Family Trapped On Rocks By High-Tide Rescued In Half Moon Bay
A family of three was rescued after they were stuck on rocks by high tide in Half Moon Bay Saturday evening, a Cal Fire official said.
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A family of three was rescued after they were stuck on rocks by high tide in Half Moon Bay Saturday evening, a Cal Fire official said.
Evacuation orders have been lifted for residents of some 200 homes, as crews make good progress against a wildfire burning near the Northern California town of Weaverville.
13,000 homes and businesses have been ordered to evacuate as firefighters race to stop a second massive wildfire raging near the entrance to Yosemite National Park.
Smoke from a trailer fire near Mount Umunhum just south of San Jose was widely seen across the area before fire crews put it out Monday morning.
A wildfire burning for almost two weeks in Mendocino County is still just 35 percent contained.
Firefighters are working to put out nine wildfires that were sparked by lightning in the northeastern corner of California as a stubborn blaze to the west in Mendocino County continues to challenge crews.
A body has been found in the area of the Bully Fire burning in Shasta County that has burned over 10,000-acres.
Hot, windy weather conditions are causing problems for firefighters who are battling a large wildfire in Shasta County.
A vegetation fire that has burned nearly 6,500 acres near Lake Berryessa in Solano and Yolo counties is 71 percent contained Tuesday evening, according to Cal Fire officials.
All evacuation orders have now been lifted and all public roads are open, but firefighters continue to battle the blaze in steep, rugged terrain with difficult access.
A wildland fire is burning about 200 acres in southern Monterey County, prompting the evacuation of some 200 homes in the area Monday afternoon, a Cal Fire spokesman said.
Firefighters battling the Butts Canyon Fire in Napa County over the weekend have brought the blaze to 85 percent containment Sunday night, Cal Fire officials said.
A vegetation fire that started on Friday night in parts of Solano County was burning through 1,000 acres and 10 percent contained as of Saturday morning.
A battle to extinguish a wildfire consuming thousands of acres in Northern Napa County is being aided by mild weather.
A fire at a home in Rohnert Park on Thursday afternoon caused an estimated $70,000 in damage, according to the city's Department of Public Safety.
Cal Fire crews have contained a 3-acre brush fire that started Wednesday morning in Big Basin Redwoods State Park in Santa Cruz County.
Cal Fire crews were battling a brush fire that started this morning in Big Basin Redwoods State Park in Santa Cruz County.
A 35-acre wildfire burning in Samuel P. Taylor State Park in west Marin County is 50 percent contained as of Thursday afternoon, a Marin County Fire Department battalion chief said.
The California Highway Patrol is investigating whether firefighters from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection had sex with a woman who later was stabbed to death in the home she shared with a battalion chief.
Cal Fire crews rescued three people who got stuck climbing the face of the Anderson Reservoir Dam just outside of Morgan Hill Thursday afternoon, a Cal Fire battalion chief said.
The search for a battalion chief suspected in a fatal stabbing has uncovered allegations of a double life and claims of sexual escapes between firefighters and prostitutes.
State and local firefighters are on high alert as several grass fires have broken out during this stretch of hot weather.
Cal Fire announced they're hiring more seasonal firefighters in response to the state having already seen three times as many wild fires this year than normal.
Officials are optimistic that a wildfire in California's Big Sur region that has destroyed 14 homes and several other buildings will soon be put out.
