SF News Officials Blame Rock Creek Fire In Sierras On Bike Pedal, But Cyclists Aren't Buying It Officials say an unlikely culprit is to blame for one of the many wildfires currently ravaging the California wilderness, but their unusual findings are being met with skepticism and disbelief. The Chronicle reports
SF News Monday Morning Blaze Sends SFFD To Historic SoMa Structure #WF8291 UPDATE 451 MINNA PIO ON SCENE 4 story VACANT NO INJURY SWCND ALARM pic.twitter.com/leeBu0rQMq— San Francisco Fire (@sffdpio) August 29, 2016 A vacant SoMa building was the site of
SF News SFFD Cleaning Up After Monday Morning Blaze Strikes Roof Of Ferry Building Whoa. The ferry building is on fire. pic.twitter.com/muix37NCz9— Miss Bunny Mickley (@bunnyhalberd) August 22, 2016 A one-alarm fire in a Ferry Building vent spread to the structure's roof this morning,
SF News Wildfire Threatens Hearst Castle, Forces Closure Of Tourist Attraction The nine-day-old Chimney Fire in San Luis Obispo County has forced the closure of Hearst Castle, arguably the central coast's biggest tourist attraction. As CBS 5 reports, flames came as close as three
SF News Feds Taking Command Of Soberanes Fire, Containment Now Not Expected Until September 30 Now topping 81,000 acres, the massive, four-week-old Soberanes Fire in Big Sur and to the east continues to burn and spread as Cal Fire estimates they have it 60 percent contained. Over
SF News Shoe In Cooking Pot Leads To Fire Investigation An intruder in a Fillmore District apartment complex started a fire that set off sprinklers and sparked an investigation, but it's the odd cause of the blaze that seems most notable. It was
SF News U.S. Olympic Fencing Team Member Returns Home To Find New House Destroyed In Clayton Fire Matthew Porter, the armorer of the U.S. Olympic Fencing Team in Rio, returned home to California this week to find that the new home he and his wife had just purchased in
SF News Soberanes Fire Fells Trees In Big Sur, Closes Highway 1 Monday We learned Friday that the large and still growing Soberanes Fire was likely to wreak some havoc for tourism in particular traffic on Highway 1, which is the only road in and out
SF News [Update] Federal Funds Granted To Fight Clayton Fire In Lake County Just In - #ClaytonFire in Lower Lake area (Lake Co) remains 3,000 acres & 5% contained. 100+ structures destroyed. pic.twitter.com/aoUDG6HqUb— CAL FIRE PIO Berlant (@CALFIRE_PIO) August 15, 2016
SF News San Francisco Tent Dweller's Argument Ends In Alleged Arson A San Francisco tent dweller's shelter was damaged Thursday afternoon, following a heated argument in the Bayview. According to the San Francisco Police Department, a 59-year-old woman reported that her tent was set
SF News Soberanes Fire Edges Closer To Big Sur, May Cause Highway 1 Shutdown This Weekend The three-week-old Soberanes Fire, which has now burned over 70,000 acres and is 55 percent contained, continues to encroach on the majestic redwood groves and tourist attractions of Big Sur. As CalFire
SF News Morning BART Fire Means Delays All Day Friday BART riders at 24 St. station headed to SFO/peninsula told:take alternative trans. due to track power cable issue. pic.twitter.com/BSDipE0wJB— Cbarnard (@CornellBarnard) August 12, 2016 Bay Area commuters are
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Lolinda Reopens After Last Weekend's Kitchen Fire Good news for steak-lovers with reservations at Lolinda: The restaurant has finished cleaning up after that small fire last Friday, and will reopen for dinner service tonight, Thursday. The team made the announcement
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink [Update] One-Alarm Fire Temporarily Closes Lolinda In The Mission Working fire now at Lolinda Barat 21st and Mission, firefighters on scene, whole street smoky pic.twitter.com/M50p9ZGl2W— Joe Rivano Barros (@jrivanob) August 6, 2016 A fire that broke out Friday night
SF News Big Sur Wildfire Caused By Abandoned Campfire; New Wildfire Breaks Out By Lake Berryessa, Grows To 4000 Acres Just in - #ColdFire west of Winters (Yolo County) now 4,000 acres & 5% contained. pic.twitter.com/dpb8dr7sA4— CAL FIRE PIO Berlant (@CALFIRE_PIO) August 3, 2016 Everyone said this would
SF News PG&E 'Equipment Failure' Causes SF Manhole Explosion, Underground Fire, And Power Outage PG&E still working to recover from an underground fire at Hyde & Geary in San Francisco. 1 bldg. still without power pic.twitter.com/L0AWWIetLK— Amy Hollyfield (@amyhollyfield) August 2, 2016
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Soberanes Fire Smoke May Destroy Monterey County Wine Vintage Another unfortunate impact of the still growing, 10-day-old Soberanes Fire is that it could end up destroying the 2016 vintage for some Monterey County wines. Smoke from wildfires has been known to do
SF News Soberanes Fire Grows To 52 Square Miles, Tassajara Zen Retreat Now Threatened #SoberanesFire [update] near Big Sur (Monterey County) is now 35,540 acres & 15% contained. https://t.co/FJ5RyubWl6 pic.twitter.com/wkZ8xCLpSO— CAL FIRE (@CAL_FIRE) July 31, 2016 The Soberanes Fire
SF News 'Hikers' Rescued From Big Sur Wildfire Probably Actually Pot Growers A group of eight men claiming to be "hikers," stranded in the remote terrain of western Monterey County by the seven-day-old Soberanes Fire, were rescued Tuesday by CalFire personnel and Monterey Country Sheriff’
SF News Day Around The Bay: One Dead In Soberanes Fire Pokémon Go players are descending on an atomic bomb memorial park in Hiroshima, and officials of the western Japanese city are displeased. [CBS 5] One person has died in a bulldozer accident related
SF News Soberanes Fire Nears Big Sur, Almost 20,000 Acres Burned, 300 Evacuated, 10 Percent Contained A fire burning since Friday in rough terrain south of Carmel-by-the-sea, north of Big Sur has crossed the 19,000 acre mark as of Tuesday morning, and it remains only 10 percent contained
SF News Big Sur Wildfire Grows To 10,000 Acres, 1,650 Structures Now Threatened #SoberanesFire [update] 5 miles south of Carmel Garrapata State Park (Monterey County) is now 900 acres. pic.twitter.com/yPvDy3ZIjj— CAL FIRE (@CAL_FIRE) July 23, 2016 What began as a brush fire
SF News Firefighters Contain Six-Alarm Blaze At Emeryville Construction Site At least 20 cars burnt in 6-alarm #fire in #Emeryville. @OaklandFireLive @EastBayTimes @OakTribNews #Oakland pic.twitter.com/t6h9cHUID8— Tyska (@Tyska) July 6, 2016 An early-morning fire that burned through an East Bay construction
SF News Fire On SF Tracks Snarls Thursday Morning BART Commute, Empties Glen Park Station Up to 20min delays on BART after a debris fire on the tracks this morning pic.twitter.com/6iFmIIEAJ0— Matthew Zamudio (@neutralcolored) June 30, 2016 BART travel ground to a halt in San
SF News Cole Hardware Building, Not SRO, Named As Source For Last Weekend's Fire On Monday we heard rumors that the major, five-alarm fire last Saturday on the 3300 block of Mission Street at the edge of Bernal Heights may have begun in Graywood hotel, the low-income
