The McKinney fire has ripped through 52,498 acres in Klamath National Forest. A red flag warning is in effect, and storms are expected.
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Big Basin is back, and redwoods deliver a tonic for our times
The beloved state park in the Santa Cruz Mountains was radically reshaped by the 2020 CZU Complex fire, beginning its gradual reopening only in recent weeks. In the shoots of green amid the charred trees, Wallace Baine sees a hopeful message about how nature and humanity alike can sprout anew after trauma.
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Two fires in California’s Sierra Nevada have very different outcomes. Why?
Why was the Oak fire so much more destructive than the Washburn fire? Experts say it’s because of weather, terrain and forest management.
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Fire crews make gains in massive Oak fire as presence of uniformed militia sparks furor
As fire crews made progress in containing the massive Oak fire Tuesday, the arrival of a uniformed militia has sparked concern among some.
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Smoke from California wildfires puts cats at risk of developing deadly blood clots
Cats who suffered burns and smoke inhalation in urban California wildfires are also at risk of forming deadly blood clots.
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The CZU-inspired birth of Three Sisters Three Corners at Casalegno’s
Gina Lund, like so many others around Santa Cruz County, saw her life and community changed by the 2020 fires. She has reinvented a nearly 100-year-old country store in Soquel, aiming to create a new community center — and reinforce the local economy of food growers.
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Firefighters face punishing weather conditions in battle against Oak fire, raging near Yosemite
The Oak fire near Yosemite has grown to more than 15,000 acres, making it California’s largest blaze so far this season and prompting Gov. Gavin Newsom to declare a state of emergency for Mariposa County.
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San Benito County brush fire grows to 101 acres, destroys at least one structure
The Anzar fire, burning near Aromas just over the Santa Cruz County line in San Benito County, started Thursday afternoon and had grown to more than 100 acres, Cal Fire said in a Friday morning update.
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California fires are so severe some forests might vanish forever
An increase in catastrophic wildfires has reduced California tree cover by 6.7% since 1985, and researchers fear the lost trees will never grow back.
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The voices of CZU: Peter Gelblum’s new film tells survivors’ stories in their own words
It’s Santa Cruz’s version of “verbatim theater”: The drama comes solely from people telling their stories to an audience, and the script comes directly from first-hand accounts, as seen in Anna Deavere Smith’s “Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992” about the aftermath of the Rodney King riots, and “The Laramie Project” about the murder of gay college student Matthew Shepard. You can catch “The CZU Fire In Their Own Words” in August in Ben Lomond, at the Del Mar in downtown Santa Cruz and elsewhere around the county.
