SF News Evacuations Lifted In South Lake Tahoe As Winds Calm Down Evacuation orders in areas close to Lake Tahoe, including the city of South Lake Tahoe, were downgraded to warnings on Sunday, allowing thousands of residents to return home almost a week after being forced out by threatening flames.
SF News Fire Evacuation Warning Hits Tahoe Basin For First Time in 14 Years An evacuation warning has come to part of the Tahoe Basin, in the first time since 2007 that a wildfire has threatened the area â though firefighters continue to say that they will try to prevent any flames from entering the basin.
SF News Suspicious Backpack Prompts Evacuations At Stanford [Updated] UPDATE: Police have determined said backpack to be harmless. Whew. Back to class, kids. Police have determined there is no threat to campus. Buildings will slowly be reopened. Please respect police perimeter in
SF News UC Berkeley Campus Evacuated After Explosion [Updated] UC Berkeley is being evacuated after an underground fire. pic.twitter.com/XDeuSiI52Kâ Joe Vazquez (@joenewsman) October 1, 2013 A power outage at UC Berkeley prefaced a major explosion on Monday night, resulting
SF News Dangling Window-Washing Rig At Embarcadero 1 Prompts Evacuation [Updated] UPDATE: The rig has been secured, reports CBS SF. All has returned to normal. A precariously teetering window-washer's scaffold atop Embarcadero 1 (301 Clay) in San Francisco has prompted a 29th floor evacuation,
SF News Wildfire Growing on Mount Diablo; Brush Fire Breaks Out In Sonoma Hot, windy conditions helped fuel two Bay Area fires on Sunday. A wildfire erupted Sunday afternoon on the eastern side of Mount Diablo, burning brush and other vegetation and potentially threatening about 100
SF News Meanwhile, In New York City: Mandatory Evacuations On the other coast today, Hurricane Irene prompted mandatory evacuations along coastal areas in New York City. This includes Brooklyn's Coney Island and Manhattan Beach, Broad Channel in Queens, South Beach, Midland Beach,