Heavy smog from wildfires and Labor Day traffic is on tap for Monday in the Bay Area, prompting air quality officials to issue a Spare the Air alert. The air is expected to be rated “unhealthy.” ...
Legislature passes bill to help protect PG&E; from wildfire...
SACRAMENTO — As Sen. Bill Dodd walked out of the state Capitol in the early hours of Saturday, he said he had a great sense of relief that the Legislature averted an impending disaster by approving a ...
California legislature approves bill criticized as a PG&E...;
Sacramento — After months of furious lobbying, a bill that would help Pacific Gas and Electric Co. deal with the costs of last year’s devastating wildfires — in part by passing some of those costs on ...
The foggiest Fogust ever? Our favorite Instagrams from August
Was it the coldest, foggiest "Fogust" ever? It sure seemed that way. The cool, gray skies make it feel like August is the coldest month of the year , but it's also one of the most beautiful. A legion of ...
Carr Fire is 100 percent contained after 39 days and 8 deaths
After taking eight lives, destroying 1,079 homes and ravaging 229,651 acres of Shasta and Trinity counties, the monstrous Carr wildfire was declared contained on Thursday night. Cal Fire said the fire, ...
Literary guide, Sept. 2
Monday Charlie Getter, Aqueila M. Ross Poetry reading and open mike. 7-9:15 p.m. Bird & Beckett Books & Records, 653 Chenery St., S.F. www.birdbeckett.com Christina Matula “The Shadow ...
Climate change report: California to see 77 percent more land...
This year’s wildfire season is not the worst that California will see. The number of large fires across the state will likely increase by 50 percent by the end of the century while the ...
Weather helps firefighters as state’s largest blaze turns 1...
Crews announced progress in fighting the Mendocino Complex Fire, the largest wildfire in state history, as increasingly humid weather conditions allowed crews to create a backfire in an ...
After deadly Carr Fire, a question of how — and whether —...
REDDING — Big blazes had licked the rugged outskirts of this city before, blackening nearby forests. But a wildfire had never surged across city limits — not until the Carr Fire changed everything. ...
Wildfires, climate change ensure more bad air days are coming...
Orange-hazed skies and afternoons that reek of campfire smoke are becoming as emblematic of summer in the Bay Area as fog-banked Augusts — only with more hacking coughs and burning, watery eyes. ...
Verizon, under fire for throttling firefighters’ data speed,...
SACRAMENTO — Verizon executives came to the Capitol on Friday to get a tongue lashing over the cell phone giant’s throttling of data service for firefighters battling the massive Mendocino Complex ...
NASA images from space show a world on fire
At all times, somewhere across the globe, there will be fire. These fires might be agricultural fires, they might be controlled burns, but they also might be wildfires, spreading out of control. New ...
Officials issue Spare the Air alert for Bay Area due to...
Officials announced “Spare the Air” alerts for Thursday and Friday as ozone pollution in the San Francisco Bay Area dipped to unhealthy levels due to smoke from the wildfires raging in California, ...
Assembly will hold hearing on firefighters’ complaints on...
SACRAMENTO — Lawmakers will hold a hearing Friday on data throttling during the Mendocino Complex Fire after Santa Clara County’s fire chief said his department’s firefighters were put in danger when ...
Outdoors: Labor Day hope shines through smoke
Here is the mission: For Labor Day weekend, find a lake with plenty of water, no smoke and an available campsite. The summer’s last holiday, little more than a week off, is all about smoke, water and ...
Firefighters on Mendocino Complex endangered by Verizon move...
Santa Clara County firefighters were dangerously hobbled by poor internet service while they were helping battle the monstrous Mendocino Complex fire in July because Verizon drastically slowed down the ...
‘Best chance’ to end largest wildfire in California...
A second night of increased humidity and lower temperatures was expected to help slow down the Ranch Fire, which grew only by a few thousand acres from Monday to Tuesday. The fire, the ...
Firefighter’s death may be linked to safety breach in...
Fire retardant dropped from an airplane into an area that should have been cleared of firefighters may have had something to do with last week’s death of a battalion chief at Northern California’s ...
California wildfires: New evacuations ordered for Mendocino...
Overnight fire activity in the north and northeastern portions of the Mendocino Complex pushed more people out of their homes Sunday evening and early Monday morning as the Glenn County Sheriff’s ...
Big winter for rain, snow could fill state’s reservoirs
Over the weekend, the total acres burned in wildfires in California was expected to hit 1 million for the year, announced the National Interagency Fire Center. The chance of an El Niño this winter rose ...
Blaze near Yosemite fully contained
The Ferguson Fire, which consumed nearly 100,000 acres of Mariposa County and shrouded spectacular Yosemite Valley for much of the summer in clouds of smoke, was declared 100 percent contained Sunday. ...
Wildlife wired to survive the forest infernos
In the Sonoma fire zone, Peter Tira returned to his in-laws’ home site in Glen Ellen, where last October every house on the block burned to their foundations. “I was expecting wholesale devastation, ...
PG&E;’s bid to change wildfire liability rules appears dead...
SACRAMENTO — As fires burned across Northern California last fall, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. launched a lobbying campaign whose outcome could mean billion of dollars for the utility. ...
Firefighters battle hot, dry conditions at Mendocino Complex
Firefighters were making progress on extending containment lines on the largest wildfire in California history, though unhealthy ozone levels caused by smoky conditions and 90-degree temperatures will ...
Big Boost from Down Under: Australians and Kiwis join...
UKIAH, Mendocino County — The call came in early August. Wildfires were ripping along America’s western coast from California to Alaska, and there weren’t nearly enough firefighters to respond. ...
California wildfires: Hot weather could refuel Mendocino Complex
Progress made over the past few days in fighting the largest wildfire in California history could be lost this weekend, as the weather seems unlikely to continue to cooperate. The ...
Firefighters gain on California wildfires, but temperatures...
Firefighters made promising headway Thursday in containing and preventing the growth of a relentless blaze that’s become the largest in state history , but officials warned that rising temperatures this ...
Catastrophic fire tornadoes: a terrifying new challenge
The titanic fire tornado that killed a firefighter and ravaged Redding on July 26 as the Carr Fire hit its peak has presented fire crew leaders with a frightening new challenge: how to battle a raging ...
Massive Carr Fire tornado trapped, killed Redding firefighter,...
Death came in an instant. And as never seen before in California history. The Redding firefighter who died on July 26 as the fast-growing Carr Fire hit its apex was in fact killed by a fire tornado, the ...
California wildfires: Mendocino Complex crews light fires to...
Battling the largest wildfire in California history has left crews with one option: remove the fuel by starting fires. The Mendocino Complex, made up of the Ranch and River fires, grew ...
Increasing wildfires exhaust state’s firefighting force,...
Mark Brown had just stepped onto the baseball field when his phone rang. Glancing over at his fellow umpires and the group of 12-year-old boys who had lined up to bat, he took a deep breath and answered. ...
Capitol debate on utilities’ fire liability sparks a...
With the clock ticking down on the legislative session, some of the state’s biggest special interests are spending millions of dollars to influence the debate over how much wildfire liability PG&E ...
Moment of silence on the fire line: Death hits home at...
UKIAH, Mendocino County — In the predawn hush, Sean Kavanaugh climbed the three steps to the stage to lead the Tuesday morning operational briefing. Only three steps, but some days, ...
California wildfires: Firefighter’s death the 6th of 2018;...
Yosemite Valley reopened Tuesday, three weeks after the deadly Ferguson Fire forced the closure of the popular summertime tourist attraction. Yosemite Valley Lodge, the Majestic Yosemite ...
Third firefighter killed while responding to Carr Fire near...
The death toll in what was already the most lethal year for firefighters in California since 2008 increased to five Thursday, when a heavy equipment mechanic was killed after falling asleep at the wheel on ...
Sixth firefighter killed in California’s battle against...
A firefighter died in the line of duty while battling California’s biggest wildfire, state officials announced Monday, the same day that Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke toured another fire site and said ...
Firefighter killed battling the massive Mendocino Complex...
A firefighter was killed battling the two fires known as the Mendocino Complex fire, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said in a statement Monday. Jonathan Cox, the Cal Fire ...
In California’s new wildfire reality, facing the need for...
YOSEMITE WEST — When a wall of flames raced up the hillside at Avalanche Creek on a recent afternoon, firefighters in Yosemite National Park had to act quickly. The giant Ferguson Fire ...
Critics pan Zinke’s solutions to California’s wildfire crisis
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said Monday that California could nip the threat of deadly wildfires with more aggressive forest management, a suggestion that critics dismissed as a shameless invitation for ...
California wildfires raising environmental issues for...
Firefighters may be able to extinguish the wildfires roaring through California within weeks, but the political effect of the blazes could last at least until the Nov. 6 midterm elections. With flames ...
Most recreational facilities escape damage from wildfires
Amid the wreckage across the wildfire zones in Northern California, many recreation facilities have emerged untouched. At Yosemite National Park, the Ferguson Fire burned just outside the ...
Facing $17 billion in fire damages, PG&E;'s CEO blames climate...
(Bloomberg) -- It was California’s biggest fire yet. In late July and August, wildfires devastated an area north of San Francisco far bigger than New York City, destroying more than 100 homes and ...
Ranch Fire now largest in California history at 282,479 acres
Firefighters reported progress Sunday in their battles against blazes across the state, increasing containment on the largest wildfire in state history. The Mendocino Complex fires, made up of the River ...
Ed Bledsoe couldn’t outrace the Carr Fire to save his...
REDDING — Melody and the kids are on vacation, somewhere far away, Ed Bledsoe told himself as he steered his old red pickup along this city’s back roads. They weren’t running errands with him in the ...
Hot, dry conditions could stoke wildfires this weekend
With a new round of weather warnings in place for the weekend, firefighters continued their battle to prevent the deadly wildfires burning in Northern California from growing, officials said Saturday. ...
Trump's tariffs boost rebuilding costs for wildfire victims
SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — Add this to the challenges facing California wildfire victims: Tariffs. The import tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump are adding thousands of dollars to the cost of ...
Nelson Fire mostly contained, evacuations lifted in Fairfield...
A grass fire that swept through the hills of Fairfield and Vacaville, destroying at least one home and prompting hundreds of residents, including inmates from a correctional facility, to flee, was mostly ...
Plum gig or slave labor? California inmates fight wildfires...
For more than a half-century, a select group of California prisoners has worked shoulder-to-shoulder with wildland firefighters battling the state’s deadliest blazes. More than 3,000 ...
As California burns, volunteer firefighters become harder to find
Dick Brown isn’t sure how much longer he will be a volunteer firefighter. At 66 years old, he doesn’t douse flames much anymore, instead driving the water tender to blazes in rural Calaveras County. ...
California wildfires: Yosemite to reopen amid red-flag...
A rare piece of good news emerged from California’s fire lines Friday when federal officials announced that Yosemite Valley will reopen to the public Tuesday, nearly three weeks after a wildfire forced a ...
Yosemite Valley scheduled to reopen Tuesday after fire closure
Yosemite Valley will reopen to the public Tuesday, almost three weeks after a wildfire forced its shutdown, stripping countless tourists of their vacations and local merchants of their profits. ...
California Wildfires: The lives lost across the state
Updated: Aug. 15, 2018 The 2018 fire season in California is shaping up to be an incredibly deadly year. These are the residents who died in the blazes. Go here for complete coverage.
Should the US Air Force bomb forest fires?
Earlier this summer, the Swedish Air Force dropped a laser-guided bomb on a forest fire to help suppress the flames. Now there's a proposal for the United States to do the same, using the might of the U.S. ...
Mendocino’s parks solve ‘Summer of Smoke’
The vacation season has turned into the “Summer of Smoke” across much of Northern California. One of the best answers is the Mendocino coast and its five state parks near Fort Bragg. ...
Largest wildfire in CA history expected to be contained in...
California’s biggest-ever wildfire grew to 10 times the size of San Francisco on Wednesday, as the Mendocino Complex sent clouds of cough-inducing smoke across the Bay Area and forced officials to admit ...
Firefighters respond to blaze on Black Mountain in Marin County
Firefighters from the Marin County Fire Department were battling the Bridge Fire on Wednesday afternoon, after a wildfire sparked up on Black Mountain just west of Nicasio Reservoir, authorities said. ...
Friends, family share memories of PG&E; worker killed near Carr...
Jairus Ayeta, said a colleague who worked with him, was a “damn good line hand.” “He had a great attitude and outlook on life,” said Christopher Utterback. “Definitely one of the best pole ...
California giving out $170 million in cap-and-trade revenue to...
California officials said Tuesday that they will grant more than $170 million in cap-and-trade funds to local governments and organizations to prevent fires and improve the health of forests. ...
California wildfires prompt ‘Spare the Air’ days across...
Smoke from Northern California wildfires drifting into the Bay Area has prompted air quality officials to declare Spare the Air Days for Wednesday and Thursday and caution people sensitive to smoke to ...
As wildfire blazes on, Yosemite-area tourist industry ravaged
MARIPOSA — The views up the Merced River Canyon toward Yosemite were obscured Tuesday by thick wildfire smoke. But there would be a bright spot for the disappointed sightseers who for weeks have been ...
Three men arrested for refusing to leave marijuana farm during...
Authorities say three men tending to a marijuana grow were arrested after they refused to leave a fire evacuation zone in Northern California , hindering firefighters' efforts against a massive blaze. ...
Van life: Santa Rosa fire victim rebuilds her life but not her...
Editor's note: This story first appeared on The Wayward Home 60-year-old Barbara Snyder remembers where she was when a massive wildfire ripped through her Santa Rosa neighborhood, destroying 4,600 ...
Mendocino Complex blaze is now largest wildfire in California...
The relentless wall of flame north of Clear Lake known as the Mendocino Complex grew into the largest fire in California history, outpacing 15 other conflagrations that blanketed the skies with smoke, ...
Trump’s California wildfire tweets show he’s enlisted in...
President Trump used California’s deadly spree of wildfires to criticize environmental laws for a second straight day, suggesting falsely on Twitter that they are keeping water from firefighters trying ...
Trump tweet blaming water diversion for fires baffles experts
When President Trump sent his first tweet about the current California wildfires, which have killed nine people and destroyed more than 1,000 homes, he chose the moment to zero in on water policy — ...
Why did they call it the Carr Fire? Explaining the names...
Coming up with a name: It's an act we usually associate with those things that are precious to us. Pets, children, significant places. But when it comes to disasters, a name happens with only the thought ...
California wildfires claim 9th victim, continue to grow
Exhausted firefighters battled wildfires that spanned the entire state over the weekend, with the most destructive inferno claiming the ninth victim of the deadly outbreak and managers of Yosemite ...
Sections of Yosemite National Park closed “indefinitely”...
As a growing wildfire continues to blanket Yosemite Valley with smoke, the valley itself and major sections of the national park will remain closed “indefinitely,” officials said. ...
As climate warms, fire-ravaged Sweden gets a taste of California
STOCKHOLM — A wildfire sparked, and then another, until more than 50 blazes were burning across the landscape. This was late July in Sweden, not California. Familiar ...
Mendocino blazes grow rapidly — PG&E; worker killed near Carr...
The two wildfires scorching Mendocino and Lake counties forced more evacuations as they grew rapidly Saturday, while in Shasta County, a Pacific Gas and Electric Co. worker was killed in an accident near ...
Tahoe visitors choking on smoke from California wildfires
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE — There’s no fire in Lake Tahoe. No flames are threatening its bucolic towns and no evacuations are in order. But the smoke is here, obscuring the mountains in the distance and choking ...
NASA captures haunting images of California wildfires from space
As California's wildfires continue to burn, their collective destruction has become visible from space. Several of NASA's satellites have captured images of three wildfires — the Carr Fire and ...
'Small Fry,' kitten burned in Carr Fire, touches a community
In the photo that made her famous, Small Fry the kitten stares right into the camera, her eyes swollen and pink. Her fur and whiskers have all been visibly singed, and her paws are swathed with bandages. ...
Fire tornado by Redding reached 143 mph, experts say;...
It was the most intense tornado in California history. But, unlike most tornadoes, this vortex had a swirl of flames that reached an unprecedented 143 mph as it barreled toward Redding and scraped the ...
Bulldozer slipped 3 times before firefighter’s fatal plunge...
For more than four hours, no one heard from Braden Varney. The 10-year veteran of California’s firefighting force had been dispatched to bulldoze a firebreak on a precarious ridge near Marble Point in ...
Unexpected side effect of Ferguson Fire: Open Yosemite...
The Ferguson fire has torched thousands of acres and forced the evacuation of many of Yosemite National Parks most popular sites, but also appears to have created an opportunity for those hoping to ...
Scientists see fingerprints of climate change all over...
Much of the heat that’s gripped California and hastened the spread of deadly wildfires recently is due to a strange but familiar shift in the jet stream — one that’s haunted the West with threatening ...
New evacuations ordered as Mendocino Complex fire rages
Despite the efforts of more than 10,000 firefighters, Northern California’s four big wildfires are still growing and resisting containment — and even forcing new evacuations. The ...
California fires: Over 5 days, requests for 900 engines went...
The massive wildfires burning across California have highlighted long-standing strains on the state’s mutual-aid system, which is designed to quickly rally support from nearby fire agencies to help ...
Gov. Brown: California in ‘uncharted territory’ with...
Gov. Jerry Brown painted a grim picture Wednesday of California’s future as thousands of firefighters have flown in from across the country to battle the 16 wildfires raging through the state. ...
Mendocino Complex now 12 percent contained as California...
Firefighters working to carve containment lines around the most dangerous blazes threatening communities in Northern California appeared to suffer no new losses of homes Tuesday, officials said, signaling ...
Yosemite closure extended into the weekend, Hetch Hetchy area...
Yosemite National Park officials on Tuesday extended the shutdown of much of the park until Sunday because of ongoing wildfire concerns while expanding the closure to include the Hetch Hetchy area. ...
California blazes tax budgets, firefighters: ‘Fatigue is...
SACRAMENTO — California’s firefighters are stretched as thin as they have ever been, state officials said Tuesday, with no indication that the wave of fires scorching the Golden State will ease in the ...
Hundreds evacuated from Yosemite summer camps due to smoke
At least two popular camps for Bay Area youth decided to evacuate Tuesday due to smoky weather conditions caused by the still-blazing Ferguson Fire near Yosemite National Park. Camp Tawonga, a popular ...
In the burn zone, a family’s kind impulse to feed evacuees...
REDDING — Kristy Hammeke was glued to her television when the Carr Fire pushed into Redding, turning thousands of residents into scared and disoriented evacuees. Her house in ...
How you can help people affected by the California wildfires
With California fire season well underway, it's clear that people and pets will need help in the days, weeks and months to come. If you're looking to assist, we've broken down some ways you can help both ...
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California wildfires: How 20 major blazes have ignited since 1991
As another deadly fire season grips the state, we look back at what ignited some of the most devastating disasters of the past 30 years
California wildfires: How 20 major blazes have ignited since 1991
As another deadly fire season grips the state, we look back at what ignited some of the most devastating disasters of the past 30 years
Riding a lawn mower over dry grass. Target shooting on a hot day. The pedal of a mountain bike scraping a rock. Faulty wiring in a hot tub. These are among the countless ways that wildfires have started ...
California Wildfires: The lives lost across the state
The 2018 fire season in California is shaping up to be an incredibly deadly year. These are the residents who died in the blazes.
Fire in Tahoe National Forest not as large as initially feared
Firefighters battling a blaze in a steep river canyon in Tahoe National Forest are counting on nine large air tankers and seven helicopters to halt the spread of the North Fire. The wildfire erupted ...
Wildfire forces evacuations in Tahoe National Forest
A fast-moving wildfire that ignited in the Tahoe National Forest on Monday quickly grew to 650 acres, prompting the evacuations of several campgrounds at the end of the Labor Day holiday weekend. The ...
New wildfire prompts evacuations in Lake County community
A 20-acre wildfire that ignited Monday afternoon in Lake County prompted evacuations for residents near Kelsey Creek Drive and Carder Road in Kelseyville, according to Cal Fire. The fire is currently ...
Fire burning near Mount Rose ski resort after plane crash...
A wildfire sparked by a small-plane crash on a mountain outside of Reno had burned about 80 acres by Monday morning near the Mount Rose ski resort, fire officials said. The aircraft crashed about 1:40 ...
‘Unhealthy’ Labor Day smog forecast in Bay Area prompts...
Heavy smog from wildfires and Labor Day traffic is on tap for Monday in the Bay Area, prompting air quality officials to issue a Spare the Air alert. The air is expected to be rated “unhealthy.” ...
Legislature passes bill to help protect PG&E; from wildfire...
SACRAMENTO — As Sen. Bill Dodd walked out of the state Capitol in the early hours of Saturday, he said he had a great sense of relief that the Legislature averted an impending disaster by approving a ...
California legislature approves bill criticized as a PG&E...;
Sacramento — After months of furious lobbying, a bill that would help Pacific Gas and Electric Co. deal with the costs of last year’s devastating wildfires — in part by passing some of those costs on ...
The foggiest Fogust ever? Our favorite Instagrams from August
Was it the coldest, foggiest "Fogust" ever? It sure seemed that way. The cool, gray skies make it feel like August is the coldest month of the year , but it's also one of the most beautiful. A legion of ...
Carr Fire is 100 percent contained after 39 days and 8 deaths
After taking eight lives, destroying 1,079 homes and ravaging 229,651 acres of Shasta and Trinity counties, the monstrous Carr wildfire was declared contained on Thursday night. Cal Fire said the fire, ...
Literary guide, Sept. 2
Monday Charlie Getter, Aqueila M. Ross Poetry reading and open mike. 7-9:15 p.m. Bird & Beckett Books & Records, 653 Chenery St., S.F. www.birdbeckett.com Christina Matula “The Shadow ...
PG&E; customers would pay some Wine Country fire costs under...
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. could use state-authorized bonds to settle Wine Country wildfire lawsuits costing billions of dollars, under newly amended legislation in Sacramento. And those bonds would ...
Wine Country artists find new life, inspiration in the...
Just about everything in the airy Sonoma art studio where Helena Donzelli and her two pals work is ruined. And they like it that way. They craft artistic works from the ashy wreckage left behind after ...
Wine Country fires: What has changed to reduce risk
The 2017 fire season, the deadliest in California history, spurred widespread calls for reducing wildfire risk. In response, several changes have been made to how local, state and federal agencies prepare ...
PG&E; to pay $2.5 billion-plus for Wine Country fires: ‘Many...
Blamed for sparking some of the most destructive blazes in California history, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. and its parent company, PG&E Corp., reported Thursday that they will take a $2.5 billion ...
Sonoma County to make over emergency operations after Tubbs...
Sonoma County’s Board of Supervisors approved plans Monday for a restructuring of emergency operations after an internal report concluded that emergency workers were unprepared for the October fires, ...
Cal Fire releases details of probe into cause of Wine Country...
The key to investigating the October 2017 fire siege that burned a combined area more than eight times the size of San Francisco came down to a handful of locations, each just a couple of square feet. ...
With wildfire season at hand, California on slightly safer...
When Anne Faught got a knock on her front gate recently, she was surprised to find two uniformed men at her rural Marin County property, one with a clipboard. The firefighters had come to her home for ...
For PG&E;, cutting power could prevent fires and save lives —...
Maggie Leavitt loves living in the mountainous backcountry of San Diego County. She could do, however, without the blackouts. Particularly when her local utility company cuts the power on purpose. ...
Firefighters demonstrate the danger of a Fourth of July sparkler
David Woods lit a sparkler, knelt in the dry grass in Antioch and watched everyone’s favorite July Fourth firework turn the golden fields into an inferno, complete with a plume of smoke. The sparkler ...