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FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA Michael Muir surveys the damage to his Pleasants Valley home, Monday, Aug. 24, 2020. The LNU Lightning Complex Fire destroyed many of the homes in the area. (Robinson Kuntz/Daily Republic) Cleanup after LNU fire will continue into new year VACAVILLE — An apparent lightning strike in Napa County on Aug. 17 raged over Blue Ridge the following night and became the worst fire in Solano County history. Two men lost their lives, 309 homes were destroyed and more than 900 structures burned as the Hennessey Fire – the largest of six fires that made up the LNU Lightnin...

Uncovering and explaining how our digital world is changing — and changing us. 2020 was such a terrible, bad, no-good year that even complaining about it got old. A pandemic knocked the world to its knees, killing 1.6 million people so far and leaving untold suffering in its wake. Social distancing kept us inside, away from our friends and loved ones. Businesses shut their doors. Economic inequality grew. Still, not everything was bad. It’s been a very good year for bread, hand sanitizer, and pets. Also, greenhouse gas emissions declined in the United States. Earlier in the pandemic ...

Creek Fire update: After four months, California’s largest single fire is 100% contained [The Fresno Bee] Dec. 25—With a positive shift in weather conditions, the Creek Fire that burned nearly 380,000 acres around Big Creek, Huntington Lake, Shaver Lake, and Mammoth Pool was declared 100% contained on Christmas Eve by fire officials with the Sierra National Forest. The Creek Fire, which started in the early evening on Sept. 4 near Big Creek, is the fourth largest wildfire and largest single source wildfire in California history. The August Complex Fire that started in Mendocino County in ...

USNI News Top Stories 2020: Marine Corps Operations December 23, 2020 11:14 AM Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Austin McBain, a fire support specialist with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, I Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) Information Group, monitors a radio during exercise Summer Fury 20 in Yuma, Ariz., on July 14, 2020. US Marine Corps Photo This post is part of a series of stories looking back at the top naval news from 2020. 2020 was a turning-point year for the Marine Corps. After previewing changes to come in his Commandant’s Planning Guidance released last year, Commandant Gen. David...

California's 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 California's 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 blaze in the state's history to burn more than 1 million acres. The California Department of Forest...