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Fire officials give the all-clear after overnight lightning strikes hit Santa Cruz County

Cal Fire said the region experienced 173 lightning strikes within a 24 hour period, five of which were confirmed within the ...

Gold Rush town burns as lightning-sparked wildfires rage in CA foothills

A wave of lightning-sparked wildfires burned across the Sierra Nevada foothills of Central California on Wednesday, torching dry hillsides and threatening historic Gold Rush-era towns as fire crews ...
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Firefighters rely heavily on aircraft to battle SCU Lightning Complex Fire on difficult terrain

SUNOL, Calif. (KGO) -- As the SCU Lightning Complex Fire has turned into the second-largest wildfire in the state's history. Firefighters are relying heavily on air support to contain it. The wildfire ...

‘A different experience’ imagined at Big Basin Redwoods State Park 5 years after the CZU fires

California’s oldest state park — Big Basin Redwoods — thrived for 118 years, but it took less than 24 hours for almost all of ...

Wildfire Grants Boost Safety on Central Coast

Don Dahvee Park, while Bonny Doon reopens key escape route for Pineridge residents after devastating CZU fire.

Regional: Lawmakers Introduce Bill To Keep Wildfire Survivor Aid Tax-Free Through 2032

Rep. Doug LaMalfa, R-Richvale, introduced the bipartisan Protect Innocent Victims of Taxation After Fire Extension Act, which ...

Map: Fires in TCU Lightning Complex and Gold Country evacuations

Those two fires were among 22 in the TCU September Lightning Complex, in Tuolumne and Calaveras counties. On Wednesday, six of them were 150 acres or larger. Cal Fire put the complex’s combined area ...