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 Santa Clara County Supervisor Requests Federal Aid for Those Impacted by SCU Complex Fires By Silicon Valley Newsroom The people affected by one of the largest fires in California history—the SCU Complex—still don’t qualify for FEMA relief. Read More 1
August 27, 2020 Letter to the Editor: If We Don’t Address Climate Change, These Fires Will Only Get Worse By Guest Columnist If we don’t address climate change head on, these apocalyptic fires burning up and down California will remain our reality. Read More 8
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 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 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
August 21, 2020 Overnight Growth Makes SCU Complex California’s Biggest Fire By Jennifer Wadsworth In three major clusters, they darkened skies, forced thousands to flee home and pushed California’s firefighting capacity to the brink. Read More 0
August 20, 2020 Lick Observatory Survives Fire, But SCU Complex Continues Rapid Spread in East Foothills By Jennifer Wadsworth Mandatory evacuation orders remain in effect for the San Jose foothills, with an advisory issued for the city’s East Side. Read More 1
August 20, 2020 SCU Complex Grows to 140,000 Acres; Just 5 Percent Contained By Jennifer Wadsworth The skies may have cleared up, but evacuation orders and advisories remain in effect today as the SCU Complex continues to rage. Read More 0