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JULY 2 - The active shooter allegedly responsible for killing one man and injuring at least two others at the Wal-Mart Distribution Center on Highway 99W, had a history with law enforcement, reports the Tehama County District Attorneys Office. Louis Lane, 31, of Redding was convicted in Shasta County of trespassing, and charged with battery in 2017 and 2007. In 2018, in Henderson, Nev., he was arrested on suspicion of felony being in possession of a concealed weapon with a permit. In a shootout...

Wild weather, warming planet 2020 Replay Published December 23, 2020 It’s been a year of extremes. Wildfires consumed vast areas of Australia, Siberia and the U.S. West. Flooding in Africa and southeast Asia pushed millions from their homes, while extreme heat and drought hit countries in South America. Cyclone Harold tore through the Pacific, and this year saw an exceptionally intense hurricane season in the Atlantic, including unprecedented back-to-back Category 4 hurricanes that devastat...

Californias August Complex Fire surpasses 1 million acres burned By (0) Sawyers with the Billings IA, a Bureau of Land Management Initial Attack crew based in Billings, Montana, take a brief respite before they continue to prepare a road for burnout operations at the August Complex Fire, which became the first blaze in Californias history to burn 1 million acres. Photo by Spc. Michael Ybarra/U.S. Army/UPI | License Photo Oct. 5 (UPI) -- The August Complex Fire in California became the first b...

Warmer Sunday - Watching Snow Chances Before Christmas Along With Much Colder Weather Were tracking a couple of snow chances over the next several days that could help bring a white coating just in time for Christmas - along with much colder air as well. Click for more details. - D.J. Kayser   By D.J. Kayser Text size Copy shortlink: Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech Have you heard about heard talk about the "Christmas Star"? How about the "...

Read Lorraine’s Lowdown Lorraine Jewett The Front Yard of the home next to Maria’s Restaurant is always extravagantly decorated for major holidays. New among this year’s Christmas decorations are the Grinch and canine companion Max. “We started in July hand painting a six-foot tall Grinch,” says homeowner Elizabeth Poston, who knows a thing about fabulous yards as owner of Living Outdoors Landscapes (http://www.LivingOutdoorsLandscape.com ). “The Grinch is depicted stealing lights a...

Dec 15, 2020 A portion of a back-burn—a fire intentionally set by the hotshots in the direction of the oncoming wildfire—on the North Complex. When the two fires meet, with nothing left around them to burn, they’ll extinguish each other. That’s the idea, anyway. Robert Langellier September 8, Afternoon Eight miles to the southwest, a plume of smoke stretched into the clean western sky, rising like bread. It looked like a cloud creating itself. A calm settled in among the Tru...

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-year-wildfires-in-the-west-spread-like-the-plague-11607788801 A wildfire in northwestern Siberia in July. Wildfires burned the Siberian tundra north of the Arctic Circle this year. Denis Bushkovsky/TASS/ZUMA Press Year in Review The Year Wildfires in the West Spread Like the Plague 2020 brought a better understanding of the causes of wildfires and what needs to be done A wildfire in northwestern Siberia in July....

Firefighters return to Michigan after helping with historic western wildfire season Kathleen Lavey, Michigan Department of Natural Resources Dec. 11, 2020 FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 Paul Dunn and Ben Osterland, two Michigan Department of Natural Resources firefighters, drove an off-road fire truck from Michigan to California to help with the Lake Fire outside of Los Angeles. (Michigan Department of Natural Resources/Courtesy Photo) Show MoreShow Less 2of3 Support vehicles parked along Pine Can...

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Showcasing the DNR: Firefighters return to Michigan after assisting with historic western wildfire season Kathleen Lavey, Michigan Department of Natural Resources Dec. 10, 2020 FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 Support vehicles parked along Pine Canyon Road, north of Los Angeles, California, while the Lake Fire is visible in the background. (Judy Nathan/U.S. Forest Service Photo) Show MoreShow Less 2of3 Paul Dunn and Ben Osterland, two Michigan Department of Natural Resources firefighters, drove an o...