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Illegal fireworks with a street value of $50k to $100k were confiscated by police in San Pablo on Thursday through an anonymous tip.

Mountain View is the latest Bay Area city to approve new water restrictions as California deals with dry conditions for its third consecutive year.

Fire officials across the Bay Area are reminding people that they're breaking the law if they use fireworks of any kind at home.

A wildfire that erupted in Northern California in Nevada County forced evacuations as it threatened about 500 homes and other buildings.

The National Fire Protection Association says fireworks are responsible for more than 8,000 fires. Tuesday was the first day of so-called 'safe and sane' fireworks sales and inventories are already low.

Residents in the area of a wildfire in Nevada County were told to leave their homes on Tuesday afternoon as flames quickly spread.

An Oakland photographer is hoping to raise awareness about climate change and the housing crisis through a series of billboards.

An 80-acre grass fire on the east side of Interstate Highway 101 near a landfill was contained Monday night after causing heavy traffic delays, officials say.

Police arrested a 31-year-old woman on suspicion of arson after two fires broke out Sunday in Albany Hill.

Firefighters on Monday morning battled a vegetation fire in Hercules, which will likely affect traffic on Interstate 80 for a while as crews work to beat back the flames. 

Crews worked to contain three new vegetation fires that started Saturday. One is in Alamo, another is near San Rafael, and another further south near Santa Cruz.

Firefighters on Friday raced to the scene of a rapidly spreading grass fire in Pittsburg.