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The Sierra Nevada’s elevated snowpack has been embraced by many people in the West, including farmers, who are working to bounce back from drought.

Walker Basin Conservancy is now hiring for the position of AmeriCorps Restoration Team Member Winter/Spring 2022 in Yerington. Apply today.

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife is requesting that anglers voluntarily avoid fishing during certain hours of the day because of drought conditions.

California on fire: Satellite imagery captures Dixie Fire, other fires scorching the Golden State FacebookTwitterEmail This screenshot of satellite video captured by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s GOES-17 satellite hovering 22,300 miles in space shows massive plumes of smoke and heat signatures from the wildfires blazing in Northern California.Courtesy of NOAA Stunning imagery captured by a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s satellite 22,300 miles in sp...

Peak Fire containment reaches 87 percent Bureau of Land Management and last updated 2021-07-27 20:36:32-04 HAVILAH, Calif. (KERO) — Its been one week since the wildfire in Eastern Kern County started. With it came evacuation warnings and thousands of acres of burned land. But once again, crews have made more progress on the flames. The peak fire is now at 87 percent containment which is up from 81 percent Monday. Acres burned remains at 2,098. The fire is burning near the small community o...

Newsom declares state of emergency as Dixie Fire explodes to 167,000 acres FacebookTwitterEmail Firefighters spray water from Union Pacific Railroads fire train while battling the Dixie Fire in Plumas National Forest, Calif., on Friday, July 16, 2021.Noah Berger/Associated Press Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency Friday in Plumas, Butte, Lassen and Alpine counties because of the Dixie, Fly and Tamarack fires. Friday’s proclamation comes after California secured Fire Management As...

Next 3 days are critical in battle against 113,000-acre Dixie Fire, firefighters say FacebookTwitterEmail An ALERTWildfire screenshot of the DixieFire in Feather River Canyon, Plumas / Butte County on Thurs., July 22, 2021.ALERTWildfire Firefighters battled seven wildfires across California on Thursday, including the fast-moving Dixie Fire, which is burning near the burnscar of the deadly 2018 Camp Fire. The Dixie Fire, which Cal Fire said has scorched 113,006 acres in Butte and Plumas countie...

Enter email address You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. The coronavirus situation in California grows increasingly dire by the day, but at least there is one small piece of good news this morning: Playgrounds are open again. Following outcry from parents and some legislators, the state has reversed course on closing playgrounds as part of its regional stay-at-home order. Los Angeles County — which which had closed outdoor public playgrounds pr...