Shasta County News

David Carle was a California State Park ranger for almost three decades. He brings his experience to a timely book: "Introduction to Fire in California" , scheduled for August publication, is one in a series of ...

Cal Fire Forester Adam Deem with Lil' Smokey, a black bear cub who suffered third-degree burns in the Moon Fire in Shasta County.

A Shasta County bear cub fighting his life after being burned by wildfire is now being treated at a South Lake Tahoe wildlife care center.

Geneva Drinkwater Toms, Cottonwood, has been a long-time member of Tehama and Shasta counties CattleWomen, and served as vice president for California CattleWomen.

Federal authorities said Sunday that 17.5 pounds of "black tar" heroin found Friday during a traffic stop near Redding probably originated in Mexico.

Shasta County authorities are still searching for the driver of a car where more than 17 pounds of tar heroin was found stashed in the bumper a day earlier.

A baby bear is recovering after suffering third-degree burns on his paws and an eye injury that were sustained during a wildfire.

Fire crews have extinguished all but 38 of the more than 2,000 blazes ignited over the past month.

Adam Deem was working on the Moon Fire Thursday when he found Little Smokey, a bear cub with burnt paws and an injured eye.

Three men with burns were taken to a hospital in Redding after calling for help near Whiskeytown Lake this week.

The sun sets behind the mountains on the North Shore Thursday evening, a smoky haze serving as an increasingly familiar background this summer.

Airmen from the 302nd Air Expeditionary Group began their 18th day of aerial firefighting support missions July 12 in a coordinated effort to control wildfires in California.

Shifting weather patterns and winds may not help firefighters battling the rekindled Camp Fire near Concow in Butte County, where an unidentified person was found dead Friday.

A Long Beach Fire Department strike team was deployed to Shasta County early Thursday, triggering concerns among some of the rank-and-file that the city may not be covered in the event of a disaster at home.

The Shasta County Bomb Squad detonated a pipe bomb on Montgomery Road in Red Bluff on Wednesday afternoon.

PARADISE An immediate threat evacuation issued for Paradise and surrounding areas by the Butte County Sheriff's Department continued Thursday, with 3,800 homes threatened and as many as 10,000 already ...

Governor Schwarzenegger requests federal help to fight wildfires A shortage of equipment and staff has contributed to the spread of fires across the state, according to frustrated fire commanders trying to ...

SACRAMENTO: Aircraft from the 302nd Air Expeditionary Group continued aerial firefighting support missions July 5 in a coordinated effort to control wildfires in California.

The Bureau of Land Management's Redding Field Office has amended its seasonal fire restrictions, adding a prohibition on target and sport shooting on BLM-managed public lands in Shasta, Tehama, Butte, Trinity ...

Hundreds of fires continue to burn throughout the state today, scorching acreage and threatening homes and businesses.