Wildlife Disaster Network Treats Animals Burned In Wildfires
A new partnership is working to save wildlife that has been injured in California's wildfires.
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A new partnership is working to save wildlife that has been injured in California's wildfires.
For operators who lost everything to the deadly wildfires, there's little recourse and only the shakiest of safety nets. Insurance companies, like banks, are reluctant to serve cannabis businesses because marijuana remains a federally illegal substance. And because of that illicit status, the enterprises don't qualify for federal disaster aid.
Two bears and a mountain lion injured in California's recent wildfires are being cared for by the Department of Fish and Wildfire.
Dramatic video released by the California Highway Patrol on Saturday showed a rescue of four injured U.S. National Guard members inside the firelines in Butte County this weekend.
The staggering scale of California's wildfires reached another milestone Monday: A single fire surpassed 1 million acres.
Weather forecasters say rain could be on the way to Northern California this week, providing the possibility of some much-needed relief for areas ravaged by wildfires.
In a year that has already brought apocalyptic skies and smothering smoke to the West Coast, California set a grim new record Sunday when officials announced that the wildfires of 2020 have now scorched a record 4 million acres — in a fire season that is far from over.
The latest on the Glass Fire burning in Napa and Sonoma counties.
The weather forecast for the next few days and into next week doesn't provide much hope for fire-ravaged California.
California is poised to hit a fearsome milestone: 4 million acres (1.6 million hectares) burned this year by wildfires that have killed 30 people and incinerated hundreds of homes in what is already the worst fire season on record.
The record size and number of wildfires this year is keeping firefighters and communities on edge.
Firefighters were warily watching for "violent" winds expected in California's wine country Thursday that could fan the flames of a massive blaze that has destroyed nearly 250 buildings and is threatening thousands more in a small town known for hot springs, mud baths and wineries.
A UC Davis Medical Center patient confirmed as the fourth death amid the Zogg Fire burning in Shasta County has been identified.
The Glass Fire continues to grow, but containment has also started to creep up.
Cal Fire said aggressive attacks are key at a time when resources are tied up at bigger fires.
