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FAIRFIELD — The Vacaville man charged with murder in the death of Priscilla Castro in August now faces allegations of murder-arson in connection with the Markley Fire that resulted in two more deaths, Solano County Sheriff Thomas Ferrara said during a press conference Wednesday afternoon at the Sher

Markley Fire started to cover up murder, police say (CNN) — A 2020 wildfire that killed two people in Northern California and eventually became part of one of the largest fires in the state’s history was set intentionally in an attempt to cover up a woman’s murder, authorities announced Wednesday. Douglas Mai, 82 and Leon “James” Bone, 64, died in the Markley Fire, which started on August 18 in the Stebbins-Cold Canyon area, near Lake Berryessa, according to the Solano County Sheriff�...

Murder Cover-Up: Man Allegedly Set Deadly Wildfire to Hide His Crime Share Flames from the LNU Lightning Complex fires burn in Napa County on Aug. 18, 2020. (Photo: Noah Berger, AP) A fire that raged outside of San Francisco last Northern Hemisphere summer was allegedly set to cover up a murder — and became part of the largest wildfire season on record in California as well as one of the deadliest. Officials in California said Wednesday that 29-year-old Victor Serriteno allegedly set a fire i...

Big Basin Redwoods State Park will be back after a massive rebuilding project. But what will it look like?

Report: California ranks 4th among states with highest wildfire risk for 2021 FAIRFIELD — Residents of the Vacaville hills are slowly working to recover from the devastating LNU Lightning Complex Fire that claimed two lives and more than 300 homes in August. Now a report issued by Lending Tree’s QuoteWizard indicates that 77% of California is experiencing severe drought conditions and 15% of the state’s properties are at extreme risk of a wildfire in 2021. That is nearly 3.71 million prop...

Art benefit set to raise money for farms affected by massive LNU fire PLEASANTS VALLEY — Artists from around the Bay Area came out to the burned farms and properties in rural Vacaville last fall to document in their illustrations, paintings and photographs the rebirth of the area after the destructive LNU Lightning Complex Fire. The art created from this project will be on display – and for sale – May 22 at Joyful Ranch. Live folk music will be performed by local musician Joe Sam, and liv...

By Press Association 2021 A Boeing 747-400 Global SuperTanker drops half a load of its 19,400-gallon capacity (Christian Murdock/AP) The world’s largest firefighting plane has been shut down just as western US states prepare for a wildfire season that fire officials fear could be worse than the average year. Tara Lee, a spokeswoman for Washington governor Jay Inslee, said via email on Friday that the state’s Department of Natural Resou...

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Nearly eight months after Gov. Gavin Newsom visited Big Basin Redwoods State Park to tour the damage after a major wildfire, green sprouts are coming back on the blackened trunks of the park’s ancient redwoods. But not much else has changed on the charred landscape. Hazardous trees pose a risk. The wreckage of burned buildings and vehicles from the Aug. 19 wildfire still hasn’t been cleared. State officials haven’t completed a damage estimate of how much i...

The Global SuperTanker is a converted Boeing 747 plane.

California’s Wildfire Season Looms. Regenerative Agriculture Could Offer Hope. People watch the Walbridge fire, part of the larger LNU Lightning Complex fire, from a vineyard in Healdsburg, California, on August 20, 2020. Josh Edelson / AFP via Getty Images By This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story. When Alexis Koefoed’s farm burned for the first time in 2008, she and her husband, who made a living rai...