Sources: ABC News
Equipment from the Pacific Gas and Electric Company are seized as part of an ongoing investigation into the company’s role in the Zogg Fire. 2020-10-9
A fourth person is found dead in Northern California as a result of the Zogg Fire. 2020-09-30
The death toll in the North Complex Fire in Northern California rises to ten, while 16 people are missing, according to the Butte County Sheriff's Department. 2020-09-10
Thousands in the San Francisco Bay Area flee their homes after several quick-moving wildfires, apparently sparked by lightning and the heatwave, sweep into the region. Around 50 structures have burned down with another 50 damaged in Vacaville. This group of fires, called the LNU Lightning Complex, has grown to 46,000 uncontained acres. 2020-08-19
California Governor Gavin Newsom declares a state of emergency to ensure the state receives vital resources as at least 27 wildfires are raging across the state, exacerbating a stifling heat wave. 2020-08-18
Pacific Gas and Electric is set to shut off power to 179,000 customers in Northern California due to an elevated wildfire risk, while Southern California Edison does so for 308,000 in Southern California. 2019-10-23
Thousands of people are urged to evacuate in and around the vicinity of Yuba City due to the impending failure of an emergency spillway at Oroville Dam in Northern California. 188,000 people were reported to be evacuated. 2017-02-13
Luis Enrique Monroy Bracamonte, the prime suspect in the shooting deaths of two Northern California sheriff's deputies, is reported to be an illegal immigrant from Mexico. 2014-10-25
Kariem McFarlin, 35, of Alameda, California, is arrested and charged with residential burglary and selling stolen property from the Northern California home of the late Steve Jobs. 2012-08-14