California California funds two innovative wildfire technologies in Butte CountyThe Mercury News - Chico Er SACRAMENTO — California is funding two companies to develop prototypes of innovative firefighting technology over the next few months in four …
California What wildfires did to one Northern California town’s schools in four yearsThe Mercury News - Ricardo Cano LAKE COUNTY — Catherine Stone pulled into a packed parking lot at Middletown High School on the hot and excessively windy Saturday of September 12, …
California PG&E gas bills will head higher, company says in filingThe Mercury News - George Avalos PG&E customers face higher monthly bills linked to a gas transmission and storage case approved by state regulators, according to the company and an …
California Map: Taboose Fire again whipped by high windsThe Mercury News - Bay Area News Group Frequent high winds have hindered the containment of the Taboose Fire, burning for two weeks on the eastern slope of the Sierra near Big Pine. After …
California Map: Walker Fire nears containment after 2 weeksThe Mercury News - Bay Area News Group All evacuation orders have been lifted for the Walker Fire, which is 96 percent contained as it nears the two-week point. As of Tuesday morning, the …
California As wildfires worsen, U.S. Forest Service seeks 1,500 temporary workers in CaliforniaThe Mercury News - Steve Scauzillo With temperatures rising due to global climate change and millions of forest trees dying from heat and pest infestations every year, the potential …
San Francisco Bay Area As fire season heats up, insurance companies drop long-time clientsThe Mercury News - Emily DeRuy Frances Mann-Craik loves living amid the trees along Highway 35. But her quiet life in the mountains above Silicon Valley is about to get a lot more …
Inyo County, CA Walker Fire map: 50,000 acres burned, forest still closedThe Mercury News - Bay Area News Group The Walker Fire burning in Plumas County has exceeded 50,000 acres, and firefighters are hurrying to strengthen containment lines in the face of hot …
California PG&E reaches $11 billion deal with California wildfire insurersThe Mercury News - Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Pacific Gas & Electric has agreed to pay $11 billion to a group of insurance companies representing claimants from deadly …
California Opinion: Why turning off power to combat California wildfires could be ineffectiveThe Mercury News - Joie Acosta California utility companies are increasingly triggering power outages by their own accord to try to prevent wildfires. But the practice may endanger …
California Walker Fire map: Evacuations reduced as rain helps firefightersThe Mercury News - Bay Area News Group Rain Tuesday allowed firefighters to increase containment of the week-old Walker Fire in Plumas County, the biggest California wildfire so far this …
California Fire fall: Potential for ‘large’ wildfires in Northern California above averageThe Mercury News - Laura Urseny REDDING — An outlook that includes words like drier, warmer, gusty winds from the north and east, thunderstorms and lightning aren’t what north state …
Pacific Crest Trail Taboose Fire map: Pacific Crest Trail hikers' resupply is blockedThe Mercury News - Bay Area News Group The high winds forecast for Monday night bypassed Eastern Sierra’s Taboose Fire, sparing the area a repeat of the weekend’s wind-whipped acceleration …
California Evacuation warnings for NorCal Swedes Fire lifted; containment up to 40 percentThe Mercury News - Jake Hutchison OROVILLE — Residents in the area of Chinese Wall Road slowly filed back into their homes fresh off the scare of the Swedes Fire which forced them out …
California Taboose Fire map: Hikers stranded, cars burn at Eastern Sierra trailheadThe Mercury News - Bay Area News Group A wildfire burning just east of Kings Canyon National Park has closed several recreational trails and required the helicopter evacuation of stranded …
Wildfires PG&E files bankruptcy exit plan that caps payments to wildfire victimsThe Mercury News - George Avalos PG&E filed a proposal on Monday with a federal court that plots a roadmap for the disgraced and utility to navigate out of bankruptcy and pay off its …
California Walker Fire map: Perimeter, evacuations, forest closure zone in Plumas CountyThe Mercury News - Bay Area News Group The Walker Fire, the biggest in California so far this season, grew by nine square miles on Sunday, but activity has decreased across the burn …
California Swedes Fire near Oroville is 400 acres, 30 percent contained; evacuation orders downgraded to warningsThe Mercury News - Natalie Hanson OROVILLE — The Swedes Fire, burning north of Bangor, was still about 400 acres Sunday evening. The fire was 30 percent contained Sunday evening, up …
California Walker Fire map: Perimeter of California's biggest wildfire this seasonThe Mercury News - Bay Area News Group A fire burning in Plumas County is the largest in California so far this season. By Saturday evening the Walker Fire had burned 24,040 acres (37 …
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection Swedes Fire map: Evacuations ordered in Butte County near OrovilleThe Mercury News - Bay Area News Group A wildfire in Butte County forced evacuations Saturday night, authorities said. The Butte County area of the California Department of Forestry and …
California Walker Fire map: California's largest wildfire of summer burning in Plumas CountyThe Mercury News - Bay Area News Group A wildfire burning in Plumas County has become California’s largest this season. The Walker Fire, which started Wednesday, had by 11 a.m. Saturday …
Yreka, CA Red Bank Fire in rural Tehama County burns over 7,000 acresThe Mercury News - Nico Savidge RED BLUFF — A large fire continues to burn and grow in the remote mountains of Tehama County. But while officials have expanded evacuation orders, as …
California Hurricanes and other weather disasters are becoming more frequent and more expensiveThe Mercury News - Kurt Snibbe We do not know the final toll of Hurricane Dorian, the most recent storm to hit the Bahamas and the U.S. coastline. According to the National Oceanic …
Mendocino County Fire burning out of control in Tehama County torches 6,000 acresThe Mercury News - Nico Savidge TEHAMA COUNTY — A fast-growing fire burning out of control in a remote area southwest of Redding is forcing evacuations, authorities said. The Red …
California Southern California wildfire: Almost 1,000 acres burned, hundreds evacuatedThe Mercury News - Jonah Valdez A fast-moving fire in Riverside County exploded to nearly 1,000 acres within five hours and has forced the evacuation of hundreds of residents in the …
California Santa Cruz police arrest two in apartment building fireThe Mercury News - Jessica York SANTA CRUZ — In the hours after a San Lorenzo Valley wildland fire was contained to 10 acres Tuesday night, fire crews were battling back-to-back …
California How could a fire incinerate a 75-foot dive boat so fast?The Mercury News - John Woolfolk As investigators probe Monday’s deadly dive boat fire near Santa Barbara, a key unanswered question was how flames could so quickly consume the …
California California’s food deserts, insecurity can worsen after wildfiresThe Mercury News - Natalie Hanson CHICO — Years of accelerating rates of homelessness and food insecurity have driven the growing need for food in Butte County, and statewide. After …
Southern California Edison What to know as California’s peak fire months loomThe Mercury News - Julie Cart California fire officials have learned through hard experience to temper their optimism. Having just endured more than a decade of rampaging fires — …
