Stirling City News

STIRLING CITY, Calif. - Butte County Sheriff's investigators are probing the case of a mysterious high-end kayak found abandoned nearly two weeks ago in a remote area with no owner in sight.

An expensive kayak found on the banks of Little Kimshew Creek 11 days ago, apparently with no one around, has become the center of a growing mystery.

CAL FIRE is looking for paid volunteers to staff its lookout towers throughout the season.

If the idea of sitting high in the sky above Butte County sounds enticing, Cal Fire-Butte County may have the perfect opportunity for you.

A survey of ridge residents found that nearly two-thirds of respondents said it was important to live in a diverse community.

As many as 12 new fires, eight on the Cohasset ridge alone, may have been started by early morning lightning strikes.

With California wildfires ravaging the state and millions of dollars being poured into firefighting efforts, one California legislator thinks she has a solution to help fund future protection and prevention ...

Firefighters make progress on the Camp Fire bringing containment up to 55 percent while downgrading Ridge evacuations.

Capt. Greg Geide from the San Rafael Fire Dept watches the Pit Fire from a vantage point along Highway 70 on Sunday.

That means while there is no immediate danger, a threatening situation could develop quickly.

The Butte County Sheriff's Office is reinstaing a precautionary evacuation advisory for the community of Jonesville because of northerly winds in the Cub Creek area.

Firefighters are keeping with their full containment goal of July 14 for fires in the Butte Lightning Complex with the help of more forces and the weather.

With hundreds of wildfires raging across remote, rugged parts of California for a second week, fire officials have been forced to strategically choose which to fight and which to leave to burn for weeks or even ...

Air power came to the Ridge on Tuesday as 11 helicopters pounded the Empire/West fire in hopes of containing the blaze, which is now expected by Thursday.

According to CAL FIRE Capt. Scott McLean little has changed since today's 8 a.m. update.

Fire officials expect containment on two fires today, helped by unchanging overnight conditions and continual attention.

Cal Fire official Todd Tindill hikes down a hill where crews were cutting a fire line off P-Line Road near Stirling City on Monday.

According to CAL FIRE Spokeswoman Julie Hutchinson said a campfire in the Rock Creek and Pulga area jumped the Feather River along Highway 70 but there are no threats or additional evacuations issued.

As of 5 p.m. there has not been any significant change in the lightning complex that is burning in Butte County.

The inversion layer that's been slowing the spread of the lightning fires in the foothills began to break down Friday, allowing several of the blazes to grow.