Wildfire

Crews stop forward progress on Silicon Fire

A brush fire that broke out Monday in the area of Silicon Valley Road and Basking Ridge Avenue in San…

3 years ago

PG&E agrees to pay $31 million in joint settlement for 2019 Kincade Fire damages

Sonoma County, the town of Windsor and the cities of Healdsburg, Cloverdale and Santa Rosa announced Wednesday that they have…

3 years ago

Fires, pandemic wreak havoc on Napa County grape production

The value of agricultural production in Napa County was only about half the previous year's total, according to an annual…

3 years ago

Update: Crews contain 45-acre brush fire near Benicia

A brush fire burned 45 acres in southern Solano County before crews reached containment Saturday afternoon. Assisted by crews from…

3 years ago

Progress halts on 2-acre Big Basin fire, crews work to reach containment

Firefighters stopped the forward progress of a 2-acre wildfire burning in Big Basin Redwoods State Park on Sunday afternoon. The…

3 years ago

Cloverdale evacuation center seeks volunteers ahead of wildfire season

The grounds of the Cloverdale Citrus Fair in Cloverdale served as an evacuation center for residents leaving the area of…

3 years ago

Mayor’s State of the City address to focus on ‘better normal’ in 2021

San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo on Tuesday evening will give his annual "State of the City" address for 2020, a…

3 years ago

Glass Fire containment up to 82 percent

Firefighters continue to make progress on the Glass Fire burning for the past two weeks in Napa and Sonoma counties,…

4 years ago

Glass Fire takes heavy toll on North Bay with nearly 650 homes destroyed

The Glass Fire is 74 percent contained, Cal Fire said in a Friday morning update. The blaze, which started in…

4 years ago

Glass Fire destroys 80 homes, threatens more than 10,000 structures in uncontrolled blaze

The Glass Fire complex of wildfires burning in Napa and Sonoma counties has burned an estimated 42,560 acres and destroyed…

4 years ago

Still no containment as Glass Fire tears through more than 36,000 North Bay acres

The Glass Fire had burned 36,236 acres in Napa and Sonoma counties as of Monday evening, according to a spokesman…

4 years ago

Separate fires merge into 11,000-acre Glass Fire, evacuation orders expand in Calistoga

The Glass Fire burning in Napa and Sonoma counties had covered 11,000 acres, is 0 percent contained and was threatening…

4 years ago

Brushfire burns near Point Reyes lighthouse

A 2-acre fire is burning toward the ocean near the lighthouse at Point Reyes National Seashore, the National Park Service…

4 years ago

Glass Incident evacuations expand as fire grows to 800 acres near St. Helena

Evacuations orders have expanded Sunday morning for residents near St. Helena and Deer Park in Napa County due to a…

4 years ago

California to phase out gas-powered passenger vehicle sales by 2035

Citing the threat of vehicle emissions spurring climate change-induced crises on the West Coast, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive…

4 years ago

Officials provide update, share relief resources in 86,509-acre CZU Lightning Complex

San Mateo County and Cal Fire officials shared updates and resources on Wednesday with residents impacted by the CZU Lightning…

4 years ago

Officials urge public to conserve power as ‘extreme heat storm’, wildfire damage threatens energy supply

California Independent System Operator officials are renewing an appeal for electrical consumption Sunday and Monday even as energy consumption soars…

4 years ago

Crews reach 87 percent containment on 375,209-acre LNU Lightning Complex

Firefighters continued to make progress overnight on the LNU Lightning Complex of fires and reached 87 percent containment Friday morning,…

4 years ago

CZU Lightning Complex fires burn through more than 85,000 acres, 900 homes

The CZU Lightning Complex fires burning in southern San Mateo County and northern Santa Cruz County are 43 percent contained…

4 years ago

Evacuation orders lift in Santa Clara, Alameda counties as complex containment reaches 60 percent

Cal Fire lifted its evacuation orders in Santa Clara and Alameda counties Monday after firefighters made progress in containing the…

4 years ago

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