It is with bemusement that I observe the ecstasy exhibited by local democrats at Gov. Gavin Newsom’s panicked redistricting plan, Prop 50. Audrey Denney, an excellent candidate whom I voted for twice, ...

A new wildfire was reported today at 6:50 p.m. in Lassen County, California. Peak Fire has been burning on private land. At ...

Lassen Volcanic National Park, one of America’s least crowded national treasures, lies about an hour’s drive away, featuring otherworldly hydrothermal areas, pristine mountain lakes, and hiking trails ...

Here’s a roundup of actions taken by the Lassen County Board of Supervisors at its Tuesday, Sept. 16 meeting. The board met in closed session to consider two items — a conference with labor ...

The Garnet Fire has scorched nearly 60,000 acres of the Sierra Nevada in central California. The wildfire burning in the mountains northeast of Fresno was 85% contained as of Tuesday, Sept. 16, after ...

The 1-3 and 1-4 fires in Madera and Mariposa County, which started Tuesday evening, have burned nearly 4,000 acres combined. Madera-Mariposa-Merced CAL FIRE Battalion Chief Mike Houk says both fires ...

A stunning image shows the Garnet Fire approaching infrastructure near the historic Fence Meadow Lookout. It's unclear at this time whether the lookout, constructed in 1934, has sustained any damage.

Smoke from the Garnet Fire rises, obscuring the sun in the Sierra National Forest southeast of Shaver Lake along McKinley Grove Road Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. ERIC PAUL ZAMORA [email protected] A ...

California funds new research into firefighter cancer risks from urban wildfires. Study will track 3,500 firefighters over two years to analyze toxic exposures. Officials pursue upgraded regulations, ...

FRESNO, Calif. – People in parts of Central California and western Nevada remain under a Dense Smoke Advisory as the lightning-caused Garnet Fire rages in the West despite around-the-clock efforts to ...

ARE NOW LIFTED. AND AS WE CONTINUE THROUGH. FIRE, FIRE SEASON AND GET CLOSER TO THE PEAK WILDFIRE SEASON, DOZENS OF FIRE DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE STATE ARE RECEIVING NEARLY $1 MILLION WORTH OF GRANTS.