Almost a year since the CZU Lightening Complex Fire was contained, Cal Fire found a tree in Big Basin Redwoods State Park still smoldering.…
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KING CITY, Calif. (KION) A fire is burning in the Salinas River bed near Jolon Road and Highway 101…
Continue Reading A fire broke out in a shed off of Rancho Prieta Road Sunday before spreading into some nearby…
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The Santa Cruz County Grand Jury has released a report after investigating how the county government responded to the needs and concerns of the…
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ARROYO SECO, Calif. (KION) Some residents impacted by the Willow Fire and evacuation orders got a chance to return to their homes when the orders…
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CalFire units are on scene of a vegetation fire burning off Panoche Road in San Benito County.…
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Fire crews discussed today’s fight to put out the Willow Fire at 7 a.m. in an operational briefing in the Salinas Valley Fairgrounds in King City.…
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Arroyo Seco neighbor, Erin Melchior welcomed fire trucks and helicopters to the field behind her home. The firefighters were fighting the Willow Fire…
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MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KION) As the Willow Fire burns to over 2,000 acres, firefighters with Cal Fire and the US Forest Service are trying to get…
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The Monterey County Free Library’s Carmel Valley Branch has opened up as an evacuation point for Willow Fire…
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Click through the gallery to see pictures and video of the Willow Fire burning in southern Monterey…
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MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KION)- An emerging wildfire has broken out in the Los Padres National Forest Thursday evening. The ‘Willow Fire’ is burning…
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The Bureau of Land Management has a new tool for tracking California wildfires just in time for fire…
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PRUNEDALE, Calif. (KION) California Independent System Operator (Cal ISO), the agency in charge of overseeing the state’s entire electrical grid, has…
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They’re baaaaack. Monterey County Public Works brought 600 goats Friday morning to eat their way through any thick vegetation in Jack Peak Park that…
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California state and local officials are encouraging rebuilding in areas destroyed by wildfires at a time when people should be redirected away from…
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Cal Fire announced that it has lifted some of the evacuation advisories in parts of Santa Cruz and San Mateo…
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Sen. Dianne Feinstein shared a letter Wednesday calling on the Air Force to expedite the process of retrofitting and transferring seven C-130 planes…
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A grass fire in Wheatland has prompted evacuations at Beale Air Force Base, according to the CBS affiliate in…
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As summer and Fourth of July celebrations approach, fire officials are spotting flares and potential fire dangers along mountainous Santa Cruz County…
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A vegetation fire is currently burning on River…
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KING CITY, Calif. (KION-TV) A fire outside of King City Tuesday night is now 100 percent contained, according to Cal Fire Battalion Chief Jon Heggie.…
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MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KION) The Monterey County Fire Department will start fire safety inspections on June 1, 2021 as the state prepares for…
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The Grade Fire in Santa Cruz County was contained after firefighters and resources were quickly sent out to prevent this fire from expanding.…
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The Dolan Fire burned nearly 125,000 acres of Los Padres National Forest last year, and it led to closures in areas affected by the…
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Democrats who control the state Senate said Thursday they intend to advance a 10-bill package to the Assembly in the next week…
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Pacific Gas & Electric will pay $43.4 million to government agencies in three Northern California counties to cover bills left behind from wildfires…
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As bad as last year’s record-shattering fire season was, the western U.S. starts this year’s in even worse…
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A fire broke out on TV Hill in Santa Barbara Thursday night around 9 p.m., prompting evacuations for surrounding areas and for KION’s sister station…
Continue Reading The Catholic Charities Diocese of Monterey said it has been awarded with a contract to help support local wildfire…
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The Monterey City Council announced that it has approved the purchase of a new wildland fire engine ahead of what is projected to be a busy wildfire…
Continue ReadingKION’s sister station in Los Angeles reports that a suspect has been arrested in connection with a fire threatening the Topanga and Pacific Palisades…
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A portion of Big Basin Redwoods State Park are set to reopen on a limited basis over Memorial Day…
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MONTEREY, SAN BENITO COUNTY Calif. (KION) Cal Fire is suspending all burn permits for outdoor residential burning in Monterey and San Benito…
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A trust approved by a federal judge to help compensate victims of deadly California wildfires sparked by Pacific Gas & Electric…
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CARMEL VALLEY, Calif. (KION) The U.S. Forest Service with the Los Padres National Forest says volunteers for the Chews Ridge lookout tower will be…
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A federal judge is weighing whether Pacific Gas & Electric violated its criminal probation by sparking a wildfire north of San Francisco that…
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Residents will now need a permit from CAL FIRE in order to conduct residential burns of landscape debris such as branches and leaves.…
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A man charged with killing a woman in Northern California was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of setting a fire to cover up the crime that spread and…
Continue Reading A woman has be arrested in connected to two fires that started earlier this…
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California is in such an urgent race with another devastating wildfire season that officials began soliciting local project…
Continue Reading Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office announced Thursday that the state is authorizing $536 million in funding for…
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Gov. Gavin Newsom is in Fresno County touring wildfire preparedness work underway as crews prepare for wildfire…
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Redwood seedlings are in high demand as Cal Fire CZU, along with local landowners in Santa Cruz and San Mateo counties, attempt to revive the…
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Vegetation flammability across Northern California is near record levels for early April and is approaching mid-summer levels in some areas,…
Continue Reading FELTON, Calif. (KION) Cal Fire CZU says their crews have already responded to and contained 5 wildfires within the unit since March 31, 2021, which…
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Fire crews are battling a two-acre vegetation fire near Deer Creek Road in Boulder Creek, according to the Boulder Creek Volunteer Fire…
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State officials announced that seniors, severely disabled residents and victims of wildfires or other natural disasters have expanded property tax…
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Last year’s fire season led to loss of life and property around the state, and in response, Gov. Gavin Newsom has…
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California’s U.S. senators and nearly two-dozen representatives asked the Agriculture and Interior departments on Monday to…
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