Weekend Rain Not Expected To Cause Debris Flows In Fire Burn Areas
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The Sonoma County Assessor's Office will be sending teams of appraisers to burned areas of the county starting Monday to inspect fire-damaged properties.
Nearly a dozen agencies in Sonoma County are working to reduce the risk of flooding and pollution of drinking water by sediment and debris in the wake of the wildfires that devastated the county earlier this month.
Sonoma County health officials are concerned by the mosquito breeding threat posed by backyard pools in homes that were destroyed in this month's devastating wildfire outbreak.
The National Guard is scaling back its patrols in wine country, raising fears of more looting in the fire zones.
Thirteen schools are scheduled to reopen Friday and 11 more on Monday after fires in Sonoma County forced their closure for three weeks.
The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors Tuesday afternoon unanimously adopted emergency ordinances geared toward providing immediate and emergency housing for residents displaced by the wildfires in the county this month.
The top priority for Santa Rosa public schools, following the devastating wildfires, is decontamination.
The estimate of homes and structures destroyed was boosted from 6,900 late last week to 8,400 as officials neared completion of their damage assessment.
Most wine tasting rooms have reopened in Napa and Sonoma counties following the wildfires this month in the two counties.
"ICE attacked the Sheriff's Office in the midst of the largest natural disaster this county has even experienced," Sheriff Rob Giordano said.
More than 6,000 people in Sonoma County lost their homes and most are desperate to go back and sift through debris.
Firefighters continued to increase containment of the fires burning in Sonoma, Napa and Solano counties Thursday as officials raised the number of structures destroyed to nearly 7,000.
Cal Fire has created an interactive online map in which residents of Sonoma County can look up whether a structure has been damaged or destroyed in the wildfires.
Sonoma and Napa health officials are expressing concerns that all the ash from burned homes and cars have created a dangerous toxic mess that first responders and the communities will be dealing with for many years to come.
As the Wine Country wildfires wind down, officials in Sonoma County on Tuesday were planning out their recovery efforts.
Evacuations orders to four areas in Sonoma County have been lifted Monday evening, sheriff's officials said.
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.
Sonoma County sheriff Rob Giordano released body cam footage that shows a sheriff's deputy braving flames to rescue a disabled woman.
As fires continue to ravage Northern California, mental health services are available for people grieving -- or fearing -- the loss of their homes and loved ones.
As crews continue the struggle to contain the rampaging wildfires in Wine Country Friday, almost two dozen investigators in Sonoma County are trying to figure out how the fires started.
The wine country wildfires that have been so destructive have also taken a human toll.
Desperate family members and friends pleaded on social media for help finding loved ones missing amid California's wildfires.
The death toll from the devastating wildfires in Northern California wine country rose to 17 on Tuesday as firefighters struggled to get any containment on more than a dozen fires in the region.
Mike Rippey stood in what was once his parents front door. As he surveyed the scene, memories flashed through his mind.
