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Sunday Wildfire In Big Basin Redwoods State Park Kicks Off Another Potentially Horrible Fire Season Windy and dry conditions over the weekend led to a very early Red Flag Warning being called in the North Bay, and two small brush fires around the Bay Area. But a slightly more significant fire that actually got named broke out on Sunday in the CZU Lightning Complex burn zone, inside Big Basin Redwoods State Park. Dubbed the Basin Fire, the wildfire began shortly after noon on Sunday, and by 2 p.m. Cal Fire CZU said that it was being kept at under an acre. But as the Chronicle reports, the fire continued to grow before it was fully contained Sunday night, and scorched a total of seven acres in the area of Hihn Hammond Truck Trail, in the Santa Cruz Mountains. ....
Firefighters hold Salmon Fire in El Dorado County at 32 acres, 90% containment Fire crews have been able to keep the fire from growing ever since it reached 32 acres on Saturday night. Author: Eric Escalante Updated: 5:47 PM PDT May 3, 2021 PILOT HILL, Calif. Firefighters are expecting to fully contain an El Dorado County wildfire days after it sparked. The Salmon Fire sparked on Saturday north of Salmon Falls Bridge in Pilot Hill, reaching 32 acres. Fire crews have been able to keep that number from growing since Saturday night. Containment is now at 90% as of Cal Fire s evening update. They expect to fully contain the fire on Tuesday. ....
Crews battle wildfire in CZU burn area at Big Basin Redwoods State Park FacebookTwitterEmail The Basin Fire was burning Sunday in the Santa Cruz Mountains, Cal Fire officials said.Cal Fire Fire crews on Sunday battled a blaze in Big Basin Redwoods State Park in Santa Cruz County within the burn area of the CZU Lightning Complex, which charred 86,000 acres last year, fire officials said. The Basin Fire had burned about 2 acres on Hihn Hammond Truck Trail in the Santa Cruz Mountains as of Sunday afternoon, according to Cal Fire. A helicopter made water drops, and crews were dispatched at 12:11 p.m. ....
Cal Fire battles wildfire in El Dorado County amid red flag conditions in California Sacramento Bee 3 hrs ago Vincent Moleski, The Sacramento Bee May 2 Cal Fire crews are battling the Salmon Fire, a relatively small wildfire that sparked in El Dorado County south of Pilot Hill on Saturday afternoon. Cal Fire s Amador-El Dorado Unit responded to the brush fire around 12:15 p.m. north of Salmon Falls Bridge, on the South Fork of the American River. Initially, the fire was about 15 to 20 acres wide, but by Sunday grew to 32 acres, according to fire officials. A Saturday evening update from Cal Fire indicated that the steep terrain in the hilly area made it difficult for crews to fight the fire. One firefighter suffered a minor injury Saturday, but no civilian injuries have been reported. As 20% containment on the fire was achieved, evacuation warnings in the area were dropped. ....
Repaying public aid Stacy Estes in front of the home he shares with his fiancée in Sacramento on April 7, 2021. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters $18.4 billion. That’s how much California parents owe in overdue child support payments, but a staggering $6.8 billion of that debt is due to the government, not families the result of the Golden State keeping an unusually large portion of payments for itself. No other state in America takes a higher percentage of payments and only one state charges a higher interest rate when parents don’t pay on time, the Salinas Californian’s Kate Cimini reports in a new series, “Intercepted,” for CalMatters’ California Divide project. ....