2 Fires Burn Thousands Of Acres In Sierra Nevada Foothills, Threaten Homes
The Lowell fire has burned 4,000 acres of brush and is threatening dozens of buildings in the Sierra foothills.
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The Lowell fire has burned 4,000 acres of brush and is threatening dozens of buildings in the Sierra foothills.
For decades, forest rangers in wooden towers across the West scanned the horizon with binoculars for smoke that could signal the start of a wildfire.
A brush fire that started in the Lake Berryessa area of Napa County has burned 6,900 acres and is about 60 percent contained, according to information released by Cal Fire Sunday morning.
All mandatory evacuation and road closure orders are being lifted as of 10 a.m. Saturday, according to Cal Fire.
A wildfire burning near Napa Valley wine country had calmed enough that many were allowed to return to previously threatened homes, officials said.
Police on Thursday arrested a 13-year-old in connection with started a brush fire that burned about five acres in Pacifica.
A wildfire has led to the closure of a major highway between Sacramento and Reno, Nevada, and brought a handful of mandatory evacuations.
A brush fire that has burned approximately five acres in Pacifica is 10 percent contained Thursday evening, according to fire officials.
Firefighters allowed a small brush fire to consume roughly 20 acres of vegetation on Wednesday after responding to the same location near Bay Point for the third time in recent weeks, a fire official said Thursday.
A fast-moving wildfire in Napa and Solano counties has grown by 2,000 acres overnight and now has scorched over 9 square miles of countryside near Lake Berryessa.
A fast-moving wildfire near Lake Berryessa has scorched at least 6,000 acres as of late Wednesday night, prompting the evacuations of nearly 200 homes.
A grass fire has blocked the right lane of eastbound Interstate Highway 80 at the interchange of northbound Interstate Highway 505 Wednesday afternoon, according to the California Highway Patrol.
A deer's desperate attempt to escape as it was surrounded by the flames of a brush fire in the Sunol area Monday.
Crews in Alameda County were battling a three-alarm grass fire near Highway 680 in Sunol, according to CalFire.
Lightning strikes have wreaked havoc on Southern California, forcing an airliner carrying 159 passengers to make an emergency landing at LAX, as well as the closure of about 70 miles of beaches.
A wildfire that swept across a busy Southern California freeway, sending people running for their lives, was calmed by rain Saturday, allowing some crews to be shifted to another blaze that forced hundreds of campers to evacuate.
About 3,500 acres were burned and 20 cars were destroyed by a fast-moving grass fire on both sides of the Cajon Pass in San Bernardino County on Friday.
A two-alarm fire is burning in San Jose Sunday afternoon, according to the San Jose Fire Department and California Highway Patrol.
Scientists say Californians may be in for one of the wettest winters in years due to a powerful El Nino event, but areas scorched by wildfires will be especially vulnerable to mudslides and flooding.
Both California and federal fire agencies teamed up Friday to deliver a strong message to the public: don't fly drones over wildfires.
The term, "dry lightning" is used when lightning is occurring without significant precipitation. If you think about it, the "dry" lightning is a bit redundant, because last time I checked, lightning is not wet. But everyone uses the term because it is so descriptive!
Firefighters are working to put out a grass fire burning in Danville Tuesday afternoon, Cal Fire officials said.
There have been no reports of any injuries Tuesday morning from a vegetation fire that has burned 150 acres since it began Monday morning in a remote area near Vacaville, according to Cal Fire.
Ocean water temperatures in the San Francisco Bay Area are above their historical summertime average, a National Weather Service meteorologist said.
Several homes were threatened, but no structures were burned.
Crews in Foster City were battling a four-alarm fire at a structure on Sunday.
The first shooting happened on July 28, just after 8 p.m., near the 1400 block of Enterprise Street. Police said the victim reported someone shot at him and then ran from the area. The victim was not injured.
It's the cool water from the California Current and upwelling that usually allows the dense coastal fog to form. The ocean water is cooler than the air above it, and lowers the air temperature down to the dew point, which creates fog.
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Crews in Foster City were battling a four-alarm fire at a structure on Sunday.
The first shooting happened on July 28, just after 8 p.m., near the 1400 block of Enterprise Street. Police said the victim reported someone shot at him and then ran from the area. The victim was not injured.
It's the cool water from the California Current and upwelling that usually allows the dense coastal fog to form. The ocean water is cooler than the air above it, and lowers the air temperature down to the dew point, which creates fog.
The Valkyries are 11-4 in home games. Golden State leads the WNBA in team defense, allowing 76.9 points while holding opponents to 42.5% shooting.
Records reveal California twice missed deadlines to buy the trains at the center of a federal funding fight — then quietly dropped its lawsuit weeks after missing its new deadline.
Crews in Foster City were battling a four-alarm fire at a structure on Sunday.
It's the cool water from the California Current and upwelling that usually allows the dense coastal fog to form. The ocean water is cooler than the air above it, and lowers the air temperature down to the dew point, which creates fog.
The Valkyries are 11-4 in home games. Golden State leads the WNBA in team defense, allowing 76.9 points while holding opponents to 42.5% shooting.
An investigation is underway after a man was found dead Saturday morning at a Caltrain station in San Francisco, police said.
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An investigation is underway after a woman was shot and killed Friday morning near the Oakland Adult & Career Education Center, officials said.
A man who was convicted in a series of attacks targeting elderly victims in Oakland's Chinatown during the COVID-19 pandemic has been charged in connection with a series of new attacks, prosecutors said.
An East Bay man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after he allegedly shot and robbed his ex-girlfriend outside a Berkeley home last month, while his mother was also arrested for being an alleged accessory, police said.
A 16-year-old California lifeguard who rescued a 10-year-old child from powerful waves during a daring rescue caught on video has spoken out about the harrowing experience.
A South Bay summer camp counselor who was previously arrested for alleged child sexual assaults was arrested again after a third alleged victim came forward, authorities said.
A jury on California's Central Coast has convicted a barber for sexually assaulting clients at his shop, prosecutors said.
A fire burning in eastern Santa Clara County was spreading on Monday after jumping a containment line.
The College Football Players Association has announced that Stanford has become the first team to organize a player-led chapter.
The first shooting happened on July 28, just after 8 p.m., near the 1400 block of Enterprise Street. Police said the victim reported someone shot at him and then ran from the area. The victim was not injured.
Smoke blanketed the Bay Area Friday, as firefighters continued to battle a wildfire near Salt Point State Park in Sonoma County.
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A fire was burning vegetation near homes in a Mill Valley neighborhood, authorities said Monday.
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The first shooting happened on July 28, just after 8 p.m., near the 1400 block of Enterprise Street. Police said the victim reported someone shot at him and then ran from the area. The victim was not injured.
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Nearly sixteen years after a San Francisco man was found fatally stabbed inside his apartment, police are seeking information in solving the cold case.
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A fast-moving wildfire in Mendocino County grew to 841 acres and was 5% contained Saturday night after prompting evacuation orders.
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