The cause of the Dome Fire, which has been burning in Yosemite National Park since Sept. 15, has been revealed.
Anyone looking over the Bay on Tuesday may be alarmed to see plumes of smoke coming from Angel Island, but CAL FIRE says they are conducting controlled burns to reduce hazardous vegetation.
A baby turkey vulture found alone on a closed section of Highway 1 amid the Big Sur wildfires is now safe and recovering at a local wildlife center. Experts believe it was forced to grow its flight feathers prematurely to escape the conditions.
A wildfire sparked by a crash involving a cement truck and a tour bus along Highway 140 in Mariposa County forced evacuations and burned hundreds of acres Tuesday, according to authorities.
The Plaskett Fire in Big Sur has grown by about 10,000 acres since Sunday, expanding to nearly 27,000 acres and surpassing the size of the Timber Fire burning about 35 miles to the north.
"But we need to make sure the CEOs themselves feel the pain if their equipment causes a fire." California lawmakers are a step closer to an agreement on who should be held responsible when a utility causes a wildfire, after the governor, senate and assembly leaders reached a compromise reflected in Senate Bill 492.