October 30, 2017 | Sally Schilling
Sonoma County residents mourn loss of loved ones, thank first responders during wildfire memorial.
July 8, 2017
(AP) - A California official says the federal government has failed to pay the state $18 million for fighting wildfires on federal lands last year.
December 27, 2016 | Bob Moffitt
The Sacramento Fire Department is replacing four of its older engines.
June 24, 2016 | Ed Joyce
Four consecutive years of drought, millions of dead trees and summer heat, are all factors as thousands of firefighters work to control wildfires in California.
June 22, 2016 | Bob Moffitt
Members of five fire departments from the Sacramento region are in San Diego fighting the Border Fire.
June 17, 2016
(AP) — The FAA is investigating a near-miss between a hobby drone and a sheriff's helicopter in Reno during an aerial attack on a wind-whipped brush fire that was threatening dozens of suburban homes on the edge of the Sierra.
February 26, 2016
(AP) — Corrections officials say an inmate firefighter has died a day after she was struck by a large rock while battling a brush fire in Southern California.
August 14, 2015
(AP) - Hundreds of people yesterday lined the streets and highways near Lake Tahoe to pay their respects as a funeral procession passed for a 21-year-old Forest Service firefighter killed while responding to a Sierra wildfire.
August 10, 2015
(AP) - Several drone sightings near firefighting aircraft are fueling calls for more oversight and self-policing in the skies.
August 5, 2015 | Ben Adler
California is using thousands of state prison inmates this week to help fight more than 20 wildfires across the state. That’s despite fears that a reduction in the state’s prison population might lead to a shortage of available firefighters.
