Half containment holds Park Fire to 343 acres, evacuation order still in effect
The Park Fire on a wooded ridgeline near Anderson Lake outside Morgan Hill has now burned 343 acres and is 50 percent contained, ...
East Bay fire districts conduct training exercises with controlled burns in Concord, Moraga
The Moraga-Orinda Fire District is conducting a training burn Friday on the south side of the Campolindo ...
Air district urges public not to burn wood during virus outbreak
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District advised residents Friday to avoid burning wood during the novel ...
Twelve-acre North Orinda prescribed burn continues Saturday
A prescribed burn will continue Saturday at an area east of the San Pablo Reservoir, officials said.
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Smoke from Ranch Fire prompts air advisory through Wednesday
An air quality advisory due to smoke from the Ranch Fire in Tehama County has been extended ...
Heavy wildfire smoke prompts Tuesday Spare the Air alert
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has issued yet another Spare the Air alert for Tuesday because of smoke from the Kincade ...
West Contra Costa schools close at noon due to smoke, power outage
Power outages and poor air quality from wildfires have prompted the West Contra Costa Unified School District ...
Santa Clara County braces for power outage, poor air quality
As PG&E prepares for another Public Safety Power Shutoff throughout the state, the Santa Clara County Public ...
Spare the Air alert extends to Friday throughout Bay Area
A Spare the Air alert issued for Thursday by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District will ...
Heavy Kincade Fire smoke prompts Spare the Air alert
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has issued a Spare the Air alert for Thursday because ...
Officials issue shelter-in-place order for areas around Santa Rosa fire
The Santa Rosa Fire Department at the Sonoma County Fire District are fighting a multi-vehicle fire south of Santa Rosa Monday afternoon. A ...
Crews contain SFO maintenance facility fire
A fire at an airline maintenance facility near San Francisco International Airport Wednesday morning has been contained ...
Suisun City railroad fire prompts advisory to close windows, shut off air
Firefighters are battling a fire that started shortly before 7 p.m. Monday in a stack of railroad ...
Crews stop forward progress on Concord fire, 80 percent contained
Crews have stopped the forward progress of a brush fire that has burned 25 acres south of ...
Residents tie together bed sheets to escape San Rafael fire
Four people trapped by fire in an apartment in San Rafael Wednesday morning used bed sheets tied ...
Fire destroys Castro Valley liquor store
A fire destroyed a liquor store in Castro Valley early Thursday morning, an Alameda County battalion chief said.
Smoky air forecast for Labor Day weekend
An air quality advisory has been issued through the Labor Day holiday because of smoky skies expected ...
Twin Peaks fire sends one to hospital
Fire crews extinguished a 1-alarm fire near Twin Peaks in San Francisco early Thursday morning.
Homeless camp fire claims male victim
A male victim died in a fire Monday morning at a homeless encampment near Interstate Highway 980 ...
Tenderloin fire injures 1, displaces 3
One person suffered moderate smoke inhalation and three people were displaced in a two-alarm structure fire Thursday ...
Morning fire torches Livermore market
A fire that broke out at a downtown Livermore market early this morning caused an estimated $300,000 in damage.
Power restored after underground PG&E fire
Equipment in an underground power vault caught fire in downtown San Francisco early Tuesday morning, causing more ...
Recycling fire emits massive smoke plume
A four-alarm fire that started in an industrial area of Newark Friday afternoon is under control and ...
Smoke evacuates Burton Federal Building
A faulty motor caused smoke that led to the evacuation of five floors of the Phillip Burton ...
Four displaced, three cats killed in fire
A kitchen fire at a residence in Livermore displaced a family of four Friday.
Bed-ridden smoker starts fatal house fire
Firefighters are reminding people not to smoke in bed after a residential structure fire near Santa Rosa turned fatal Saturday night.
Three hurt in Marina apartment fire
Three people suffered smoke inhalation and two apartment buildings were damaged this morning during a two-alarm fire ...
Heater suspected in Outer Sunset fire
A fire in the basement of a residential building in San Francisco's Outer Sunset neighborhood Monday morning ...
Air district stiffens wood burning rules
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has strengthened its wood burning regulations, including prohibiting wood burning ...
Kids evacuated from fire at child care center
Dozens of children and adults safely evacuated from a one-alarm fire at a child care center in ...
Bay Bridge bike path to close for demolition work
Caltrans will periodically close the bike path on the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge over the next two weeks.
Valley Fire smoke triggers air advisory
Napa County officials Sunday are warning residents in the north part of the county that smoke from ...
Wildfire smoke settles over hazy Bay Area
Drifting smoke from wildfires in Northern California has been reported in at least four Bay Area counties ...
Foster City apartment fire displaces eight
A fire displaced eight and caused hundreds of thousands in damage to an apartment building in Foster ...
Pleasanton bans smoking in city parks
The Pleasanton City Council approved an ordinance Monday night to ban all smoking in city parks and ...
15 dogs die in ‘tragic’ kennel fire
Fifteen dogs died from smoke inhalation in a "heartbreaking" one-alarm fire at a pet spa in Monterey on Sunday.
