Police arrest driver on DUI suspicion after crash causes power outage, grass fire
A driver was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence after the car they were driving crashed into a power pole in Belmont, causing …
Oakland’s Eastlake neighborhood suffers ‘devastating’ loss in community center fire
A busy community center in Oakland’s Eastlake neighborhood that serves thousands of meals every week to people in need was gutted by a fire early …
Derick Almena pleads guilty to 36 counts in Ghost Ship fire
Ghost Ship warehouse master tenant Derick Almena plead guilty to 36 counts against him that may result in a 12-year prison sentence. The charges involved …
Caltrans helps county fire crews extinguish blaze off San Leandro highway
Smoke billowed early Wednesday morning in San Leandro from a fire near Interstate Highways 238 and 880, Alameda County fire officials said. The outside fire …
Wood, cardboard fire burns for hours at Livermore manufacturing business
A large pile of wood pallets and cardboard intended for shipping caught fire at a cardboard manufacturing business in Livermore on Sunday night, a Livermore-Pleasanton …
Police arrest man suspected of setting three fires in Novato
A 55-year-old suspect was arrested Monday evening on suspicion of multiple counts of arson, Novato police said. Officers joined the Novato Fire Protection District in …
Crews to monitor SoMa fire scene for several days after five-alarm blaze
Firefighters are likely to continue tamping down a five-alarm fire in San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood for several days after it burned a half-dozen …
Schaaf says Oakland vandalism ‘agitators’ play into Trump’s ‘twisted campaign strategy’
Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf chastised people who attended a protest over the weekend for vandalizing a police station and attempting to set the Rene C. …
‘Agitators’ vandalize court house, police station after hundreds peacefully protest in Oakland for Black lives
Oakland police confirmed late Saturday evening that part of the group of protesters who marched through downtown Oakland hours before broke into two groups, with …
Crews contain Antioch brush fire at half-acre
A brush fire sparked Friday morning at a homeless camp in Antioch on Friday was extinguished within 30 minutes, fire officials said. The blaze, reported …
Crews contain ‘stubborn’ Pittsburg fire at 2 acres
Contra Costa Fire Protection District officials said just after 2 p.m. that the “stubborn grass, debris and junk fire” along Highway 4 in Pittsburg has …
After five days, 5,513 acres burned, Crews Fire reaches 90 percent containment
The Crews Fire burning since Sunday afternoon in hills east of Gilroy is 90 percent contained as of Friday morning, according to Cal Fire. The …
Fast moving Oakley fire prompts immediate evacuation orders
Residents in Oakley’s Summerlake neighborhood and those along Sandmound Boulevard have been ordered to immediately evacuate due to a fast moving moving fire, the Contra …
Contra Costa firefighters respond to more than a dozen fires since Friday
At least three of the fires were structure fires, two were vehicle fires, and there were several vegetation fires reported.
Crews control Oakland brushfire near site another 2.5-acre blaze last weekend
Multiple units contained a brushfire Friday afternoon at Mountain Boulevard and Fontaine Court next to Interstate Highway 580, the Oakland Fire Department said. The cause …
Drone forces fire aircraft to ground during Parish Fire control effort
Crews are at the scene of a brush fire Saturday afternoon near Interstate Highway 680 near Cordelia in Solano County, Cal Fire said. No evacuations …