Wildfire

Full recovery from California wildfires may take years

A Santa Rosa fireman rings a bell 42 times during a Day of Remembrance memorial for victims of California wildfires…

October 29, 2017

GOP targets environmental rules after wildfires

Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said lawmakers will vote next week on a bill to loosen environmental regulations for forest-thinning…

October 26, 2017

Local News

Congress gives the go-ahead on another round of disaster relief funding

$600 million to be used specifically to pay back the costs of fighting 2017 fires

October 24, 2017

Nation & World

Bipartisan Senate bill aims to prevent Western wildfires

A Pacific Gas & Electric crew work on replacing poles on Wednesday in Glen Ellen, Calif. California fire officials have…

October 19, 2017

Nation & World

Wildfires worsen housing crunch in famously costly Bay Area

Now, Finzell wonders if that will be her fate too, as the wildfires that charred California wine country send thousands…

October 18, 2017

Nation & World

Californians head back home to altered lives, communities

A fire burns northeast of Los Angles near the summit of Mount Wilson early Tuesday. Firefighters on the ground and…

October 17, 2017

Nation & World

Better weather gives leg up to crews on California wildfires

The improving weather and tightening containment of the flames were tempered by the first death from the firefighting effort –…

October 16, 2017

Nation & World

Portugal wildfires kill at least 35; 4 dead in Spain

In neighboring Spain, wildfires have also killed at least four people and prompted the evacuation of thousands in the northwest…

October 16, 2017

Regional News

U.S., states struggle to pay spiraling cost of fighting fires

FILE–In this Oct. 9, 2017, file photo, firefighters battle flames along Jamboree Road in Orange, Calif. The long and brutal…

October 15, 2017

Nation & World

California firefighters say their ‘gaining upper hand’

While the danger from the deadliest, most destructive cluster of blazes in California history was far from over, the smoky…

October 15, 2017

Nation & World

Hopes and plans destroyed overnight by deadly wildfires

Fresh flowers are placed on Sunday in the Coffey Park neighborhood in Santa Rosa, Calif., that was devastated by a…

October 15, 2017

Nation & World

Emergency alerts draw complaints in fast-moving wildfires

Fleeing residents from across Northern California wine country, where at least 31 people have died in wildfires that started Sunday,…

October 13, 2017

Regional News

Killer wildfires continue to menace California’s wine country

24 dead and hundreds missing

October 12, 2017

Nation & World

Winds whip new terror into deadly California wildfires

Three days after the fires began, firefighters were still unable to gain control of the blazes that had turned entire…

October 11, 2017

Nation & World

Smoke, ash from wildfires blanket California cities

The fast-moving blazes produced thick, gray clouds that hovered over densely populated areas in Northern and Southern California, forcing many…

October 10, 2017

Nation & World

California wine country fire death toll hits 10

The Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office tweeted Monday that seven fire-related deaths were reported from fires there. California fire officials reported…

October 9, 2017

Local News

Prescribed burn planned for Lone Mesa

will thin forest, improve habitat

October 8, 2017

Local News

Wildfire north of McPhee Reservoir contained, Forest Service says

from 3 districts responded to Hoppe Point Fire

September 25, 2017

Nation & World

Forest Service spends record $2B battling forest fires

The Eagle Creek wildfire burns Sept. 5 on the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge near Cascade Locks, Ore.…

September 14, 2017

Regional News

Erratic winds spread small lightning-caused fire in Colorado

MAYBELL – A lightning-caused wildfire in northwestern Colorado is threatening some structures as erratic winds push the flames in multiple…

September 11, 2017

Regional News

The U.S. West had a snowy winter, so why the fiery summer?

weather hastened snowmelt

September 10, 2017

Local News

Crews monitoring small fire on Missionary Ridge

visible from highway

September 8, 2017

Local News

Crews using burnout operations on Draw Fire

blaze is near Dolores

September 8, 2017

Local News

Quarter-acre fire burning on Missionary Ridge

Smoke from the small, lightning-caused wildland fire could be seen from Rockwood and the Glacier Club, said Ann Bond, public…

September 7, 2017