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Rainfall at Lake Merritt in Oakland is reflected in a car window ahead of strong winds and fierce cold rains predicted for the Bay Area.Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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A woman walks along Lake Merritt in Oakland, as a cold, rainy spell begins forming in the Bay Area.Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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The Chronicle’s Live Updates page documents the latest events in the winter storm system that slammed into Northern California, including the Bay Area and the Lake Tahoe area.
Strong storm system barrels into Bay Area, bringing rain, wind and threat of landslides
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A fisherman throws out a crab net below the Golden Gate Bridge in Sausalito, Calif. on January 26th, 2021John Storey / Special to the ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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A seagull flies below the Golden Gate Bridge in Sausalito, Calif. on January 26th, 2021John Storey / Special to the ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Dark clouds gather in the skies above the San Francisco Bay as a storm moves into the region, seen from Emeryville Marina in Emeryville, Calif. Tuesday, January 26, 2021.Jessica Christian / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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7 fires now burning in Santa Cruz, San Mateo counties [SFGate, San Francisco]
Jan. 20 LATEST Jan. 20, 10:45 a.m. Cal Fire said it hopes to have seven small wildfires burning in northern Santa Cruz and southern San Mateo counties contained by the end of the day Wednesday amid favorable weather conditions.
“That’s contained, not controlled,” Cal Fire spokesperson Cecile Juliette said. “We hope to have all of them controlled by this weekend. Contained is when they’re able to get a fire line around the entire fire, so they can keep it within a certain area. Controlled is when they have the line around the fire and all the hot spots within the perimeter are out.”
Jan. 20—The cause of a spate of wildfires that ignited in the Santa Cruz Mountains this week is still being investigated, but officials suspect an older, much bigger blaze could be partly to blame.
According to Cal Fire officials, some of the fires that erupted Tuesday as high winds buffeted t