Cooler temperatures helping with prescribed burns in California
Firefighters are trying to get ahead of fire season by taking advantage of the cool star to summer.
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Firefighters are trying to get ahead of fire season by taking advantage of the cool star to summer.
Poor visibility is hampering flights across East Coast for second day due to smoke from more than 100 Canadian wildfires.
Targeted grazing is part of California's strategy to reduce wildfire risk because goats can eat a wide variety of vegetation and graze in steep, rocky terrain. But new state labor regulations are making it more expensive to provide goat-grazing services, and herding companies say the rules threaten to put them out of business.
The fire is burning near Copperopolis, but no structures are threatened.
One of the researchers who found the frog said his immediate reaction was "Bloody hell!"
An annual cleanup that got a kickstart from Cal Fire in Dutch Flat on Thursday.
In 2021, there were more than 170 fires along the parkway burning an estimated 15 percent of the total nature area.
Just as concerning, in the last year CBS13 reported at least two fire departments are either bracing for closures or have already.
The fire has grown to about 3/4 of an acre, officials say.
Forward progress has been stopped.
Placer county officials say they're moving toward a new way to respond to emergencies within the county.
The town of Paradise will now have a new emergency system, more than four years after the Camp Fire claimed the lives of 85 people.
Senators Alex Padilla and Diane Feinstein announced nearly $97 million in funding to reduce wildfire risk in communities across California.
The US Forest Service is working on a new initiative to help fight wildfires.
The climate crisis is among the key factors in a new assessment that shows more than 85% of California's rural and unincorporated land is now in "high" or "very high" severity zones for wildfire danger.
California's office of the State Fire marshal released an updated fire hazard map showing which unincorporated parts of California are most at risk for fires and what future destruction could look like.
California's office of the State Fire marshal released an updated fire hazard map showing which unincorporated parts of California are most at risk for fires and what future destruction could look like.
In the wake of the devastation, a new generation of foresters is taking interest in wildfire prevention.
Evacuees fled their homes nearly six weeks ago as the Mosquito fire burned through parts of El Dorado and Placer counties.
Stage A.G. says building blueprints, or guidelines, are long overdue. He says that before local leaders approve housing projects, certain requirements need to be met, or else they face legal action.
Cal Fire says about 40 people are still evacuated after the Mosquito Fire.
The rain has been helpful for firefighters, but will it have a long-term effect?
This weekend's wet weather helped crews in the fight against the Mosquito Fire.
The latest numbers from CAL FIRE show containment is now at 38 percent.
As of Saturday morning, the fire near the community of Gazelle has burned 13,440 acres; containment expected Monday
