Vision Fire Provides Glimpse To Aftermath of Woodward Fire
Point Reyes bounced back from the Vision Fire, which burned more than 12,000 acres and nearly 50 homes in 1995, and locals expect the same to happen after the Woodward Fire.
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Point Reyes bounced back from the Vision Fire, which burned more than 12,000 acres and nearly 50 homes in 1995, and locals expect the same to happen after the Woodward Fire.
The Marin County Board of Supervisors passed a voter-approval mechanism on Tuesday for any future development of onshore facilities supporting offshore oil and gas exploration.
For firefighters in the North Bay, a crucial morale boost is being provided by a four-legged visitor to the fire lines.
The Walbridge Fire erupted after the bulk of the sparkling wine grapes had been picked and before it was time to pick the great majority of still wine grapes.
Reinforcements were on the way for exhausted firefighters in the Bay Area, just as an already devastating wildfire season threatens to get even worse.
The Sonoma County Sheriff's helicopter rescue unit that just saved two Marin County firefighters trapped in the midst of the Woodward Fire last Friday night is at risk of being eliminated due to budget shortfalls.
The Marin County town of Tiburon is buzzing about a video that shows police in an early morning confrontation over the weekend with an African-American business owner moving merchandise into his own store.
Some of the evacuation orders and warnings that had been in place in Sonoma County due to the LNU Lightning Complex fires were lifted early Tuesday afternoon as crews increased containment.
As if the flames from the Woodward Fire in Point Reyes National Seashore aren't enough to deal with, burglars have again victimized a firefighter, the latest instance this week of NorCal firefighters being targeted for theft.
As the marine layer began to burn off Tuesday morning, local and federal 'hot shot' firefighters prepared for another day of battle with the Woodward Fire, burning in rugged coastal terrain in western Marin County and fueled by tinder-dry trees and brush in an area never before touched by a wildfire.
The LNU Lightning Complex is a series of lightning-caused fires that began August 17 and are spread across five counties.
Investigators released new surveillance photos Monday evening in hopes they will help identify the suspect who stole a fire commander's wallet while he was fighting the CZU Lightning Complex Fire.
Advancing flames from the Woodward Fire in Marin County prompted additional evacuations near Point Reyes Station, Monday evening.
A plume of tropical weather packing gusty winds and dry lightning drifted off toward the Central Valley Monday giving more than 1,000 weary firefighters battling the LNU Lighting Complex fires -- the second largest outbreak of wildfires in state's history -- a reprieve from what could have been a deluge of additional spot fires.
On Monday afternoon, KPIX 5 cameras got a first-hand look at some of the homes that have been turned to rubble by the Walbridge Fire along Mill Creek Road near Healdsburg.
