Wildfires

Yosemite's ancient sequoias remain in jeopardy as containment of the Washburn Fire fell from 25% to 22%.

Firefighters continue to battle the Washburn fire in Yosemite. The fire has burned 2,044 acres of timber and brush.

Contra Costa Health Services is advising residents of Pittsburg to stay indoors with windows and doors closed and to limit outdoor activity due to poor air quality in the area, the department said Monday.

As the Washburn Fire grows in the southern portion of Yosemite, the Bay Area is expected to face smoke from the wildfire. The Bay Area Air Quality Management District issued an air quality advisory for Monday, specifically for the North and East Bay.

A PG&E worker is being praised as a hero for his actions during the early hours of the Electra Fire. Gabe Garcia was doing his regular monthly inspections when the flames erupted. He rushed nearly 100 people to safety.

Con Fire said Friday the wildfire that has been burning in Pittsburg for the last three weeks began kicking up new evidence of burning. Large amounts of smoke can be seen in the area.

The Washburn fire has now burnt more than 700 acres, threatening the giant sequoia trees in Yosemite National Park.

The largest grove of giant sequoias in Yosemite National Park was closed Friday and hundreds of people ordered evacuated nearby as a wildfire burning through dense forest became the latest in recent years to threaten the world’s largest trees.

Since the first major firestorms of 2017, high technology has been improving tools for firefighters, who still mainly work on the ground and often with little information about how the overall fight is going.

Mandatory evacuations were ordered Friday for a vegetation fire in Morgan Hill.

The largest grove of giant sequoias in Yosemite National Park was closed Friday as a wildfire burning through dense forest became the latest in recent years to threaten the world’s largest trees.

Advocates of public utility reform are calling on San Francisco supervisors and Gov. Newsom to hold PG&E accountable on how the utility pays for equipment damages.

The Electra Fire started at a recreation area along a river where people were celebrating July Fourth and the location suggests fireworks or a barbecue as a cause.

Beyond the damage to property and habitat, real and threatened, the Electra Fire is causing in the Sierra foothill. the Bay Area could see consequences coming from it to water and power. In effect. a fire a hundred miles from here can impact power and water supplies right here.