Firefighters are battling multiple wildfires across California, as seen on this map from Tuesday, June 18, 2024.CalFire Windy conditions and an overall dip in humidity over parts of California combined to create the arid and blustery conditions that allow fires to rapidly spread, the National Weat...
Despite periodic calls from within Massachusetts to lift the ban, officials say it continues to be necessary and have ramped up enforcement in recent years because illegal fireworks are prevalent. Between 2013 and 2022, Massachusetts fire departments reported almost 1,000 fires linked to illegal firew...
Anextreme wind eventhas prompted Southern California Edison to shut off power to thousands of customers across the region. The map below shows which areas are currently without electricity and the areas that are under warning for further outages. ...
According to a new study, there were far more fire-resistant hardwoods when the Karuk Tribe tended the forest. The researchers consulted the tribe about their oral history and cataloged scientific evidence of past fires. They found that the tribe’s cultural forest-burning practice helped shape t...
If you are wondering where San Francisco is, let’s take a look at where it is on the California map. We’ll also explore San Francisco’s geography, what the city is known for, the climate in the city, and other facts about Frisco. ...
Little America Hotel –Like a modern, luxury take on a rustic log cabin, Little America Hotel is furnished with dark wood, stone walls, cozy armchairs, and log fires. The rooms here are large and equally cozy. Surrounded by 500 acres of Ponderosa pine forest, there are hiking trails that...
There was a strange July and a hypnotic November where people fell in the fall but winter was happier. I hope the prophecy was referring to this winter. We’ve had a lot of tragedy in the past year. The fires in Maui and then hurricane Helene destruction. Maybe by Christmas we can be...
PCT is different. The path routinely changes, mostly as fresh trail is built to replace substandard trail (or no trail at all, if the prior trail was a road walk). But the reason for an ever-shifting PCT, even within hiking seasons, should be obvious to any California resident: fires....
The park’s only year-round campground, sites can be reserved throughrecreation.govApril 1 – October 15, and are first-come, first-served the rest of the year. Each site has a picnic table and fire pit with grate. There are flush toilets and water pumps with potable water. ...
Officials said Wednesday that the exact cause of the fires was still unknown. The West Maui town of Lahaina, a popular tourist destination and commercial hub with a long and rich cultural history, was hit especially hard by the fires. Aerial video footage and satellite images captured by Maxar...