North Bay Fires

  • Fire Excavation Causing Headaches

    Fire Excavation Causing Headaches

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    Share with FriendsHundreds of Sonoma County residents are crying foul, claiming that federal contractors over-excavated their fire damaged lots, making it impossible to rebuild. Now local elected officials are entering […]

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  • Fire Camera Network Moves Forward

    Fire Camera Network Moves Forward

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    Share with Friends Firefighters across the North Bay will soon have a new high tech tool to detect and battle wildfires.  An ambitious plan to install fire detection cameras on […]

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  • Spectacular Space Images – Smokey Skies this Week

    Spectacular Space Images – Smokey Skies this Week

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    Share with Friends The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has issued an air quality advisory, saying the North Bay Area will be under smokey skies for much of the […]

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  • Mountaintop Fire Cameras on the Way

    Mountaintop Fire Cameras on the Way

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    Share with FriendsComing up on News of the North Bay….new high definition, high tech cameras mounted on Sonoma County peaks could soon help North Bay agencies spot fires before they […]

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  • Erin Brockovich brings PG&E Case to Santa Rosa

    Erin Brockovich brings PG&E Case to Santa Rosa

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    Share with FriendsWell-know consumer advocate Erin Brockovich appeared before a packed house in Santa Rosa to lend her support to a lawsuit blaming PG&E for the 2017 Northern California fires. […]

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  • Firefighters defend Lakeport

    Firefighters defend Lakeport

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    Share with FriendsThe River and Ranch fires continue to spread across Lake and Mendocino counties, with the town of Lakeport on the west end of Clear Lake in harms way. […]

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  • Live at River Fire in Lakeport

    Live at River Fire in Lakeport

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    Share with Friends Karl Van Amburg and News of the North Bay crews are live at the River Fire, near Lakeport.

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  • COTS Grand Opening

    COTS Grand Opening

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    Share with Friends In the midst of a housing and homeless crisis, longtime Sonoma County homeless services provider COTS opened a new office in Santa Rosa.  The well-attended grand opening […]

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  • Bring Angel Home

    Bring Angel Home

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    Share with FriendsA beloved Sonoma County Longhorn, displaced since the October firestorms, will soon be going home. The effort to bring Angel and her family back to their Coffey Park […]

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  • Rebuilding Supervisor

    Rebuilding Supervisor

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    Share with FriendsSonoma County’s massive post-fire home rebuilding effort is unprecedented in the history of California.  To help address the crisis, the city of Santa Rosa has appointed a quality […]

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  • Fire Recovery – Community Meetings

    Fire Recovery – Community Meetings

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    Share with FriendsThe Sonoma County office of Recovery and Resiliency is hosting a series of community meetings, to gather public input about the 2017 fires and the ongoing recovery from […]

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  • Rebuild Website

    Rebuild Website

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    Share with FriendsAs summer home rebuilding blossoms across Santa Rosa’s Coffey Park neighborhood, the city has unveiled a new website designed to push out information, and speed construction.  Karl Van […]

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