Santa Rosa police are letting residents know that the smoke in the area is from the Pickett Fire burning in Calistoga in Napa County.

A Cal Fire captain was arrested in connection with the deadly shooting of a woman and a young boy in Cameron Park, the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office announced .

Darin McFarlin, 47, was taken into custody in Mono County early Friday hours after the fatal shooting of a woman and child in their Cameron Park home

Cal Fire says there are many steep inclines, making it hard for crews on the ground to travel to the fire zones.

Friday, Cal Fire's Office of the State Fire Marshal announced that they had revoked the pyrotechnics licenses of Kenneth Chee and Craig Cutright – two people whose companies, Devastating Pyrotechnics Inc. and Blackstar Fireworks, are being investigated after the explosion.

The wildfire started burning in a rural area several miles east of Highway 49 and southeast of Placerville. As of 4:30 p.m. the Cal Fire Amador-El Dorado Unit said the wildfire was burning at a moderate rate of spread.

A Cal Fire captain has been arrested after a woman and a child died in a shooting in Cameron Park, the El Dorado County Sheriff said Friday.

The 2020 California wildfires, fueled by climate change and dry lightning, scorched over 4 million acres and reshaped how the state prepares for a future of extreme fire risk.

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection's Office of the State Fire Marshal revoked the licenses of Devastating Pyrotechnics Inc. following a July 1 fireworks explosion that killed seven people in a warehouse in Yolo County,

CAL Fire CZU says that a car fire in the Santa Cruz Mountains has closed roads in the area. The fire has spread to a small area of vegetation, but forward progress has stopped. All lanes are blocked on northbound Highway 17 north of Vine Hill Road. California Highway Patrol says they are unsure when the roadway will reopen.