June 15, 2021 Monday Afternoon Wildfire in South San Jose Contained in 4 Hours By Silicon Valley Newsroom About the same time and the same location as the 35-acre Silicon Fire, PG&E responded to a report that metallic balloons had come into contact with transmission lines. Read More 0
December 21, 2020 Whack and Stack: PG&E’s Toppling of Trees to Prevent Fire Creates New Hazards By Julie Cart, CalMatters In an attempt to prevent wildfires, the utility company is removing vegetation from around power lines. Read More 2
September 23, 2020 Report: Coe Park Plants, Wildlife Will Thrive Following SCU Fire By Michael Moore State Parks issued an early damage assessment of Coe Park, an eastern Santa Clara County open space: “Built to Burn.” Read More 3
September 9, 2020 Fire-Scorched Bay Area Begins the Long Process of Rebuilding By Jacob Pierce and Jennifer Wadsworth The fires include the CZU Complex, which ripped through the Santa Cruz Mountains to become the state’s ninth-most destructive fire. Read More 1
September 2, 2020 Revisiting the Civil Grand Jury Report That Warned About Santa Cruz County’s Wildfire Risk By Jacob Pierce A grand jury report called out several factors that make the Santa Cruz Mountains and surrounding areas particularly vulnerable. Read More 2
August 30, 2020 Bay Area, Central Coast Fires: 1,500+ Structures Leveled So Far By Tony Nuñez The SCU, CZU and LNU Lightning complexes, River Fire and Carmel Fire have chewed through 892,313 acres across 15 counties. Read More 0
August 26, 2020 SCU Fires 25 Percent Contained By Jennifer Wadsworth Firefighters made significant progress against the SCU Complex in the past day, allowing Cal Fire to ease some evacuation orders. Read More 0
August 26, 2020 Bay Area Gets Devastating Welcome to Era of Megafires By Jennifer Wadsworth California has never seen anything like the lightning fires that struck amid a pandemic, rolling blackouts and a record heatwave. Read More 13
August 25, 2020 Some Evacuation Orders Ease Up, But Officials Say California ‘Megafires’ Could Burn for Weeks By Jennifer Wadsworth The fires east of Santa Clara Valley have grown to more than 365,000 acres, making it the largest active fire in California. Read More 1
August 24, 2020 WATCH: Lightning Complex Updates From Cal Fire, San Jose By Silicon Valley Newsroom Cal Fire and San Jose city officials broadcast updates about the Bay Area lightning fires in a series of video broadcasts. Read More 0
August 24, 2020 Authorities Warn Looters to Stay Away From Fire Evacuation Zones By Todd Guild In addition to cracking down on looting, officials said, they’re also trying to ensure that everyone complies with stay-away orders. Read More 3
August 24, 2020 Lightning Mostly Spares South Bay; Red Flag Warning Lifted By Jennifer Wadsworth Fires raging all around the South Bay continue to close in, prompting new evacuation orders in the Tri-Valley, Morgan Hill and Los Gatos. Read More 0
August 23, 2020 East SJ Residents Urged to Pack Bags Following New Evac Orders By Silicon Valley Newsroom Officials announced new evacuation decrees for the SCU Complex of southbound fires burning to the east of San Jose. Read More 0
August 23, 2020 340,000-Acre SCU Complex Triggers New Evacuation Orders By Jennifer Wadsworth With just 10 percent containment this morning, Cal Fire officials issued new evacuation orders for Sunol, Livermore and Fremont. Read More 3
August 22, 2020 LIVE UPDATES: Lightning Fires Consume More Than a Million Acres Across California By Silicon Valley Newsroom More than 13,000 firefighters throughout the state are battling record blazes that have darkened skies and forced 100,000 evacuations. Read More 0
August 22, 2020 SCU Complex Continues Southeastward Spread, Grows Overnight to 291,000 Acres By Jennifer Wadsworth Wildfires east of Santa Clara Valley have burned through nearly 300,000 acres with only 10 percent containment today, per Cal Fire. Read More 0