Aug 30 Two-week-old wildfire threatens Lake Tahoe area By Noah Berger, Associated Press Fire officials ordered more evacuations near Lake Tahoe and told other residents to be ready to leave as a destructive fire roared through forests southwest of the alpine lake that straddles the California-Nevada state line. Continue reading
Aug 29 Crews battle to protect Lake Tahoe region from wildfire By Associated Press Firefighters faced a critical day in efforts to prevent a massive California wildfire from reaching the Lake Tahoe resort region Saturday, hoping to take advantage of calmer winds before hot, heavy gusts return. Continue reading
Aug 26 California wildfire dangers may be spreading across state By Christopher Weber, John Antczak, Associated Press A wildfire that burned several homes near Los Angeles may signal that the region is facing the same dangers that have scorched Northern California this summer. Continue reading
Aug 21 Judge: California ride-hailing law is unconstitutional By Brian Melley, Associated Press A judge Friday struck down a California ballot measure that exempted Uber and other app-based ride-hailing and delivery services from a state law requiring drivers to be classified as employees eligible for benefits and job protections. Continue reading
Aug 19 Watch 3:34 ‘Nearly every acre’ in California has potential to burn, state fire official warns By Lisa Desjardins, Meredith Lee Hot, dry conditions continue to fuel over a dozen wildfires in California, mostly in the state's northern quarter. Fire officials said they were seeing a "generational destruction of forests." Six of the seven largest fires on record in California have… Continue watching
Aug 11 California to require COVID-19 vaccine or test for teachers By Jocelyn Gecker, Associated Press Several large school districts in the state have issued similar requirements in recent days, including San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose and the Long Beach Unified school districts. Continue reading
Aug 11 Huge California fire grows as Montana blaze threatens towns By Associated Press California’s largest single wildfire in recorded history continued to grow after destroying nearly 550 homes while authorities in Montana ordered evacuations as a wind-driven blaze roared toward several remote communities. Continue reading
Aug 10 Watch 6:54 California prison inmates become a critical resource for fighting wildfires By William Brangham, Sam Lane, Lena I. Jackson The Dixie Fire, now the second-largest in California history, continues to burn northern parts of the state. It comes as California faces a shortage of firefighters, a scenario that's bringing new attention to a critical firefighting resource: prison inmates. William… Continue watching
Aug 06 Watch 1:57 California’s Dixie Fire burns its way into the record books A catastrophic fire in northern California continued spreading on Friday. It already engulfed one town as it burned into the record books. Amna Nawaz reports. Continue watching
Aug 06 Wildfire explodes to third-largest in California history By Christopher Weber, Noah Berger, Associated Press People in the tiny mountain town of Greenville are mourning after California's largest fire incinerated much of the downtown. Authorities say at least 100 homes in and around the Sierra Nevada community burned as the wind-driven Dixie Fire exploded Wednesday… Continue reading