Cal Fire director promotes new weapons to fight wildfires
The new director of Cal Fire, chief Joe Tyler, proudly showed KPIX 5's Ryan Yamamoto the largest civil aerial firefighting fleet in the world.
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The new director of Cal Fire, chief Joe Tyler, proudly showed KPIX 5's Ryan Yamamoto the largest civil aerial firefighting fleet in the world.
The new director of Cal Fire tells Ryan Yamamoto he's hopeful his department can change the course of fighting wildfires with the help of some shiny new tools. (5-12-22)
Authorities in Contra Costa County arrested four people suspected of sparking dozens of small brush fires in just a matter of hours over the weekend.
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Fire crews in the South Bay were able to contain a vegetation fire burning near Grant Ranch Park to one acre.
With the mega fires of 2020 still relatively fresh on the minds of South Bay leaders, Santa Clara County officials are stepping up prevention efforts ahead of the fire season.
Fire crews in the East Bay have stopped the forward progress of a brush fire burning in Pittsburg Monday.
Contra Costa County firefighters were busy overnight, extinguishing at least two suspicious blazes that ignited in the tinder-dry brush.
With wildfires now a recurring, yearly threat the cost of living in fire country continues to grow. Wilson Walker reports. (4-29-22)
A lobbyist hired to secure a state loan to help tens of thousands of victims of devastating California wildfires is leaving his job amid a sexual harassment scandal, it was announced Wednesday.
It has now been almost two and half years since the Kincade Fire sparked by PG&E equipment burned across Sonoma County, destroying more than 170 homes. But even as county prosecutors announced a $20 million settlement with the utility, that money doesn't go directly to fire victims - they still have to make their own claims.
California prosecutors said Monday that Pacific Gas & Electric has agreed to pay more than $55 million to avoid criminal prosecution for two major wildfires started by aging power lines.
Fire officials say that just a few more weeks of warm, dry, windy weather could signal the start of a truly scary wildfire season.
A man who started a 2020 wildfire that killed 12 endangered California condors and seriously injured a firefighter was convicted Thursday of arson and could face up to 24 years in state prison when he is sentenced.
With fire season starting weeks earlier than usual, Cal Fire has already increased staffing and suspended burn permits in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
A new study on the health effects of wildfire smoke makes some dire predictions for the Pacific Northwest and Northern California.
A report from the California state auditor is criticizing utility regulators over wildfire safety plans by Pacific Gas and Electric and the state's other major utilities, saying the plans do not adequately address immediate needs even as the drought-parched state heads into another challenging fire season.
The Contra Costa County Fire Protection District (Con Fire) announced on Wednesday the arrest of two suspected arsonists who reportedly set fires in the county over 48 hours.
A wildfire continued to smolder and release a smoke plume early Wednesday on a small, uninhabited island nestled in the San Joaquin Delta.
ConFire is saying this is the earliest it has seen significant vegetation fires in Contra Costa County.
Firefighters successfully battled a two-alarm fire that raged in Joaquin Miller Park Saturday morning.
As horrific wildfires have ravaged the state for the last five years, Marin County isn't waiting to be the next casualty. They're launching one of the largest fire-prevention efforts in Bay Area history.
A new wildfire in Shasta County prompted evacuation orders Friday afternoon in yet another sign of what we may be facing all year long thanks to a dry winter following years of drought.
The Golden State has a new fire chief: Joe Tyler, a 31-year veteran of Cal Fire.
Fire crews are responding to a wildfire that broke out near the community of Monte Rio in Sonoma County Tuesday afternoon.
