We can still take a stand! Last night I sent this letter to the emails listed in it: tlovato@saguachecounty-co.gov, lthompson@saguachecounty-co.gov, tmccracken@saguachecounty-co.gov, AlonzoPayne@gmail.com, dwarwick@saguachecounty-co.gov, dale@centerco.gov I would hate for my email to get buried under other emails from y'all encouraging Saguache County Government to enter negotiations with Captain Freebeard. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Friends, People of Saguache County, District Attorney Alonzo Payne, Sheriff Dan Warwick, Chief Dale Mee ..read more

Proposed fire district mergers in Calif. county face financial hurdles As smaller agencies seek to join with the Sonoma County Fire District, officials are considering how consolidation would affect the county's budget Randi Rossmann The Press Democrat, Santa Rosa, Calif. SONOMA COUNTY, Calif. — Bodega Bay’s financially struggling firefighting agency could have a new name, more firefighters and more paramedics under a plan that would expand the growing Sonoma County Fire District next year — but only if the Board of Supervisors ponies up as much as $2.5 million a year to make it happen. Th ..read more

PG&E Inspections Flawed Before Camp Fire: CPUC Investigators Top: An eroded hook found on tower No. 81 on PG&E's Caribou-Palermo transmission line. Bottom: Two sets of hooks and steel plates from tower No. 01-14 and 14-117 show the area where fretting erosion occurs. Photos: Obtained by NBC Bay Area State regulators have cited PG&E for violating a dozen utility safety regulations in the Camp Fire last year, saying the company failed to heed warning signs about the aging tower blamed for the fire, and its pre-fire inspection efforts were flawed and "ineffective." In the repor ..read more

#CaveFire Wildland Fire, Santa Barbara, Painted Cave, Los Padres National Forest. Location: Highway 154 and E Camino Cielo near Painted Cave in the Los Padres National Forest, Santa Barbara County. Size: 4100 acres. 0% containment. 600 firefighters assigned. Unified Command: Los Padres National Forest @LosPadresNF  Santa Barbara County Fire @SBCFireInfo CAL FIRE SLO @CALFIRE_SLO Evacuations: Evacuation WARNING is being issued for the area West of Hwy 154 to El Sueno, below Cathedral Oaks to Calle Real.  The #UCSB campus is not currently under any immediate physical threat from the #CaveFir ..read more

Freddie Graham, 68, arrested Monday A Missouri man flew to California, spent two days setting wildfires, then tried to fly home, officials say. He was arrested Monday. Freddie Graham, 68, hopped on a flight from Missouri to San Jose last Thursday, KPIX reported. After renting a car, he spent the next two days setting fires as he drove the “narrow, windy roads” between Ed Levin Park and the Calaveras Reservoir in the foothills near San Jose, Deputy District Attorney Bud Porter said. Officials say Graham would light pieces of paper on fire and then toss them out of his window as he drove, The E ..read more

 CAL FIRE NEWS RELEASE CONTACT: Scott McLean Deputy Chief of Communications (916) 651-FIRE (3473) @CALFIRE_PIO   RELEASE DATE: September 26, 2019 CAL FIRE Announces Availability of Funding for Projects that Proactively Address Fire Prevention and Forest Health Sacramento – The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) announced the availability of over $80 million for Forest Health and Fire Prevention projects. CAL FIRE is soliciting applications for projects that work to proactively prevent catastrophic wildfires and restore forests to healthy, functioning ecosystems w ..read more

Sequoia National Forest, Forest Fire Name: Schaeffer Fire Sequoia National Forest Schaeffer Fire Location Map Location: Schaeffer Fire is located within the old McNally Fire scar, west of Corral Meadow on the Kern Plateau. Suppression tactics include utilizing natural barriers and handlines in this heavy snag patch to minimize firefighter exposure. Sequoia Nat'l Forest on Twitter @sequoiaforest --- #Schaeffer Fire Sequoia National Forest Supervisors Office 1839 S. Newcomb Porterville, CA 93257 (559) 784-1500 M-F 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m Closed for lunch between 12:00 - 12:30 PM TDD. 559.781.6650 ..read more

Stanislaus National Forest plans prescribed burn for resource and public benefit on Calaveras Ranger District Moore-Bellfour Underburn project map. This project is a planned prescribed burn. Please do not report as a wildfire. SONORA, Calif. — The Stanislaus National Forest provides the following information about planned prescribed burns on the forest. Prescribed Fire Name / Ranger District: Moore-Bellfour Underburn, Calaveras Ranger District General and Specific Location: Project area is located along Forest Road 7N09 (Cabbage Patch Road) south of Salt Springs Reservoir.  Township 7 North ..read more

 Marine Preliminary Report: California Boat Fire, Santa Cruz Island The National Transportation Safety Board released a preliminary report on the September 2, 2019, marine accident involving the 75-foot commercial diving vessel Conception. The vessel was anchored in Platts Harbor off Santa Cruz Island, 21.5 nautical miles south-southwest of Santa Barbara, when it caught fire. Thirty-three passengers and one crewmember died. ------------------------------------Preliminary Report: Marine DCA19MM047 Executive Summary ​The information in this preliminary report is subject to change and may ..read more

Jason A. Tobey, age 46, was sentenced to two years of probation and a $500 fine, according to a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of the United States Attorney. A Dunsmuir man who lives near the Mott Airport was found guilty last week of one count of threatening, intimidating, and interfering with a forest officer after threatening to shoot a firefighting helicopter out of the sky last year. Jason A. Tobey, age 46, was sentenced to two years of probation and a $500 fine, according to a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of the United States Att ..read more