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People in and around Crescent City came to know that former Crescent City Fire & Rescue chief Steve Wakefield represented all things good.

What started as a search for warmer weather during one frozen Detroit winter turned into a nice career on the northern California coast.

After an onslaught of about 150 lightning strikes hit one of California’s most drought-stricken regions last month, sparking more than two dozen fires, the flames spread quickly across the rugged

A wildfire brought down Del Norte County's only transmission lines. But officials were able to bring homes and businesses back online through a patchwork of generator-powered microgrids — estimated to be the state's largest.

With power lines threatened for weeks by fires on the North Coast, officials formed what appears to be California's largest and longest-running microgrid powered by generators.

With power lines threatened for weeks by fires on the North Coast, officials formed what appears to be California's largest and longest-running microgrid powered by generators.

A red flag warning for a large swath of Northern California has been issued by the National Weather Service out of Eureka, expecting more lightning into the early hours of Friday amid dry conditions.

The Smith River Complex continues to burn, with widespread power outages in Del Norte county set to be addressed by Friday or Saturday of this week, according to officials. Thousands of firefighters are on site building dozer lines and prepping structures. The Smith River Complex is now burning at over 47,000 acres in Del Norte County with 0% containment.

A panel comprised of several different agencies and governance addressed an audience of about 150 on the pickleball courts at the Fairgrounds, Saturday.

The massive monster fires within the Smith River Complex continue to grow. Currently, 45,000 acres in northeast Del Norte County has been destroyed by this insatiable monster.