Evacuations To Lift For Sand Wildfire In Yolo County As Cal Fire Increases Containment June 9, 2019 Evacuations will be lifted as of 5 p.m. Monday for a 2,220-acre fire near Guinda in Yolo County, according to Cal Fire.
PG&E Restores Power To 20,000 Northern California Customers June 8, 2019 Pacific Gas & Electric shut off power to around 20,500 customers in Butte and Yuba counties Saturday evening due to continued fire danger in the region. Most had power restored by late Sunday afternoon. Listen / Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Environment This Weekend's Hot Weather Means High Fire Danger And Red Flag Warnings For Sacramento, San Joaquin Valleys June 7, 2019 The 2019 fire season is here, and the National Weather Service is issuing a "red flag" warning for this weekend in parts of the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys.
PHOTOS: Paradise High School Class Of 2019 Graduates After Camp Fire June 7, 2019 Thursday night — six months after a wildfire destroyed most of the California town and killed 85 people — the lights came on again at Paradise High School's football stadium. Of the 980 students at the school, about 900 lost their homes.
California's Largest Wildland Fire Was Started By Hammer Sparks June 7, 2019 (AP) — Sparks from a hammer driving a metal stake into the ground ignited a 2018 blaze in Mendocino County that killed a firefighter and became the largest wildland fire in state history, officials said Thursday.
California Will Allow Utilities Like PG&E To Cut Power To Prevent More Wildfires May 31, 2019 California regulators gave the green light to allowing utilities to cut off electricity to possibly hundreds of thousands of customers to avoid catastrophic wildfires, but said utilities must do a better job educating and notifying the public.
State Government California Leaders Won't Change Utilities' Liability For Now May 30, 2019 (AP) — Democratic leaders will not be changing the liability standard that imperils major utilities in wildfire prone areas, but will would make it easier for utilities to recover their wildfire costs if regulators determine they acted responsibly.
‘Always With Love’: Foreign Exchange Student Recounts Escape From The Camp Fire On Eve Of Graduation May 29, 2019 | Julia Mitric Valeria Romo Mejía, who fled Paradise during the Camp Fire, looks back on a tumultuous year abroad in California. Listen / Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Judge Approves $105M Fund For California Wildfire Survivors May 22, 2019 Pacific Gas & Electric Corp. received approval on Wednesday to establish a $105 million fund to help survivors of recent California wildfires started by the utility's equipment.
Nevada Reaches Tentative Settlement In Wildfire Lawsuit May 17, 2019 (AP) — The state of Nevada has reached a tentative settlement in an $80 million lawsuit filed by dozens of homeowners and insurance companies alleging negligence in a fire that destroyed 24 homes in 2016.
