Pittsburg Man To Be Honored For Rescuing Women From House Fire
Pittsburg resident Daniel Hernak will be honored at the Pittsburg City Council meeting Monday for saving three women from a house fire in March.
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Pittsburg resident Daniel Hernak will be honored at the Pittsburg City Council meeting Monday for saving three women from a house fire in March.
A two-alarm fire that broke out last Friday in a condominium complex in Rossmoor appears to have started in or near a stove, but was not cooking-related.
The Fire Department typically responds to at least one drowning or near drowning a month during the summer, often at outdoor parties where there are a lot of people around.
A Martinez man may owe his life to some alert neighbors who helped save him from his burning home.
The six-alarm fire at Macro Plastics Inc. in Fairfield on Tuesday afternoon appears to have started when employees used an "open flame device" during maintenance work.
A six-alarm fire at a plastics company in Fairfield sent black smoke billowing into the air above the East Bay Tuesday afternoon, prompting a hazardous materials team to respond.
Even though there is talk of a fiscal emergency, San Jose voters seem unlikely to vote for a tax hike according to a new poll released by the city.
A fire in a Santa Rosa strip mall early Sunday morning caused serious damage to a restaurant, according to the fire department.
Firefighters will be working throughout the night to fully extinguish hot spots associated with a two-alarm fire that broke out at a retirement community in Walnut Creek on Friday evening.
A letter carrier was hailed as a hero this week after he helped extinguish a fire at a Santa Clara townhouse, according to the U.S. Postal Service.
A grass fire burned overnight near Interstate Highway 580 consumed around 400 acres before it was contained, fire officials said Friday morning.
A man was seriously injured early Friday morning when a two-alarm fire broke out in a home in Oakley, according to the East Contra Costa County Fire Protection District.
San Jose firefighters are responding to a two-acre grass fire in the foothills above the Santa Teresa Golf Club this morning, fire Capt. Mary Gutierrez said.
Nearly one dozen U-Haul moving trucks were burned Tuesday night in the city of Mountain View.
A female body was found burning in Oakland's Rockridge neighborhood Thursday morning.
Firefighters have contained a large grass fire that burned close to Interstate 580 in the Altamont Pass area near Tracy on Thursday afternoon.
A woman and a child were rescued early Tuesday morning after a fire broke out in their apartment in unincorporated San Pablo, a fire dispatcher said.
The 49 positions that were lost last year have been filled by some returning to the department and others making a lateral move from another city.
A fire that damaged a Daly City elementary school appeared to be a case of arson, fire officials said Monday.
A firefighter was injured while responding to a house fire in Hercules that displaced three residents Sunday evening, according to the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District.
A man in his twenties is behind bars on suspicion of driving under the influence, after driving his car into the back of a parked fire engine in San Jose early Sunday morning.
Fire investigators suspect illegal fireworks sparked an apartment complex fire in Rohnert Park on Monday that left more than 30 displaced.
A professor at San Jose State University is being awarded $750,000 for the loss of papers written by Albert Einstein that were destroyed in the 2007 Lick wildfire.
Firefighters fully contained a grass and brush fire near the Altamont Pass Tuesday evening, authorities said.
Firefighters in Contra Costa County fought several small grass fires and a house fire overnight, a fire dispatcher said.
