Jillian Smith
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Timber Fire grows into wilderness area, therapy dogs support firefighters (opens the original)
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Growing Timber Fire moves east into wilderness area Fire officials say the Timber Fire’s recent growth is being driven in part by hotter, drier weather. It went from about 7,000 acres Friday to more than 12,600 acres Monday. Patricia Courtney, a U.S. Forest Service information officer, says falling relative humidity (RH) is also a factor. "We're seeing more overnight burning due to those RH numbers reducing down to... we even got down to 4% the other evening," she said. "So more increased fire a
Big Sur terrain challenges firefighters, possible bill would limit utilities' liability after fires (opens the original)
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Firefighters at the Cal State Monterey Bay base camp say a big challenge on the Timber Fire happens before they even reach the flames: getting equipment into the rugged terrain. Jax Branco, a firefighter from Coalinga in Fresno County, says the fire may not look the way people expect. "It's in a really hard to get into area, tight roads, spots the engines can't go, so it involves a lot of hiking.” He says crews can hike a mile or two and climb a thousand feet in elevation to reach the fire line,
Firefighters at Marina base camp describe Timber Fire (opens the original)
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Firefighters from across California are using Cal State Monterey Bay as a staging area as they work to contain the Timber Fire in Big Sur. At the base camp in Marina, crews prepare for shifts that can take them into steep, rugged terrain where roads are limited and engines can’t always reach the fire line. For firefighters accustomed to working elsewhere in California, the landscape presents a different set of challenges. Tanner Wyandt, a firefighter with the Fresno-Kings Unit, said the terrain
Timber Fire base camp now in Marina, Trump honors local ocean guard (opens the original)
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Timber Fire increases to nearly 5,200 acres The fire has been burning for more than a week and remains 17% contained. Cal Fire is now operating its response out of Cal State Monterey Bay. Battalion Chief Josh Silveira says the agency moved to Marina to be closer to the fire. “We did our first operational briefing there and we’re fully moved into CSUMB at this point," he said Monday morning. Crews have another satellite camp in Big Sur, and together firefighters are working to strengthen containm
E-bike popularity pushes officials to figure out how to keep everyone safe (opens the original)
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Electric bikes are becoming a more common way to get around the Monterey Bay, offering riders a faster and less strenuous alternative to traditional bicycles. But as more people take to local roads and coastal trails, transportation planners are trying to sort out a problem that can be difficult to see: not everything being called an e-bike is actually a legal e-bike. On the Monterey Bay Coastal Recreation Trail, electric bikes weave between pedestrians, runners and traditional cyclists. The gro
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