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SALINAS, Calif. (KION) – The heat, dry conditions and fireworks are all a concern for the risk of fires this week. CAL FIRE says that already this…
Continue ReadingSALINAS, Calif. (KION) – The heat, dry conditions and fireworks are all a concern for the risk of fires this week. CAL FIRE says that already this…
Continue ReadingAllstate considers underwriting in California pending catastrophic modeling. This comes after two years of not accepting new…
Continue ReadingBRADLEY, Calif. (KION-TV)- UPDATE ON OCT. 8, 2023- The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office has lifted the evacuation orders for Lockwood-San Lucas Road…
Continue ReadingMONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) — CAL FIRE crews responded to reports of a wildfire burning near Soledad just beyond Foothill Road on Friday. The…
Continue ReadingPAICINES, Calif. (KION-TV)- Pinnacles National Park was closed for a few hours Saturday morning due to an ongoing wildfire, the park announced on…
Continue ReadingGONZALES, Calif. (KION-TV)- CAL FIRE BEU says that forward progress on a fire burning west of Gonzales has been stopped. The so-called Gonzales Fire…
Continue ReadingCARMEL, Calif. (KION-TV)- Tonight a new and different way of preventing wildland fires. CAL FIRE is using what they call “Green Climbers” around…
Continue ReadingRoyal Oaks, Calif. (KION-TV)- CAL FIRE said that a fire started in the Aromas area called the Vega Fire at around 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The fire is…
Continue ReadingBROOKDALE, Calif. (KION-TV) — CAL FIRE CZU and multiple fire agencies contained a fire located at the end of River Road in the Brookdale area of the…
Continue ReadingSAN BENITO COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV)- CAL FIRE BEU says that a vegetation fire burning in south San Benito County is at 75 acres 80% as of Friday. CAL…
Continue ReadingMONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) — UPDATE ON JULY 31, 2023 AT 5:16 PM- CAL FIRE BEU says that forward progress on the Horse Fire has stopped at two…
Continue ReadingSACRAMENTO, Calif. (KION-TV)- California has received an additional $113 million in new funding to help mitigate the threat of wildfires that have…
Continue ReadingSAN BENITO COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV)- CAL FIRE has stopped the forward progress of a vegetation fire called the Idria Fire. CAL FIRE says the fire is…
Continue ReadingDAVENPORT, Calif. (KION-TV)- UPDATE ON JULY 17, 2023 AT 4:32 PM- A welcome sight at Big Basin Redwoods State Park as camping along the coastal area…
Continue ReadingSAN BENITO COUNTY Calif. (KION-TV)- CAL FIRE is responding to a fully involved vehicle fire that has extended into nearby grass on San Juan Grade…
Continue ReadingPAICINES, Calif. (KION-TV)- CAL FIRE BEU said that forward progress on the Pacinies Fire has stopped Thursday afternoon. CAL FIRE said that they…
Continue ReadingSOLEDAD, Calif. (KION-TV)- CAL FIRE says they stopped the forward progress of a vegetation fire burning 1.5 miles from the Pinnacles National Park.…
Continue ReadingSAN MIGUEL, Calif. (KION) – There were scary moments for those living in a south Monterey County neighborhood. The Vineyard Fire forced people out of…
Continue ReadingSAN MIGUEL, Calif. (KION-TV)- Update 7:20 p.m.: The County of Monterey says evacuation orders have been lifted for a portion of South Monterey County…
Continue ReadingMONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV)- CAL FIRE BEU is on the scene of a 13-acre vegetation fire on Arroyo Seco Road. Forward progress has been stopped,…
Continue ReadingMONTEREY, Calif. (KION-TV)- As we transition from wet winter to spring some officials are already looking ahead to fire season. Kion chief…
Continue ReadingFirefighters are working to contain a brush fire that started late Wednesday in…
Continue ReadingSALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV) UPDATE Oct. 18, 2022, at 11:21 a.m.- CAL FIRE said a prescribed burn planned for last week will now be taking place,…
Continue ReadingSANTA CLARA COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV)- Santa Clara Fire officials said a fire that forced evacuation warnings in the area of Highway 17 and Summit…
Continue ReadingBY LEN RAMIREZ BIG SUR (KPIX) — Fire departments across the country face staffing shortages, and Big Sur is no exception. In this small volunteer…
Continue ReadingBIG SUR, Calif. (KION-TV)- Tuesday, CAL FIRE performed a 90-acre prescribed burn near Big Sur. It comes just two days after the Aguajito Fire forced…
Continue ReadingMONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV): UPDATE AT 3:55 PM PST: CAL FIRE BEU announced firefighters are still on scene patrolling and cooling hot spots.…
Continue ReadingPRUNEDALE, Calif. (KION-TV)- CAL FIRE said they are holding multiple fires that began on Crazy Horse Canyon Road near Old Stage and San Juan Grade…
Continue ReadingSALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV)- A fire is burning off Del Torre Street near Highway 101. The fire is causing problems and has shut down the onramp to…
Continue ReadingWATSONVILLE, Calif. (KION-TV)- CAL FIRE CZU said they stopped forward progress on a half-acre fire near Harkins Slough Road. The cause is still under…
Continue ReadingJOLON, Calif. (KION-TV) – CAL FIRE said they are responding to three vegetation fires near Williams Hill Tuesday that total 583 acres. The fire is…
Continue ReadingUPDATE, 2:36 p.m.- CAL FIRE crews say forward progress has stopped on the DeLaveaga Fire. Crews say about three to five acres burned. No injuries or…
Continue ReadingCARMEL VALLEY, Calif. (KION) UPDATE August 10, 2022, at 1:51 p.m.- Monterey County Regional Fire Department has determined the cause of a 2020…
Continue ReadingSoledad, Calif. (KION-TV)- UPDATE July 29, 2022, at 12:39 p.m. – Mulitple Fire Agencies responded this morning to a fire burning near Soledad. You…
Continue ReadingAROMAS, CALIF. (KION-TV) UPDATE: 7/26/22 7:12 p.m.-The Anzar Fire that started Thursday near Aromas is now 100% contained, according to CAL FIRE BEU.…
Continue ReadingPRUNEDALE, Calif. (KION)- Fire units are on scene after a vegetation fire broke out Sunday evening, according to Monterey County dispatch.…
Continue ReadingCal Fire CZU is working on a wildfire that started in the Santa Cruz mountains Saturday…
Continue ReadingMONTEREY/SAN BENITO COUNTIES, Calif. (KION-TV)– With the high number of fires on the Central Coast, residents’ concern continues to rise. Over four…
Continue ReadingGONZALES, Calif. (KION-TV) UPDATE JUNE 14, 2022, at 12:30 p.m.– Forward progress has been stopped at 5 acres for the fire burning near Gonzales. It…
Continue ReadingHOLLISTER, Calif. (KION-TV) UPDATE JUNE 14, 2022, at 2:26 p.m.– Cal Fire said forward progress has been stopped on a 30-acre fire that was…
Continue ReadingHOLLISTER, Calif. (KION-TV) UPDATE JUNE 14, 2022, at 2:41 p.m.- Cal Fire says forward progress has been stopped on a 40-acre fire that was burning…
Continue ReadingBy EDEN STIFFMAN of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy For years California, Florida, Oregon, Washington, and other states have…
Continue ReadingBEN LOMOND, Calif. (KION-TV)– The Ben Lomond Volunteer Fire Department said they are currently fighting a structure fire burning on Gables Road.…
Continue ReadingMultiple fire agencies have responded to a fire along the Salinas riverbed in King City after a fire broke out Wednesday…
Continue ReadingThe Monterey County Fire Department wants to inform property owners it will conduct wildland fire safety inspections in the cities of Monterey,…
Continue ReadingBy Ella Nilsen, CNN Data visuals by John Keefe Forecasters say the West could be looking at a particularly bad wildfire year, as several destructive…
Continue ReadingMONTEREY/SAN BENITO COUNTIES, Calif. (KION-TV)– Cal Fire has suspended burn permits in Monterey County and San Benito County. Cal Fire says the…
Continue ReadingBy Cheri Mossburg, CNN Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) will pay $55 million as part of a settlement with multiple Northern California counties…
Continue ReadingCal Fire CZU confirms they’re battling a wildfire that sparked near Boulder Creek on Saturday…
Continue ReadingWildfires have ravaged California over the past few years seemingly getting worse over time, but a defensible space around your home could better…
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