SAN FRANCISCO — A potent atmospheric river barreled toward California on Tuesday, bringing the threat of downpours that could unleash destructive debris flows from wildfire burn scars as well as a heavy dump of snow from blizzard conditions in the Sierra Nevada. Evacuation orders were issued in Santa Cruz and San Mateo counties around the… Keep Reading
A weather pattern that has trapped smoke from fire places above the Bay Area has prompted a Spare the Air alert for Monday. The alert, announced Sunday afternoon by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, is the first since Dec. 5, and it prohibits the operation of wood-burning fire places and stoves and even… Keep Reading
Much-needed weekend rain prompted Santa Rosa Fire Department on Monday to declare the fire season over for its territory. Battalion Chief Jason Jenkins said that means Santa Rosa firefighters have removed some wildland fire equipment from engines and replaced it with swift-water rescue gear to prepare for winter floods. In addition, the department now will… Keep Reading
The Bay Area awoke to the pitter-patter sound and pleasant smell of rain Sunday as the first significant storm system of the season moved through the area, bringing much-needed moisture to a largely dry region. Meteorologist Brooke Bingaman with the National Weather Service said that the rain system that passed through the Bay Area over… Keep Reading
SANTA ROSA (KPIX 5) — More than a month and a half into this year’s rainy season and significant precipitation was finally falling on Tuesday in Northern California. The state could use it in more ways than one. “If we could get these systems where we get upwards of a half inch to an inch,… Keep Reading
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Over the past week, some light rain and a moderate amount of snow hit the Sierra due to several light systems moving over Northern California. Now, a stronger atmospheric river is expected to join forces with a developing low pressure system offshore Monday night to deliver rain to the area by Tuesday… Keep Reading
Sonoma County skirted catastrophic wildfire late Sunday during the first of back-to-back windstorms dealing hurricane-force gusts to ridgelines and strong, erratic blasts down into the valleys, toppling trees and starting about a half-dozen small fires.Roving crews of firefighters rushed to contain these blazes before they could spread on land primed to burn amid supremely dry… Keep Reading
