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Around 2:45 p.m., the fire department said the fire had been knocked down.

Starting next year, residents in parts of Berkeley will have to comply with some strict new rules around wildfire prevention. The newly approved ordinance has to do with removing vegetation and other flammable material from around your home. 

A more than 290-acre brush fire was burning in Antioch and threatening structures on Wednesday night, though hours later, crews had a handle on the blaze.

A new emergency notification system was launched in San Jose yesterday, just before the Ranch Place Fire sparked.

A massive cruise ship broke loose from its moorings Monday when a sudden squall swept through an Alaskan port.

Firefighters with the San Jose Fire Department and Cal Fire got the upper hand in battling a nearly 100-acre vegetation fire that started late Tuesday afternoon. The fire was 75% contained and earlier evacutation orders had been lifted by late evening. 

All the evacuation orders associated with a grass fire burning in Vacaville have been lifted, officials with Cal Fire say.