Wildfire

Fire season arrives amid summer-like heat, red flag warnings, vegetation blazes

Soaring temperatures, dry conditions and brewing winds have firefighters across the Bay Area on watch for dangerous wiildfires.

2 years ago

Crews stop forward progress on Pittsburg hills fire

Firefighters are working to reach full containment on a 7-acre brush fire in the Pittsburg hills near W. Leland and…

2 years ago

Firefighters knock down Joaquin Miller Park blaze

Firefighters from Oakland and East Bay Regional Parks departments knocked down a two-alarm blaze in Joaquin Miller Park Saturday morning.

2 years ago

Rising streams, creeks trigger flood warnings as atmospheric river shifts south

Heaviest rains are shifting away from the Bay Area and toward the Central Coast, which is now expected to receive…

2 years ago

As major storm approaches, what are debris flows and how can people be prepared?

With the large storm coming in, especially residents who live near hillsides in recent burn scar zones need to be…

3 years ago

Crews control East San Jose vegetation fire

Firefighters have controlled an East San Jose vegetation fire that broke out Sunday afternoon. The fire reported shortly after at…

3 years ago

Newsom signs $15 billion legislative package to tackle climate change

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bevy of bills on Thursday that together authorize $15 billion in spending to combat…

3 years ago

Favorable weather aids overnight progress at 257-acre Hopkins Fire

Lower temperatures and increased humidity helped crews overnight at a wildfire west of Lake Mendocino. Cal Fire said 200 structures…

3 years ago

Air quality advisory extended as wildfire smoke lingers over Bay Area

Bay Area residents are advised to keep their windows and doors shut through Saturday.

3 years ago

Commission grills PG&E on power shutoff policies, improvements

PG&E faced questions and criticism about its power shutoff policies during a public briefing Tuesday with the California Public Utilities…

3 years ago

East Bay strike team comes home after grueling two weeks fighting Bootleg Fire

An East Bay strike team came home Saturday after two grueling weeks helping battle the massive and erratic Bootleg Fire…

3 years ago

Weather service elevates alert to red flag warning from Sunday to Monday evening

The National Weather Service has issued a red flag warning for parts of the San Francisco and Monterey bay areas…

3 years ago

Diablo Fire scorches 128 acres in Contra Costa County

Crews battling the Diablo Fire near Byron have the blaze 50 percent contained on Sunday afternoon, Cal Fire said. The…

3 years ago

Crews reach 30 percent containment on 75-acre brush fire near Byron

A wind-fueled brush fire near Byron has burned 75 acres and was 30 percent contained by 11:40 a.m. Sunday, according…

3 years ago

Diablo Fire burns 40 acres in Byron area

Fire crews are at the scene of a brush fire Sunday morning in the Byron area that has burned about…

3 years ago

Crews stop forward progress on Kirker Fire at 35 acres

Fire crews battling a 35-acre brush fire near Pittsburg on Sunday afternoon had the blaze 50 percent contained shortly before…

3 years ago

Officials say car may have sparked 25-acre fire near Pittsburg

A grass fire that authorities say may have been sparked by a car has burned 25 to 30 acres near…

3 years ago

Crews work toward July 11 full containment at Willow Fire

The Willow Fire burning in rugged terrain east of Big Sur is 56 percent contained as of Sunday morning, according…

3 years ago

Crews hope cooler weather helps tame nearly 3,000-acre Willow Fire

The Willow Fire, which started burning in Monterey County on Thursday evening, has spread to nearly 3,000 acres with zero…

3 years ago

Third-party software helps counties streamline real-time evacuation mapping

For firefighters in the Bay Area, no longer are the days of mapping out evacuation zones on a paper map…

3 years ago

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