Wildfire Water Tender Driver In Fatal Crash Identified
A 38-year-old volunteer firefighter from Missouri was identified Tuesday as the driver killed when a water tender careened out of control and rolled over on the steep Oakville Grade.
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A 38-year-old volunteer firefighter from Missouri was identified Tuesday as the driver killed when a water tender careened out of control and rolled over on the steep Oakville Grade.
The last time Dr. Scott Witt stood inside Sutter Hospital's Neo-Natal ICU, he was franticly calling out orders to get his young patients out as the Tubbs Fire closed in.
As the Wine Country wildfires wind down, officials in Sonoma County on Tuesday were planning out their recovery efforts.
Santa Rosa police arrested a man Monday on suspicion of stealing items from an evacuated group home in Rincon Valley.
Amid the death and destruction from the fires in wine country, about 50 babies were born in the area last week, including one to a mother who had to evacuate a hospital during labor.
Cartoonist Brian Fies wrote a comic strip entitled 'On Monday, My House Disappeared" about losing his family's home in the Santa Rosa wildfire.
Police arrested a Petaluma woman on suspicion of stealing IDs, checkbooks and credit cards of Santa Rosa residents at evacuation centers.
Mandatory wildfire evacuations were lifted for areas affected by the wine country wildfires, while other displaced residents were being urged to have patience as it could take days or weeks for them to return to their fire-ravaged neighborhoods.
For the past week, many living in the North Bay's fire zone have been in a constant state of shock. It will be a long time before some parts of Wine Country look normal again, and possibly even longer for its residents to feel that way.
Crews are working to find those who went missing in the Northern California wildfires.
A week after the deadly Wine Country wildfires started, some residents were questioning why authorities in two of the counties hit hard by the fires opted not to send evacuation alerts to people's cell phones during the initial rapid spread.
While the staff at Safari West has been busy trying to keep the animals kept at the Santa Rosa wildlife preserve safe during the past week of wildfires, the preserve also welcomed a new addition.
With the deadly flames of the Tubbs Fire bearing down on his property, Roland Tembo Hendel knew it was time to round up his family, dogs and cats flee.
The city of Santa Rosa has offered information about what residents returning to their evacuated, fire-damaged neighborhoods should expect.
Deborah Laver is among the fortunate ones. Her Santa Rosa home borders the fire-ravaged Santa Rosa Coffey Park neighborhood, but escaped the deadly flames a week ago.
The bravery of first responders was cemented into most Americans' minds during those dark hours of 9/11 and their bravery during the Tubbs fire reinforced that image.
A Santa Rosa couple who lost their home in the Wine Country wildfires has a new baby girl and -- thanks to fortuitous circumstances -- a set of clothes and toys for their new addition.
Almost week after the deadly Tubbs Fire ravaged the Santa Rosa neighborhood of Coffey Park, KPIX 5 got an exclusive view of the devastation from Skydrone 5.
Pacific Gas and Electric Company officials announced they expect to restore power to all its customers in the fire zones by late Monday.
Jack Weaver and his brother-in-law Patrick Widen walked around police barricades and up treacherous hilly roads in search of the family's beloved dog Izzy.
The warnings about impending doom came suddenly and in different ways. Frantic pounding on doors. Blaring fire alarms. Commotion outside windows.
Five more deaths were confirmed Saturday in the wildfires burning in Northern California, bringing the total to 40.
Brown called the disaster "one of the greatest tragedies California has ever faced."
George Powell woke to a wall of fire already bearing down on his Santa Rosa home and immediately yelled to his 72-year-old wife, Lynne Anderson Powell: "Get out!"
There are many ways to help victims of the Northern California wine country wildfires, whether it be monetary, material, volunteering or providing shelter.
