SF News Video: Family Of Bears, Possibly Fleeing Wildfires, Spotted In Sonoma County Park California state park officials yesterday released footage of a family of bears, a mother and two cubs, walking at night through Sonoma County's Sugarloaf Ridge State Park. As the Chronicle reports, the familial
SF News Soberanes Fire Officially Becomes Costliest Firefight In US History, Topping $200 Million As we reach the two-month mark on the Soberanes Fire, burning just inland of Big Sur and sparked miles to the north on July 22, the Associated Press reports that the fire has
SF News Soberanes Fire Reaches 105,642 Acres, New Evacuation Orders Issued The slow-moving, seven-week-old Soberanes Fire in and around Big Sur continues to burn through Los Padres National Forest to the south, and remains 60 percent contained. As of 6 p.m. Saturday, federal
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 Check Out This Crazy Looking 'Ash Devil' Menacing Yreka Wildfires are frightening enough as is the damage to property, wildlife, and risk to human life they pose. And yet, as CBS 5 reports, they have the potential to be even more terrifying
SF News Drone Footage Of Clayton Fire, Now Fully Contained; Soberanes Fire Slows; Chimney Fire Enters Monterey County Two large wildfires continue burning to our south, though the progress of the largest one has slowed, and meanwhile a smaller but more destructive and swiftly moving fire to our north, allegedly sparked
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 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 Lake County Police Arrest Suspected Arsonist Behind Growing Clayton Fire, And Possibly Others Just In - #ClaytonFire in Lake County has grown to 4,000 acres. Winds picking up.Photo by @kentphotos pic.twitter.com/UmILfRDWUP— CAL FIRE PIO Berlant (@CALFIRE_PIO) August 15, 2016 As
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 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 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 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 Despite Wet Winter, Dead Trees Mean A Potentially Terrible Wildfire Season It looks like El Nino rains are coming up short in yet another way for California in 2016 as wildfire-fighters are looking at a potential disaster that's been created by millions of dead
SF News Wayne Huntsman, Culprit In The 2014 King Fire, Admits Guilt As Selfie Video Emerges Wayne Allen Huntsman, the 37-year-old accused of starting the devastating King Fire in September 2014 that ultimately burned over 100,000 acres in the Sierra Nevada mountains and caused untold economic and environmental
SF News Six Months Later, Valley Fire Victim Reunited With Lost Cat Last September's Valley Fire devastated the community of Middletown, California and destroyed over 1200 homes, becoming the third most destructive wildfire in state history. It also killed four people and an unknown number
SF News Remaining Harbin Hot Springs Staff Talk Rebuilding, El Niño Mudslides, A Possible Reopening Next Spring Harbin Hot Springs was one of the most visibly dramatic losses from September's Valley Fire for those in the Bay Area who did not live in or know Lake County too well the
SF News Valley Fire Victims Getting Free Pot In an act of charity that is sure to ease some pain for stoners medical marijuana patients affected by the Valley Fire, two Northern California dispensaries are giving away up to $200 in
SF News Woman Survived Wildfire At Home With Dogs, Says She's Blessed To Still Have House As the Valley Fire reaches 40 percent containment today, residents of the towns of Middletown and Cobb still aren't being allowed back into the burn area to assess the damage. However, ABC 7
SF News Start Of Valley Fire Appears To Be In Small Shed In Town Of Cobb Though the actual cause of the devastating Valley Fire in Lake County remains under investigation, authorities appear to have located its origination point, and it's in the community of Cobb where some of
SF News More About The Only Fatality In The Valley Fire As It Grows To 67,000 Acres The devastating Valley Fire, which touches three counties Lake, Napa, and Sonoma grew to 67,000 acress from 61,000 since yesterday, and Cal Fire now says it is 15 percent contained. As
SF News Valley Fire Grows To 61,000 Acres, Harbin Hot Springs and 400+ Homes Destroyed, One Death Reported Experts are saying that the Valley Fire is precedent-setting for the ferocity with which it spread over the weekend, creating its own internal wind conditions and taking many residents by surprise including the
