With well over 4 million acres burned in California this year, more than 16,500 fire personnel continue to battle 23 major wildfires across the state. Red flag warnings subsided Friday, but they were brought back with urgency Saturday as officials warned residents of hot and dry weather. The National Weather […]
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This has been anything but a normal year, but when I first saw the lightning strikes, I thought, even for 2020, this is crazy. Waking me from sleep in my San Francisco home, forks of lightning lit up the pitch-black sky at a terrifying frequency and with deafening roars. It was beautiful. […]
Firefighters work to put out embers from the El Dorado Fire in Yucaipa on Monday. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times) As several wildfires raged across Southern California on a third day of excessive heat, the National Forest Service announced unprecedented closures of campgrounds and trails amid the largest fire […]
The LNU Lightning Complex Fire is continuing to surge through the North Bay area on Thursday after scorching more than 215,000 acres of Solano, Yolo, Napa, Sonoma and Lake counties. Containment of the series of wildfires that make up the LNU Complex Fire remained at 0% Thursday night, and more […]
We’ve dropped the paywall on this article delivering critical public safety information in this developing story. Please consider a digital subscription to The Bee to support local journalists. The LNU Lightning Complex Fire is continuing to surge through the North Bay area on Thursday after scorching more than 131,000 acres […]
We’ve dropped the paywall on this article delivering critical public safety information in this developing story. Please consider a digital subscription to The Bee to support local journalists. The LNU Lightning Complex Fire is continuing to surge through the North Bay area on Thursday after scorching more than 131,000 acres […]
The It List is Yahoo’s weekly look at the best in pop culture, including movies, music, TV, streaming, games, books, podcasts and more. During the coronavirus pandemic, when most of us are staying at home, we’re going to spotlight things you can enjoy from your couch, whether solo or in […]
News that Kimberly Guilfoyle contracted the coronavirus had barely surfaced on July 3 before she hopped on a private flight from Mt. Rushmore back to Washington, D.C. with her boyfriend, Donald Trump, Jr. Left behind in her wake after Donald Trump’s pre-Independence Day address were more than a half-dozen junior […]
CLOSE Autoplay Show Thumbnails Show Captions Last SlideNext Slide A timeline of long-term goals for restoring Whiskeytown National Recreation Area has been pushed back after park staff learned damage from the 2018 Carr Fire was even greater than previously thought. The change in plans follows a two-year, in-depth environmental assessment, the […]
CLOSE Autoplay Show Thumbnails Show Captions Last SlideNext Slide Visitors to Whiskeytown National Recreation Area will see some new features and restored facilities at the park this summer. That’s after park staff rangers spent much of the past year restoring areas of Whiskeytown damaged by the Carr Fire in summer 2018, and the floods that […]
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Sara Cummings, clad in an arctic-white anorak, baggy forest green cargo pants and thick-soled white hiking boots, is about to step in front of the camera at the Reese Cooper fashion show and lookbook shoot. This, in and of itself, isn’t noteworthy; this is the third job the L.A.-based model […]
Eric Marotta | Akron Beacon Journal The empty, two-story house off Stanford Road in Northfield Center had once been the destination for thrill seekers following the legend of haunted “Helltown,” until the owner had it moved to avoid having it condemned by the county. Now investigators are attempting to determine […]
ELK COUNTY/JOHNSONBURG, Pa. (WTAJ) — An Elk County man has been charged with arson after police say he intentionally set the Johnsonburg Hotel on fire last week. As firefighters worked to put out the December 30 blaze that destroyed the vacant former Johnsonburg Hotel at 615 E. Center Street, 30-year-old Andrew Higdon allegedly confessed to already […]
In Terre Hill, in the early 1980s, my father, William F. Stirk, rescued and set about restoring a 1938 REO Speed Wagon firetruck that was originally commissioned by the Bainbridge Fire Department. Harvey the firetruck’s restoration process was not foremost in my mind when I was a high school and […]
article ATLANTA – An Atlanta business owner has faced unexpected hardships this year, but she hasn’t let it get in the way of achieving her goal. Tammy Gammon is the owner of Three Dream Designs, a business that sells handmade accessories, clothing, and paintings. Gammon, a former educator, started creating […]
Amazon used to pretty much keep its deals and discounts to Cyber Monday and Amazon Prime Day. But this year, the online retailer is joining the rest of the shopping world with week-long Black Friday deals, lasting until the day after Thanksgiving. Want more Black Friday savings? Here’s where to […]
Lafayette Parish officials want voters to rededicate a parishwide property tax approved for arts, culture and recreation in 2017 to fire protection in unincorporated areas and to parish roads and bridges. The rededication is on the Nov. 3 ballot. Parish Councilman Kevin Naquin supports the measure which, he said, will […]
Can Americans still have a sensible and friendly political discussion across the partisan divide? The answer is yes, and we intend to prove it. Julie Roginsky, a Democrat, and Mike DuHaime, a Republican, are consultants who have worked on opposite teams for their entire careers yet have remained friends throughout. Here, they discuss […]
Demolition of the Reardon block to make way for Riverside Place in 1990. (Photo provided) Demolition of the Reardon block to make way for Riverside Place in 1990. (Photo provided) Demolition of the Reardon block to make way for Riverside Place in 1990. (Photo provided) Demolition of the Reardon block […]