SF News BREAKING NEWS: Fire Burning in Tilden Park 10-acre grass fire burning in Tilden Park over in Berkeley right now. So, you know, stay out of the park. (Not that you will since it's raining right now, but still: don't go
SF News Humans to Blame for Angel Island Fire The fire that singed half of Angel Island last week was sparked by people, according to the Examiner. Ruling out natural causes like downed electrical lines, machine malfunctions, or God almighty, the Marin
SF News Angel Island Fire The U.S. Coast Guard and San Francisco/Marin firefighters are battling a blaze on the eastside of Angel Island, which was reported at 9 p.m. tonight. At about 9:50 p.
SF News BREAKING NEWS: Fire Affecting Traffic On the Bay Bridge According to KTVU's Gasia Mikaelian, a fire on Yerba Buena Island is affecting traffic on the Bay Bridge. It's on the west side of Yerba Buena just under the bridge. It is not
SF News Apple Campus Catches Fire For all you Mac zealots users out there, we have some disheartening news. The Apple campus in Cupertino caught fire last night. Fortunately, the three-alarm blaze caused no injuries, only some smoke damage.
SF News Google Street View Captures Image of Burning House, Moves Along According to Nicholas Carlson at Valleywag, Google Street View captured a nifty shot of a burning home while riding through some place called Eagle Point Drive in some magical land called Sherwood, Arkansas.
Arts & Entertainment Photos: Crucible's 8th Annual Fire Arts Festival Oh wow. You've got to check out some of these photos from the Crucible's 8th Annual Fire Arts Festival, which sparked up in fine fiery glory earlier this month. These shots were snapped
SF News Bad Heat, Bad Air Feel how it's a bit difficult to breath? Yeah, that's the effect of the bad air we're swimming though due to the wildefies. Gross. Slap on a few fresh coats of make-up on
SF News Five-Acre Brush Fire Burns In Castro Valley Oh noes! Things are moving to the beat of a big bushfire over in Castro Valley. It seems, according to CBS 5, a fire is roaring "near the intersection of Crow Canyon and
SF News UPDATE: Big Sur's Fire Devastation Is Your Gain! Turn that frown upside-down bourgeois staycationers (oy, that word). While Big Sur sears until it's golden brown, the coastal town has turned into somewhat of a ghost town. And now, according to 71Miles'
SF News Big Sur, Monterey Residents Evacuate Folks in Big Sur have been asked told to evacuate due to the uncontrollable wildfire still roaring through the Basin Complex. The mandatory evacuation will go into effect at 5 p.m. today.
misc Photo du Jour 158 This natural-color image of Northern California was captured on June 26, 2008, by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite. Places where MODIS detected active fires are outlined in
SF News Black Plague In SF? You'd think the 1,000-plus wildfires blazing across Northern California would be our biggest concern. Not so. It seems that the Black Death is yet another thing we should fear, at least according
misc Air Quality Report: Bay Area Mimics Los Angeles As particulate matter from the 850 wildfires has ruined our famously crisp and sought-after air in the Bay Area. On the plus side, though, it has made for some gorgeous sunsets.
SF News Fourth of July Gets Even More Dull: Fireworks Sales Defused While only nine cities in the Bay Area allowed to sell "safe and sane" fireworks (i.e., sparklers, fountains, snakes, and flowers [psst, you can totally turn the latter into a mini bottle
SF News What's That Smell In the Air? Why, It's NorCal Burning Down! If you've noticed over the past couple of days, it's smells a bit smoky, a bit ashy in Baghdad by the Bay. It seems, according to CBS 5, Northern California is suffering from
SF News San Bruno Mountain Wildfire 75% Contained Last night's five-alarm wildfire in the San Bruno Mountains, which threatened homes in South San Francisco, has been 75 percent as of this morning. The crisp weather and fog -- which has mercifully
SF News Wildfire on San Bruno Mountain Creeps Toward South San Francisco A wildfire on San Bruno Mountain may threaten some homes on the South side of the mountain along Sister Cities Blvd tonight. These shots, taken by a reader on Drake Avenue (across Hillside)
SF News Fires Sparked in Oakland, Watsonville A fire has torched 75 to 100 at least 500 acres in Larkin Valley of Santa Cruz County between the Watsonville airport and Seascape Golf course, according to ABC 7. Also, parts of
SF News Small Blaze Shuts Down Fillmore, Cancels Shows Last night's show at the Fillmore was on fire. Literally. Before headliners Dethklok hit the stage, an electrical fire was "sparked during Soilent Green's opening set," according to SF Weekly. Fans were ushered
SF News What To Do About High Gas Prices? Burn Down a Starbucks, Of Course! Wow. We hope we're this feisty, and wildly insane, when we're sixty-four. It seems that sixty-four-years-young Diane Craig of Danville was arrested yesterday for attempting to burn down restrooms of an Arco station,
SF News Another Fire Torches AT&T Park Just weeks after a mysteriously underreported fire set the top of AT&T Park ablaze, a one-alarm fire inside the San Francisco Giants Dugout Store at AT&T Park sparked late
SF News Scene From a Valencia Street Apartment Fire Eeps! SFist received word this morning that Valencia Street fell victim to yet another apartment fire. Sigh. Reader Jeff Cleary tells us: Aye, there was an apartment fire this morning on Valencia street,
SF News Napa County Brush Fire Shuts Down Highway 29; Clearly, God Is Punishing Us According to CBS 5 "[a] brush fire in Napa County has shut Hwy 29 at Hwy 121 in both directions." First the Santa Cruz mountains, and now this? Way to kickoff fire season,
SF News Photo: Scene From an AT&T Park Fire Looks like there was, in fact, a blaze at AT&T Park last night. And a sizable one at that. SFist reader Ted (i.e., phish223) sent in this on-the scene shot
