Fire Updates
Amazing Big Sur Trail Reopens For First Time Since 2008
Fire Updates, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, Reopening, Uplifting, What's Closed / What's Open Thanks to KCBS for letting us know that the popular Pfeiffer Falls Trail in Big Sur is reopening for the first time in 13 years. Save the Redwoods League and California State Parks are reopening a fully renovated Pfeiffer Falls Trail in Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park on June 18, 2021. This is the first time more...
Hot, Dry Bay Area Summer Ahead: Wildfire Season in Here
Bay Area Updates, Fire Updates By Jana Kadah, Bay City News Foundation With hotter temperatures and drier seasons, Bay Area wildfires are becoming more intense — and this upcoming fire season will likely be no different. Jonathan Cox, deputy chief of Cal Fire’s San Mateo County division, said in the past decade, each year’s wildfire season more...
Big Basin State Park Plans for Limited Reopening by Memorial Day
Bay Area Favorites, Bay Area Updates, Causes, Fire Updates, Getting Help, Healing, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, Reopening By Julie Cart – CalMatters In the annals of California history, no one has ever had to put a broken state park back together. There’s no guidebook, no rules. So now state officials and conservationists are attempting a complex and extraordinary Humpty Dumpty project: The reawakening of Big Basin Redwoods State more...
SF’s New “Floating” Fire Station Set to Open Summer 2021
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, Fire Updates, Only in San Francisco We’re closer than ever to the opening of a first-of-its-kind floating fire station on the San Francisco Bay. The new Fire Station 35, which will serve as a base for fireboats, is berthed at Pier 22½ just north of the Bay Bridge. Exterior construction on the new station was completed on April more...
SF Bar “Pacific Cocktail Haven” Damaged in Fire
Bay Area Updates, Fire Updates Oh no… Thanks to SFGate for sharing the upsetting news that San Francisco’s beloved tropical cocktail bar, “Pacific Cocktail Haven,” was ravaged by a fire early this morning, February 22, 2021. Firefighters rushed to the one-alarm fire at the bar, and were able to contain the blaze by 4 am. Thankfully, more...
Fire Breaks Out at SoMa Venue 111 Minna
Bay Area Updates, Fire Updates, Getting Help Oh no, thanks to SFGate for letting us know that beloved SoMa art gallery and venue space 111 Minna has suffered a one-alarm fire this morning, Wednesday, January 27, 2021. The San Francisco Fire Department, Local 798, reported the blaze just after 10 am this morning. BREAKING: WORKING #FIRE BEING DECLARED AT more...
SF’s Brand New Floating Fire Station
Brand New, Fire Updates, Only in San Francisco, Wow San Francisco has a new fire station that may be the first of its kind in the world as NBC Bay Area recently reported. Firestation 35’s new two-story floating fire station is berthed at Pier 22½ just north of the Bay Bridge. The new Fireboat Station 35 started to come to life more...
20-Year Wind Event Causes East Bay Parks to Close
Bay Area Updates, Fire Updates, Outdoorsy, What's Closed / What's Open Regional parks in the East Bay are closing in advance of the expected high winds for Sunday night. SF Gate reports that the wind event will likely be the biggest of the year with continual winds up to 35mph, with some gusts reaching 70mph. Take caution; the risk across the entire more...
Will Thursday End 30 Straight “Spare the Air” Days?
Fire Updates On Monday, the Air District extended the Spare the Air Alert for wildfire smoke through Wednesday, September 16. This was the 29th and 30th consecutive Spare the Air Alert called. But in looking at the current air quality (as of 5pm on Wednesday) in which most of the Bay Area air more...
SF Opens Four “Air Respite” Centers To Escape Toxic Air
Fire Updates With the “Very Unhealthy” air quality on Friday, San Francisco has opened up four “air respite centers” today from 10am to 5:30pm. Locations are at the Main Library along with the Chinatown and Mission Bay branch libraries plus the Southeast Community Center in Bayview Main Library – 100 Larkin Street at more...
Muni is Free Today (Friday, September 11th)
Fire Updates To help people have easy access to weather relief centers on a day with “very unhealthy” air quality, Muni is free on September 11, 2020. San Francisco has announced they have three “air respite centers” open on Friday from 10am to 5:30pm at the Main Library, Chinatown and Mission Bay branch more...
Toxic, Smoke-Filled Air Chokes SF & Bay Area
Fire Updates Although we figured it out just by opening our curtains and looking outside this morning, thanks to SF Gate for confirming that the air quality on Friday morning was among the worst of the entire fire season. Today’s air is considered “Very Unhealthy” throughout much of the Bay Area. Why is more...
SF’s Insane Dark Orange Skies: Day Turns to Night
Bay Area Updates, Fire Updates Well, this is weird… this morning the street lights were on and the sky burned a dark orange as if we were on the surface of Mars. Thanks to SF Gate and SF Dept. of Emergency Management for giving us the lowdown on why day turned to night and the sky more...
California Has Seen a 2,000% Increase in Fires in 2020
Fire Updates, Wow Yes, it really has been terrible this year. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection reports that as of Monday, September 7th, there is a nearly 2000% increase in the acres of burned by fire year-to-date from 2019. Read the daily wildfire update See the latest active fire incidents The “good” news more...
Five Ways You Can Help the Redwoods Recover
Community, Fire Updates There are many amazing organizations who are working hard to make sure that the parks and redwoods are here for generations to come. Here is a list compiled by the California Department of Parks and Recreation of four different organizations and five funds if you’d like to support them. Related: How to more...
