SF News Monday Morning Headlines: The Park Fire Is Finally Out A motorcyclist was killed on I-880 this morning; five people needed rescue from a boat in distress off Ocean Beach on Sunday; and the Park Fire in Butte and Tehama counties is finally fully contained, two months later.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Park Fire Reaches 49% Containment The Park Fire is now 49% contained; BART's board just voted on a contract to build a big new BART Police headquarters in Oakland; and San Jose State has converted a hotel in San Jose into a dorm.
SF News Map Shows Where 430,000-Acre Park Fire Destroyed the Most Homes The Park Fire continues to burn in Tehama County and into Lassen National Forest, though containment on the fire is growing, and firefighters are increasingly able to slow the fire's progress along its northeast front.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Park Fire Burns Through Mill Creek Canyon The Park Fire grew overnight to 426,500 acres; SF City Attorney David Chiu is suing a landlord for cramming tenants into a home; and there was a possible shot fired this morning on the UC Berkeley campus.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Crozier Fire Breaks Out In El Dorado County A new wildfire broke out early Wednesday in the Sierra foothills; the Park Fire is now 34% contained but continues burning to the northeast; a group of RV-dwellers were shuffled away from an area near Stonestown in SF.
SF News Saturday Links: Park Fire Becomes Fourth Largest In State History The Park Fire is now over 400,000 acres; the three Alameda police officers accused in the death of Mario Gonzalez appeared in court Friday; and Uber's chief lawyer Tony West is taking leave to work on sister-in-law Kamala Harris's campaign.
SF News Park Fire Has Now Burned 392,500 Acres, Destroyed Nearly 500 Buildings as Weather Conditions Worsen The ongoing Park Fire in Butte and Tehama counties has now destroyed 480 buildings and counting, according to the latest update from Cal Fire. And while the fire has progressed more slowly over the last several days, that may change as hotter, drier weather sets in.
SF News Residents of Sierra Foothills Town Describe Harrowing Escape Ordeal During Park Fire's First Night The tragic story of the Camp Fire in 2018 almost replayed itself last Wednesday night, when the single road in and out of Cohasset, a town about 12 miles away from Paradise as the crow flies, was blocked by a wall of flames.
SF News Park Fire Arson Suspect Charged, Investigators Say He Was Drunk at Time of Fire's Start The Chico man suspected of sparking the Park Fire last week, which has burned over 380,000 acres of Northern California, has now been charged with felony arson and arson with aggravating factors.
SF News Park Fire Continues Northward March, Threatens Shasta County Town About to enter is sixth day, the Park Fire in Northern California has now scorched over 562 square miles, an area larger than the city of Los Angeles, and it is the sixth-largest wildfire in recorded California history.
SF News Park Fire Grows to 180,000 Acres, 134 Structures Confirmed Destroyed After barely 48 hours, the massive Park Fire in Butte and Tehama counties has grown even more massive, adding tens of thousands of acres to its footprint every few hours.
