California utility to pay $55 million for massive wildfires
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ and MIKE LIEDTKE Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Pacific Gas & Electric has agreed to pay more than $55 million to…
Continue ReadingBy OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ and MIKE LIEDTKE Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Pacific Gas & Electric has agreed to pay more than $55 million to…
Continue ReadingSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Investigators are trying to determine the cause of a weekend fire that ripped through a barn and killed several animals…
Continue ReadingSanta Barbara County firefighters contained a small fire in the kitchen that had spread to cabinets and an inside wall of the Orcutt…
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — The National Weather Service is warning of weekend fire danger from Sacramento to Redding driven by strong winds, low humidity…
Continue ReadingFire crews were dispatched to Main Street at Hartman Drive in Ventura to find a growing fire inside of a parked motorhome…
Continue ReadingPaso Robles residents can expect to see goats and sheep grazing firebreaks along the Salinas River on Sunday in an attempt to lower the risk of…
Continue ReadingA structure fire Wednesday morning in NIpomo destroyed a building located in the strawberry fields along Orchard…
Continue ReadingUnseasonably hot weather in the forecast for this week is raising concerns about increasing fire danger in all parts of the Central…
Continue ReadingAround 120 piles of brush, understory fuels, and duff accumulation at will be burned as part of a two-week long planned burn in San Luis Obispo…
Continue ReadingRoughly one ace of brush will be burned on Painted Cave Road off Highway 154 in southern Santa Barbara County on Tuesday and…
Continue ReadingSanta Barbara County Fire is on scene for a two-acre vegetation fire in Cuyama near Highway 166 and Rockfront Ranch on Friday…
Continue ReadingCrews will burn approximately one acre of brush as part of a planned burn along Painted Cave Road scheduled for Thursday and…
Continue ReadingThe Santa Barbara County Fire Department was responding to a vehicle turnover on southbound Highway 101 along the Gaviota Coast on Wednesday…
Continue ReadingSANTA BARBARA, Calif. – The California Highway Patrol (CHP) responded to an accident on the southbound side of Highway 101 just south of Milpas…
Continue ReadingThe Paso Robles Fire Department knocked down a quarter-acre vegetation fire that sparked in a homeless encampment within the city on Monday…
Continue ReadingA planned burn along Highway 229 near the Webster Fire burn area in San Luis Obispo County is set to start on Tuesday and continue through…
Continue ReadingFirefighters are containing a 1/4 acre vegetation fire in Los Osos near Butte Dr. and Nevada…
Continue ReadingSANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. – The Bucket Brigade is putting out a call for all hands on deck. Volunteers are needed this weekend to help with the…
Continue ReadingFirefighters responded to multiple spot fires near Highway 166 in Santa Maria on Friday afternoon, crews are currently on the scene ensuring…
Continue ReadingBetween one and 10 acres of slash from dead trees and brush near Figueroa Mountain are planned to to be burned over the course of three days…
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