SF News Park Fire In Butte County, Fed By Gusty Winds, Becomes State's Largest Wildfire of the Year In Less Than a Day The destruction already wrought by the Park Fire, which was sparked less than 24 hours ago, has not yet even been assessed. But the fire grew to over 45,000 acres by Thursday morning, making it the largest wildfire of the fire year to date in California.
SF News Strict New Wildfire Law Might Ban Plants and Bushes Within Five Feet of Homes in Wildfire-Prone Areas California fire officials are considering implementing a sweeping ban on bushes, brush, or any combustible materials within five feet of homes in areas considered high risk for wildfires.
SF News Orange Smoke Haze Could Be On Its Way to the Bay Area; Also, Inland Areas to Get More Extreme Heat This Week Another round of heat is coming Wednesday after a brief respite, though San Francisco won't feel too much of it. And wildfire smoke from far Northern California could end up hazing our skies as well.
SF News Royal Fire Near Lake Tahoe, Possibly Caused By Escaped Campfire, Burns 170 Acres A wildfire burning in the forest near Royal Gorge, west of Sugar Bowl and southwest of Truckee, has grown to 169 acres after breaking out Sunday afternoon.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Two SF Giants Just Got Named to This Year’s MLB All-Star Team We have some new details on the Channing Tatum movie that’s been shooting near Golden Gate Park; a couple dozen East Bay parks that were closed for the heat wave have reopened; and the SF Giants just got a pitcher and outfielder named to the NL All-Star team for next week’s game.
SF News Fast-Growing Thompson Fire Threatens Oroville, Prompts 28,000 Evacuations A wildfire that began Tuesday morning has grown to over 3,000 acres and is threatening the town of Oroville as it burns up to the edges of California's second-largest reservoir.
SF News Toll Fire In Napa Burns 50 Acres, Prompts Evacuations We now have a wildfire near Calistoga that broke out Tuesday morning, and it has grown to 50 acres and counting in the area of Old Lawley Toll Road.
SF News Day Around the Bay: McLaren Park Grass Fire Sparked By Illegal Firework An illegal firework sparked a grass fire Sunday night in McLaren Park; Amici's East Coast Pizzeria is closing its last SF location; and President Biden condemned the Supreme Court's decision on presidential immunity.
SF News Apache Fire Near Chico Destroys Two Buildings, Triggers Evacuations A fire broke out in Butte County Monday evening and according to Cal Fire it was spreading at a dangerous pace before coming under more control Tuesday morning.
SF News Three More Wildfires Broke Out Monday In Northern California; Sonoma's Point Fire Now 40% Contained It's been a wild few days for firefighters across California and in southern New Mexico, where at least a dozen wildfires have broken out, some of them fast-growing, fueled by dry conditions and high winds.
SF News Point Fire In Sonoma County Grows to 1,100 Acres as Seven Major Wildfires Burn Across the State Cal Fire firefighters are contending with multiple large wildfires across the state that all broke out over the weekend, and it seems like fire season is already in full swing, though it's still mid-June.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Wildfire Threatens Structures In St. Helena A wildfire broke out in St. Helena that is threatening structures; racist and sexist slurs were spray-painted on the front of SF City Hall; and protesters showed up at a Democratic fundraiser in Oakland where Kamala Harris was appearing.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Below Average Wildfire Risk Predicted For at Least a Couple Months Forecasters say June and July should see below average wildfire risk, but then things could change; a man was fatally shot in West Oakland Tuesday morning; and Elon Musk is getting sued by Tesla shareholders over a 2022 stock dump.
SF News Corral Fire In Far East Bay Reaches 75% Containment After Burning 22 Square Miles A fast-moving weekend wildfire scorched miles of vegetation east of Livermore and was threatening a residential area of Tracy before being significantly contained on Sunday.
SF News Sunday Links: Corral Fire Grows East of Livermore The Corral Fire, which began Saturday east of Livermore, had grown to 12,500 acres as of Sunday morning; the Fred Again/Skrillex show in Civic Center went off without a hitch; and 1,400 high schoolers had their SAT exam canceled in Oakland due to a wi-fi problem.
SF News Five Years Ago Today, the NorCal Town of Paradise Exploded In Flames, Killing 85 Today, November 8, marks the five-year anniversary of the devastating Camp Fire, which claimed 85 lives, destroyed some 11,000 homes, and nearly wiped an entire community off the map.
SF News Red-Flag Warning Weekend Included Brush Fire In Benecia, Several Barns Destroyed In Petaluma Blaze It was not a completely quiet weekend for the North Bay during this past weekend's Red Flag Warning, but the reported fires were fairly quickly contained.
SF News Broadest Red Flag Warning In Two Years Issued For Bay Area Ahead of Diablo Wind Forecast It's been an extremely — thankfully! — quiet fire season for our local area, but some serious fire danger is headed our way this weekend with a weather system that promises dry, offshore winds that often present wildfire hazards.
SF News Smoky Air Comes to SF From Oregon and NorCal Wildfires If you smell smoke outside today in San Francisco, it's not your imagination. But it is blowing in from hundreds of miles up the coast.
SF News First Red Flag Warning of This Fire Season Announced For Parts of North Bay, Power Shutoffs Possible A swath of the North Bay and much of the Sacramento Valley are under a Red Flag Warning starting Tuesday night and lasting through Wednesday evening, as the first bout of threatening fire winds arrives this season.
Business & Tech Facebook Taking Heat for Blocking News About Wildfires From Canadian Users A new Canadian law requiring Facebook to compensate news outlets for using their content has led the social media company to just block news article posts outright, which has unintended consequences as wildfires continue to rage in Canada.
SF News Smoke From NorCal Fires Beginning to Impact Bay Area Air Quality It's that time of year again, and wildfire smoke primarily coming from lightning-caused fires that broke out last week in far Northern California is now starting to impact air quality in the Bay Area.
SF News Head Fire In Siskiyou County Grows to Over 3,000 Acres, Triggers Evacuations The largest of over a dozen lightning-caused wildfires in far northern California has now prompted an evacuation order for 325 square miles, in an area of Klamath National Forest, west of Yreka.
SF News Hawaii Fire Update: Maui Wildfires Become Deadliest in Modern US History As Death Toll Reaches 93 Only 2 out of the 93 victims have been identified, and authorities are asking families for DNA to aid identification. They also warn that the death toll will climb as the search continues.
SF News Hawaiian Couple Visiting Bay Area Lost Everything In Wildfires, Including Dogs Trapped In House A couple featured on KTVU Wednesday frantically trying to get back to their home in Lahaina did make it home, only to find the place in charred ruins, and that their two dogs and a cat perished inside the house.