SF News PG&E Blames Rogue Drone for Escalating Dixie Fire as It Seeks Cost Recovery From Customers Air crews were making headway containing the Dixie Fire in 2021 until an unidentified drone forced them to ground for 45 minutes, shortly before winds picked up and night causing the blaze to quickly spread, and while PG&E was found to be at fault, the utility wants to increase rates.
SF News San Francisco Architecture Students Work to Reimagine and Rebuild NorCal Town Destroyed By Dixie Fire A project that's been ongoing for two years at California College of the Arts in San Francisco seeks to imagine new ways to rebuild the town of Greenville, which was virtually leveled by the 2021 Dixie Fire.
SF News PG&E Not Only Caused the Massive Dixie Fire, a New Report Says It Also Was 'Excessively Delayed' In Responding to It PG&E is once again on the defensive following the release of a state report on the 2021 Dixie Fire that not only suggests the utility was negligent in its tree-removal program, which helped spark the fire, but also that their response the day of the fire was "excessively delayed."
SF News PG&E Agrees to $55 Million Settlement to Make Criminal Charges Disappear in Dixie Fire and Kincade Fire Two settlements for two different wildfires that impacted six different counties will halt several separate criminal investigations, as PG&E will pay $55 million to settle criminal allegations in the Dixie and Kincade fires.
SF News The Dixie Fire Was Officially the Most Expensive to Fight in U.S. History The firefight in last year's Dixie Fire, which was paid for by the U.S. Forest Service using largely contracted local and private firefighting services, cost almost $640 million and ranks as the most expensive in history.
SF News Yep, PG&E Lines Responsible for Dixie Fire We already knew, less than a week after the record-shattering Dixie Fire began last July, that PG&E would likely again be to blame for starting the blaze. And now Cal Fire has confirmed it with the conclusion of their investigation into the fire.
SF News Fire Updates: Fawn Fire 90% Contained, KNP Complex Near Sequoias at 20%, Dixie Fire Will Burn Another Month The Fawn Fire, which was believed to be started by an arsonist last week in Shasta County, has reached 90% containment and evacuation orders in the area have been lifted. Meanwhile the massive Dixie Fire, already burning for two and a half months, stands at 94% containment.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Dixie Fire Now 94% Contained BART service in the East Bay was delayed due to a fatality at Richmond Station, Oakland has declared a state of emergency over gun violence, and Fremont has canceled its big annual art and wine festival for the second year.
SF News Dixie and Caldor Fires Each Reach 60% Containment Saturday morning, a milestone in fighting two of Northern California's most pressing wildfires — the Dixie Fire and Caldor Fire — was achieved: successfully containing at least 60% of each blaze.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Another Air Quality Advisory Hits the Bay The southeastern front of the Dixie Fire is now threatening the Highway 395 corridor, smoke from the Caldor Fire may impact the Bay Area's air quality again, and flash flooding in New York and New Jersey led to at least 14 deaths last night.
SF News Orange, Hazy Skies Return, and It’s a Spare the Air Alert for the Rest of the Week The unholy trinity of the Dixie, Caldor, and Cash fires are smoking up Bay Area skies, and a Spare the Air alert is in effect for Thursday and Friday.
SF News Images From Greenville, the Latest California Town Decimated By Wildfire New satellite images and on-the-ground photos from Greenville, the Northern California town of about 1,000 people that was leveled by the flames of the Dixie Fire last week, paint a sad but increasingly familiar picture of a wildfire's wrath.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Dixie Fire Smoke Blowing Into Denver and Elsewhere 200 SF city employees have sent conspiracy-filled letters to HR about the vaccine mandate, the Dixie Fire is sending noxious smoke very far away, and no foul play was found in an initial autopsy of Berkeley runner Philip Kreycik.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Dixie Fire Now Third-Largest In State History The "Delta Plus" variant is now in the Bay Area, Sonoma County is warning about toxic algae in the Russian River, and the Dixie Fire grew overnight by over 100 square miles to be the third-largest in state history.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Dixie Fire Destroys Town of Greenville The River Fire grew to 2,400 acres overnight, the Dixie Fire is threatening the town of Chester and burned through the town of Greenville on Wednesday, and the family of deceased Berkeley runner Philip Kreycik is speaking to the press today.
SF News PG&E Equipment Possibly to Blame for Second Wildfire That Merged With Dixie Fire Not only could PG&E's equipment be responsible for the Dixie Fire, but the company has just submitted a report pointing to a tree being in contact with its power lines near the town of Quincy, in the area where the smaller Fly Fire began before it merged with the Dixie Fire.
SF News Whipped Up By Winds, Dixie Fire Continues Destroying Buildings In Indian Falls The Dixie Fire, which despite its massive burn scar has so far been mostly burning through uninhabited forest in Butte and Plumas counties, continues raging in the area of Indian Falls, and the full extent of the damage won't be clear for a day or two.
SF News Dixie Fire Explodes to 181,289 Acres; Increased Smoke Causes Problems for Air Tankers Since starting July 14, the Dixie Fire has grown to over 181,289 acres in size — or roughly an area six times the acreage of San Francisco. And it's still only 19% contained.
SF News PG&E Equipment May Be to Blame For Sparking Dixie Fire Near Where Camp Fire Began The Dixie Fire now burning in Butte and Plumas counties has grown to over 30,000 acres since starting last week, and PG&E is now admitting that its equipment may once again be to blame for the initial sparks.
