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Ranch Fire Breaks Out in Santa Cruz County, California
4+ day, 19+ hour ago (339+ words) A new wildfire dubbed the Ranch Fire was first discovered burning on private land in Santa Cruz County at 2:14 p.m. Monday, with no containment status or determined cause reported as of Monday evening. The blaze adds one more ignition to a…...
Big Sur fires continue to grow, burning area larger than Oakland
1+ week, 4+ day ago (506+ words) The Plaskett Fire burning south of Big Sur continued to spread aggressively on Monday, exploding to thousands of acres since the weekend. In a Monday news release from the U.S. Army Fort Hunter Liggett Public Affairs Office, officials said there is…...
The climate is changing, and so is Burning Man
1+ week, 5+ day ago (1581+ words) FILE: Burning Man festival participants endure a dust storm on the playa within the Black Rock Desert in Gerlach, Nev. Burning Man is known for many things, but mild weather is not one of them. Last summer, the 70,000-person desert…...
Big Sur wildfires grow as 40-mile stretch of Highway 1 and businesses close
2+ week, 1+ day ago (800+ words) Current map of the Timber Fire. After nearly three weeks, two massive wildfires are continuing to grow in Big Sur, prompting new evacuations, highway shutdowns and business closures. The Timber Fire, which started Aug. 8 southeast of Loma Vista on a…...
2 wildfires burn along California's scenic Big Sur coast
2+ week, 2+ day ago (186+ words) Fire crews with water-dropping aircraft attacked a small wildfire that prompted new evacuations Thursday along California's remote Big Sur coast, where a much larger blaze has been burning for nearly three weeks. The Plaskett Fire erupted the previous day in…...
Caltrans spending $500,000 to remove eucalyptus trees in Montera – NBC Bay Area
2+ week, 2+ day ago (488+ words) Crews have begun to clear stands of highly flammable eucalyptus trees from Caltrans land that homeowners in the San Mateo County town of Montera had pushed to remove ahead of this fire season. Jaxon Van Derbeken reports. Using chainsaws and…...
San Jose to remove more dead or dying trees
2+ week, 4+ day ago (201+ words) More dead or dying trees in San Jose will soon be cut down. Last week, the city started to remove 32 trees in the Circle of Palms downtown because they were diseased and at risk of falling. Now, the city plans…...
How Tahoe became the exception to our political divide
3+ week, 1+ day ago (1344+ words) The bright-hot sun was rising high in the sky above Sand Harbor in Lake Tahoe on Wednesday when all four of the U.S. senators from California and Nevada and two representatives joined the governor of Nevada, the leader of the Washoe…...
Emergency removal of trees in San Jose’s Circle of Palms
3+ week, 3+ day ago (202+ words) The city of San Jose will begin the emergency removal Thursday of all 32 palm trees that make up the iconic Circle of Palms. The city is expected to begin removing the trees at 10 a.m. The work could take up to nine…...
Timber Fire grows to nearly 5,000 acres as containment increases to 12%
4+ week, 12+ hour ago (259+ words) The Timber Fire in the unincorporated Big Sur area of Monterey County was 12% contained on Saturday afternoon after growing to nearly 5,000 acres. The fire in Los Padres National Forest was at about 4,870 acres as of Cal Fire's update at 2 p.m. Fire…...