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Millions of Californians live in high-risk wildfire areas, but now, there are some new down-to-earth ideas at UC Davis that could help keep homes from burning.
Wildfires fueled by bone-dry brush and timber surged through Northern California forests on Friday, burning several homes and forcing thousands to flee mountain communities even as authorities prepared for a hot, crowded Fourth of July weekend that could bring the threat of new blazes.
Thousands of people have been evacuated as major wildfires rage in Northern California.
Crews on Thursday continued to battle a wildfire in the Plumas National Forest.
Pacific Gas and Electric has long vowed to change its reckless ways, but year after year there's more death and destruction from Northern California wildfires sparked by the nation's largest utility.
President Biden announced a federal firefighter pay increase as record temperatures across the region and a heating-up wildfire season have crews working overtime.
The Biden administration said Wednesday it is hiring more federal firefighters - and immediately raising their pay - as officials ramp up response efforts in the face of a severe drought that is setting the stage for another destructive summer of intense wildfires across the West.
Deputies shot and killed a man who pulled a gun as they tried to keep him out of a complex of marijuana farms in an area under evacuation orders as a raging wildfire threatened communities, authorities said.
Evacuations have been ordered due to a fire near Highway 20 in Nevada County early Monday afternoon.
The pay discrepancy between federal hotshots, most of whom are employed by the US Forest Service, and firefighters for other jurisdictions is staggering.
Evacuations were lifted in El Dorado County as crews contained a vegetation fire that threatened multiple structures.
Firefighting lookout towers in California are being staffed earlier than usual this year in response to the early fire season.
A man is in custody after a fire in Portola destroyed three homes on Friday, the Plumas County Sheriff's Office said.
Crews on Sunday were able to stop the forward progress of a vegetation fire that forced evacuation orders near Lake Amador.
A popular trail in Big Sur flanked by redwood trees that leads down through a gorge to a 60-foot waterfall is set to open to the public this week after a 13-year restoration needed when a wildfire destroyed access to it, officials announced Monday.
