The Dixie fire, burning in Butte and Plumas counties, is now the second fire in California to surpass 100,000 acres this year, after the Sugar fire. That came as the Tamarack fire swelled across the California-Nevada state line for the first time.
Environment
Posted inEnvironment
‘The sponge is completely dry’: Drone photos reveal the shocking truth of California’s parched landscape
Lake Orville, Lake Folsom and Lake Trinity give a glimpse into the state’s dry spell. “The reservoir levels we’re looking at are near-record low, with all the prospects that they will actually be record low by the end of the summer,” he said. “The mountains are dried out. The sponge is completely dry.”
Posted inEnvironment
Northern California fire explodes, burns structures amid heat, dry conditions
The Dixie fire in Butte and Plumas counties has destroyed two structures since its July 14 ignition and is threatening at least 800 others.
Posted inEnvironment
Thieves are stealing California’s scarce water. Where’s it going? Illegal marijuana farms
As drought grips most of California, water thefts have increased to record levels. Thieves tap into hydrants, pump water from rivers and break into remote water stations and tanks.
Posted inEnvironment
‘She never left her cub’: Heartbreaking photo shows danger cars pose to Yosemite’s bears
A viral Facebook post urging motorists to drive slowly through Yosemite National Park shows the tragic reality that deadly collisions leave in their wake.
Posted inEnvironment
UCSC researchers helping California’s black abalone, increasingly threatened by wildfire
In Big Sur, scientists from UC Santa Cruz and elsewhere are rescuing the abalone from landslides caused by the Dolan Fire and moving them to safety in new neighborhoods where “resident abalone” already thrive.
Posted inEnvironment
Two fast-moving California fires are creating their own dangerous weather systems
The Dixie and Tamarack fires have chewed through nearly 100,000 acres with little containment, officials said Tuesday. That update came after Monday saw the Dixie fire, burning in Butte and Plumas counties, generate its own pyrocumulonimbus cloud, which created its own lightning — something the Tamarack fire, on the California-Nevada border, also did Tuesday.
Posted inLatest News
PG&E equipment may have sparked Dixie fire, growing near burn scar of deadly Camp fire
At inception the Soquel Creek Water District focused on flood control. Today, the District now ensures 41,000 Santa Cruz…
Posted inEnvironment
After coyote charges at children in San Francisco park, animal is killed: ‘Too close for comfort’
The coyote had aggressively approached toddlers in the San Francisco Botanical Gardens on five separate occasions. One official attributed the coyote’s actions to people repeatedly feeding it, leading the animal to lose “not just fear, but all sense of caution.”
Posted inCoast Life
Dry lightning fire concerns upgraded in Santa Cruz Mountains to a Red Flag Warning
Red Flag Warning takes place of Fire Weather Watch as the National Weather Service warns of events that could treacherously combine with dry fuel levels in the Santa Cruz Mountains and other areas throughout the Bay Area. Concern here begins Sunday afternoon.