REDDING — The number of people ordered to flee from two Northern California wildfires has swelled to 15,000, authorities said Monday as flames rolled toward several small towns in a rural area of lakes, forests and mountains. Elsewhere in the same region, firefighters were hopeful that the state's largest and...
How To Stay Cool in Fresno's Record-Busting Triple-Digit Heat
Fresno has set a very uncomfortable record. Friday saw the city's temperature reach triple digits for the 22nd-straight day, eclipsing the previous mark of 21 days at or over 100 degrees first set in 2005, according to the National Weather Service in Hanford. In addition, the weather experts say that Fresno...
Why Won't State Use Fresno Company's Wildfire Fighting System?
A Fresno manufacturer has created an aerial firefighting system that increases the amount of fire suppression materials delivered in a shorter period of time at nearly half the cost of conventional platforms. The Guardian system has been used to fight wildfires all over the world — including this week's deadly...
Ferguson Fire 29% Contained. Yosemite Valley Closed Until Aug. 3.
UPDATE, Friday, July 27, 6:15 p.m.: ABC30 reports that Yosemite Valley will remain closed until Aug. 3. #BREAKING Yosemite Valley to remain closed until Friday, August 3https://t.co/4Etmzdcb1q pic.twitter.com/hNJaw8PC0A — ABC30 Fresno (@ABC30) July 28, 2018 Some of the crews fighting the Ferguson Fire are focusing on removing potential fuel between...
Terrifying Tornadoes of Flame Burn Redding, Kill Two
REDDING — An explosive wildfire tore through two small Northern California communities before reaching the city of Redding, killing a bulldozer operator on the fire lines, killing a city of Redding firefighter, burning three firefighters, destroying 65 homes and forcing thousands of terrified residents to flee. Flames swept through the...
Before Passing More Water Restrictions, Review Inefficient Rules
The backlash stemming from California’s latest restrictions on water use is not entirely based upon “pure fiction,” as the bill’s author, Assemblywoman Laura Friedman, claims. AB 1668, which encourages the State Water Board to fine water suppliers for straying from their water budgets, is just the latest instance of California’s...
Gov. Brown Declares Emergency As California Burns
Fire stoked by hot and windy weather raged through a forest in far northern California on Thursday. In mountain communities east of Los Angeles, calmer conditions aided firefighters on the lines of a suspected arson wildfire that forced thousands of people to flee. California Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday issued...
Arson Wildfire Forces Entire California Town to Evacuate
IDYLLWILD — A fast-moving wildfire — believed to have been sparked by arson — tore through trees, burned five homes and forced evacuation orders for an entire mountain town as California sweltered under a heat wave and battled ferocious fires at both ends of the state. Winds were calm early...
Fire Near Yosemite Grows To 43,000 Acres. Brown Declares Emergency.
California Gov. Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency in Mariposa County on Thursday afternoon because of the deadly Ferguson Fire. Earlier Thursday, the governor declared emergencies due to wildfires in Riverside and Shasta counties. Firefighters worked through Wednesday night to expand and strengthen containment lines around the wildfire west...
Welcome to the Bay Area, Fresno and Merced!
Welcome to the Bay Area, Merced! Welcome as well to Modesto, Sacramento, and Yuba City. Looking south, you’re invited, too, Santa Cruz, Monterey, and Salinas. And while you’re almost in another state, don’t worry, Tahoe City! Bay waters are warm. This expanded notion of the Bay Area’s reach isn’t a...