Magnitude 3.6 Earthquake Strikes Near Cobb In Lake County
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake has struck near the town of Cobb in Lake County, the U.S. Geological Survey reported Wednesday night.
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A magnitude 3.6 earthquake has struck near the town of Cobb in Lake County, the U.S. Geological Survey reported Wednesday night.
Cal Fire units on Thursday afternoon responded to a new vegetation fire burning in Lake County, according to officials.
Containment grew to 41 percent in the deadly LNU Lightning Complex fires burning in the North Bay, Cal Fire officials said.
The northwest tip of the Hennessey Fire, burning just south of Middletown in Lake County, remains the top priority Friday for firefighting efforts on the LNU Lightning Complex fires, Cal Fire officials said.
The massive LNU Lightning Complex Fire jumped Highway 16 overnight and continued advancing into Yolo County, forcing Cal Fire officials to move additional resources into the Cache Creek area. Meanwhile, people in Lake, Napa, and Solano County had evacuation orders eased.
A wave of emotions and relief swept over Wine Country Wednesday as local residents forced to flee the advancing flames of the massive LNU Lightning Complex fires -- the third largest wildfire outbreak in state history -- were allowed to return to their homes as firefighters expanded containment.
Registration for federal assistance for survivors of wildfires in Lake, Monterey, Napa, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Solano, Sonoma, and Yolo counties has opened.
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.
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.
As the LNU Complex fires picked up speed Tuesday night, Robert McNeal of Winters lost contact with his mother, 70-year-old Mary Hintemeyer. She tried to go into town earlier that day, only to be stopped.
The massive LNU Lightning Complex in the North Bay has burned more than 340,000 acres, as firefighters began a second week of battling what has become California's second largest wildfire on record.
A wildfire erupted Sunday afternoon in a rural, heavily wooded area on the Lake County-Colusa County border, quickly grew to more than 1,000 acres, was threatening 12 structures and forcing local residents to evacuate their homes.
At least three cases of COVID-19 have been linked to a livestreamed church service that took place in Mendocino County over Mother's Day weekend, health officials said.
A Lake County man remained hospitalized with severe burns Tuesday after a weekend explosion ripped apart an illegal butane honey oil backyard lab, authorities said.
Crews worked to gain ground on a wildfire burning Thursday night in Lake County.
Three Lake County residents were sentenced Thursday to lengthy prison terms for a love triangle killing in 2017, the Sonoma County District Attorney's Office said.
The Oak Fire in Lake County was fully contained after burning 53 acres and destroying a structure, Cal Fire said Sunday.
Firefighters were battling a 53-acre vegetation fire south of Kelseyville, in Lake County on Saturday.
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck Lake County near the Napa County line Friday morning.
The Golf Fire in Lake County is now 90 percent contained and remains at 20 acres burned, Cal Fire announced Saturday evening.
Cal Fire officials say that a brush fire burning in Lake County is at 30 percent containment Thursday evening.
A chain reaction crash triggered when mountain lion was fatally struck by a truck left nine people with injuries, Lake County authorities said.
Two Lake County men are facing jail time for a series of disturbing crimes on a pot farm, including the sexual abuse of a teenage girl who was kept in a metal box.
PG&E crews have restored power to all San Francisco Bay Area customers as of Tuesday evening after a precautionary shutdown Sunday night, a PG&E spokeswoman said.
Officials said that as of early Tuesday morning that 20,278 across Northern California were still without power,
