SoCal Wildfire Survivor Turns Home Into Donation Site For Victims
There was a point when Sara Bethany Masterson was fleeing her home from a rapidly approaching wildfire that she thought this was it.
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There was a point when Sara Bethany Masterson was fleeing her home from a rapidly approaching wildfire that she thought this was it.
Retirement communities built on golf courses, thoroughbreds in race horse stables and other usually serene sites were engulfed by flames as the San Diego area became the latest front in California's wildfire fight.
The biggest and most destructive of the windblown fires raking Southern California threatened Ojai, a scenic town dubbed "Shangri-La" known for its boutique hotels and New Age spiritual retreats.
It's been a whiplash of disasters, from drought, floods, and now massive wildfires.
A dangerous new wildfire erupted in the tony Bel Air area of Los Angeles early Wednesday as firefighters battled three other destructive blazes across Southern California.
Erratic winds are hampering efforts to battle a 100-acre brushfire in Southern California that has left two people burned, one critically.
An unusually bad year for California wildfires has seen more than 1 million acres (1,500 square miles) burn so far in 2017.
Strike teams from Bay Area fire departments are responding to the Thomas Fire that has burned more than 45,000 acres of brush in Ventura County.
A Santa Rosa family who thought their cat died in the North Bay wildfires just found out their beloved pet miraculously survived for weeks on his own.
Fire victims in Middletown have a message for the wine country wildfire victims: Keep close tabs on the government.
Imagine setting a Thanksgiving table so long, it crossed county lines. That's where some generous donors broke bread together in wine country to raise money for wildfire victims.
The Sonoma County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's to help find a truck that recently was recently stolen from a Windsor hotel.
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. plans to cut down up to 25,000 fire-damaged trees in an effort to protect power lines in 13 counties across Northern and Central California.
Authorities say a 70-year-old man apparently shot and killed himself amid the remains of his home that burned in last month's Northern California firestorms.
Researchers are studying whether firefighters suffered any toxic exposure in last month's deadly Northern California wildfires.
On Saturday in Santa Rosa, hundreds of bikes were handed out to people who lost everything in the North Bay wildfires.
Napa County officials have extended the deadline for property owners to sign up for government-paid debris and ash removal from their fire damaged or destroyed homes to 5 p.m. Monday.
Rumbling bulldozers and front-loaders have started scraping up the ash, charred wood and crumbled bricks and concrete left from thousands of homes and buildings destroyed by blazes in California wine country.
The California Public Utilities Commission on Thursday approved an emergency resolution that directs energy, water and telecommunications utilities to protect consumers who were impacted by wildfires last month.
The fires are out, but misunderstandings about the extent of the damage has prompted an unprecedented slowdown in travel to wine country.
The Environmental Protection Agency has cleared hazardous waste from 63 percent of the fire-ravaged homes in Sonoma County, but many families are still missing paperwork.
Housing from the Federal Emergency Management Agency is coming to the Sonoma County Fairgrounds to provide temporary homes for wildfire victims.
Marin County firefighters are collecting bicycles and helmets for North Bay families who were burned out of their homes during last month's wildfires.
California Gov. Jerry Brown is joining lawmakers to request $7.4 billion in federal funding for wildfire relief and recovery efforts.
The most destructive wildfires in California's history killed 43 people and have left thousands of residents in the fire zone north of San Francisco scrambling for shelter.
