Muddy Petaluma River Dredged With Hopes Of Reviving Once-Thriving Waterway
For the first time in years, boats will soon be able to travel freely again down the Petaluma River.
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For the first time in years, boats will soon be able to travel freely again down the Petaluma River.
Residents of Berryessa Highlands and Oakridge Estates in Napa County were advised Friday afternoon to avoid using their tap water for cooking and drinking until further notice, Napa County emergency officials said.
A highly decorated U.S. Forest Service police dog suffered nine stab wounds during a marijuana raid in Northern California. But he survived after he was airlifted to a veterinary clinic, the agency said Friday.
A Fire Weather Watch has been declared for parts of the Bay Area next week, following an expected heat wave Labor Day weekend that is set to bring record high temperatures.
To show his appreciation for the hard work of the crews battling the wildfires, Master BBQ Chef Jim Modesitt, with help from the Gary Sinise Foundation, has been feeding the exhausted first responders.
Marin County officials announced Thursday that it's allowing 15 schools to reopen as COVID-19 data improves in the area.
The Marin County Sheriff's Office said Wednesday evening that evacuation orders and warnings have lifted near the Woodward Fire in the Pt. Reyes National Seashore, but it still threatens one neighborhood.
As of Wednesday evening, Cal Fire reported LNU Complex Fires destroyed 772 single family homes, one multi-family residence, one mixed-use commercial and residential building and 11 commercial buildings.
A National Guardsman injured fighting the LNU Lightning Complex in Sonoma County is recovering after a risky helicopter rescue that plucked him from the challenging terrain covered by trees and fallen logs.
PG&E is using both helicopters and drones over the next two weeks to perform transmission line inspections in Marin and Sonoma counties.
Thousands of firefighters will be on the lines Tuesday, battling a historic outbreak of wildfires in Northern California that have burned more than 1 million acres, with heavy hearts. A volunteer firefighter from a small Texas town has died in the Mendocino County August Complex blaze.
A volunteer fire department in Cresson Texas near Fort Worth said Monday one of its firefighters died battling West Coast wildfire and, later, the Forest Service said one firefighter was killed and another injured battling a Northern California blaze.
Bay Area residents have been breathing smoke from wildfires burning across the Bay Area, but in the past few days Novato's smoke has been three times as dense, three times as thick -- some of the worst air in the Bay Area.
Thousands of residents forced to flee their Wine Country homes as the flames from the LNU Lightning Complex fires closed in on their neighborhoods continued their exodus back home Monday, hopeful to find their houses still standing and their life possessions untouched.
The driver of a semi-truck was arrested for DUI after crashing in a power pole in Santa Rosa, continuing on and then flipping over his big rig a half-mile away from the first crash, the California Highway Patrol said.
