fires in california

The skies are white and hazy from the huge wildfire still burning out of control in the mountains just east of here. But surprisingly, there is no smell of smoke.…

The desperately needed rain in Butte County, the site of the most devastating and destructive wildfire in America’s history, paused this afternoon, ‘Black Friday.’ Though the wind hadn’t abated much.…

You know things have come down to it when a mainstream pundit begins her otherwise boilerplate column with: “In the end, which is where we live now…” So is the…