Wildfire

Twenty fires are continuing to burn in the Klamath National Forest in Siskiyou County after a lightning storm Tuesday.

Gov. Newsom deployed California Urban Search & Rescue Task Forces to aid in the recovery of a deadly wildfire in Maui which has killed more than 90 people.

Cultivating Place welcomes Dr. Adrienne Edwards and Rachel Schleiger, biologists, botanists, gardeners, and authors of the new book Firescaping Your Home, a manual for readiness in wildfire country – including 640 resilient native plant recommendations with a focus on native plants of California, Oregon, and Washington but widely applicable across wildfire-prone region.

July 29 marked one year since the McKinney Fire tore through the small town of Klamath River in Siskiyou County. Residents gathered on the anniversary to commemorate.

Last winter’s precipitation brought necessary moisture to a drought-stricken California.

Saturday marked one year since the McKinney Fire killed four people and destroyed more than 200 homes in the small community of Klamath River in Siskiyou County. Also, Saturday and Sunday marked two years since the Monument and McFarland fires, and officials at the state’s health insurance marketplace — Covered California — will begin using penalties levied against uninsured people to reduce out-of-pocket spending for enrollees.

Some North State residents are getting nervous about wildfires now that daily highs are regularly in the triple digits. We turn to Zeke Lunder — wildfire scientist and founder of The Lookout — for more on this year’s peak wildfire season. Also, the Redding City Council weighs in on a controversial and costly decision by the Shasta County Board of Supervisors to have all elections counted by hand, and if you’re headed to see Taylor Swift perform in Santa Clara this month the city will actually be called “Swiftie Clara” while you’re there.

The future looks uncertain for a project that would bring more than 70 early warning evacuation sirens to fire-prone communities in Butte County.

Extreme heat is expected once again in the North State starting Friday. Also, Farmers Insurance has stopped offering some types of policies altogether and placed caps on them, and Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a handful of bills he says will help the state meet its ambitious climate goals.

After several years of devastating wildfires, California lawmakers want to give hefty raises to Cal Fire firefighters. The deal could tie the governor’s hands in contracts.