CALIFORNIA, USA — In an instant, hordes of firefighters traveled hundreds of miles from their homes to the Kincade Fire in Sonoma County to help Californians in need. Nearly 300 fire departments, operational areas, and protection districts charged toward fire line of the raging Kincade Fire, a fire that has forced nearly 200,000 people to… Keep Reading
Brides are told to always expect the unexpected on their wedding day. But that took on a new meaning for a Chicago couple who got married in California’s wine country during the Kincade Fire. Curtis and Katie Ferland traveled from the Windy City to have their dream destination wedding in Sonoma County Saturday, according to the Mercury News. When… Keep Reading
Four months after a Stanislaus County jury found Frank Carson not guilty of murder, the defense attorney is working on moving forward with his life and career, but that is not to say he is ready to let bygones be bygones. Carson and brothers, Baljit Athwal and Daljit Atwal, who own the Pop N’ Cork… Keep Reading
Pacific Gas & Electric says it will go forward with another round of power shut-offs in 29 Northern California counties to prevent powerful winds from damaging equipment and sparking fires. PG&E says the latest planned blackout will affect 605,000 customers — about 1.5 million people — starting early Tuesday. It’s unclear how many of the more… Keep Reading
Rep. Josh Harder, D-Turlock, slammed the utility company PG&E for their widespread blackouts in California while giving executives bonuses in a floor speech on October 23, 2019. Continue Reading on McClatchy Keep Reading
SAN FRANCISCO — With its blue skies and bustling tourist traffic, this California city is doing its best to appear normal. But a closer look reveals a level of chaos more typical of a Hollywood disaster movie. Downed trees, hurricane force winds, whitecaps on the bay and widespread power outages were the supporting cast of a drama that played up and down… Keep Reading
The Governor Has Declared a State of Emergency. Gov. Gavin Newsom of California declared a state of emergency on Sunday, saying the high winds that have been fueling the blazes in the state were “unprecedented” and pleading with people in evacuation zones to flee. The Kincade fire, the largest of more than a dozen wildfires now active… Keep Reading
(CNN)A raging wildfire that forced massive evacuations in Northern California scorched thousands of acres in hours — and is expected to keep growing. The Kincade Fire ignited Wednesday night in Sonoma County, and burned 16,000 acres by Thursday night. It was fueled in part by high winds that had already prompted California electric utilities to intentionally… Keep Reading
Two people died and one person suffered major injuries Thursday in a head-on traffic collision in Merced County. The California Highway Patrol said the crash happened at 5:30 a.m. on Santa Fe Drive, near East Avenue, just south of Denair. A woman and a male passenger were pronounced dead at the scene. A third man… Keep Reading
PORTLAND, Ore. – A Portland woman is asking for help finding her globetrotting “Ernie” doll that went missing during a recent trip she took to California. Annie Bunnie says her doll, which looks like the Muppet “Ernie” from “Sesame Street,” has traveled the world with her. She has hundreds of photos of the doll visiting… Keep Reading
