The smoky air caused by a string of wildfires has made the ongoing heat wave feel even worse. Add a pandemic, and you have a recipe for one miserable summer. Have faith. We have made it through devastating wildfires and unbearable heat waves before, and we will again....
As CalFire prepares for an early fire season, they’ll have to do it with fewer firefighters than usual. With firefighters worried about contracting and spreading COVID-19 among their colleagues and the public, fire departments are bracing for a season with fewer...
Firefighters who battled the Tubbs Fire in 2017 have tested for high levels of toxic exposure according to a study released yesterday. The study, conducted by the San Francisco Firefighters Cancer Prevention Foundation, found the firefighters'...
More than two years have passed since a blaze destroyed the live/work space called the Ghost Ship, killing 36 people. Yesterday, the trial involving defendants Derick Almena and Max Harris finally got underway, after stalls on the part of defendants' attorneys,...
Firefighters contained the wind-fueled fires in Napa and Sonoma counties that burned more than 200,000 acres and killed more than 40 people. As the smoke clears and the media turns to other tragedies, this is when the real work begins. During the long holiday...
Less than four months after the Ghost Ship fire claimed 36 young lives, another fire destroyed a large Oakland building plagued with safety violations. Three people died and more lost their homes in the latest fire, which broke out the morning of March 26. The...
The happiest place on Earth wasn't so chipper this week when a fire broke out in Disneyland's main parking structure. The blaze injured seven people and damaged eight cars according to authorities. As of press time, authorities hadn't determined the cause of the fire,...
