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Castle Fire: A report on the landscape under threat (and photos too)
It's a long road ahead for us. (Teresa Benson, SNF supervisor, during an online public meeting on Sunday, September 20, for the Castle Fire) A report on the landscape SQF Complex (consists of Castle Fire and the smaller … read more
Wildfire vs. Wildlife: Fleeing the Castle Fire
Each day as the reports from the Castle Fire are released, there is always one piece of good news: First Responder Fatalities - 0 / Civilian Fatalities - 0 This could change any day as this business of wildfire is dangerous to anyone involved. And … read more
Kings Canyon National Park reopens
Kings Canyon National Park reopened to all visitors on Wednesday, September 23, 2020. This includes the park entrance station on Highway 180 into Kings Canyon, Kings Canyon Visitor Center (Grant Grove), trails, facilities, and parking areas. Kings … read more
TCSO briefing and tour: When evacuation becomes mandatory
Evacuate or not? At Friday's briefing (September 18), Mike Boudreaux addressed the gathering at the SQF Fire Incident Command Center at the Porterville Fairgrounds. The majority of what he had to say sought to define the Tulare County Sheriff's … read more
CALIFORNIA AND ITS FIRES: A climate reckoning
If you are just going to continue to pollute the water and continue to pollute the land and continue to grow polluted poisoned food, what on earth is anybody possibly thinking the end result will be? (Erin Brockovich) Human-caused climate … read more
Firefighters wage a relentless attack against the Castle Fire (with UPDATES in red)
SQF Complex (consists of Castle Fire and the smaller Shotgun Fire) Location: 12 air miles east of the town center of Three Rivers; 10 air miles west of Mineral King (Golden Trout Wilderness in Sequoia and Inyo national forests; Tulare County); … read more
Here comes autumn: That’s when fire season really begins
Fall begins on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020, in the United States and throughout the Northern Hemisphere. The autumn equinox — also known as the autumnal equinox, the fall equinox, or the September equinox — occurs when the sun moves … read more
Cherokee Oaks and other Three Rivers locales DOWNGRADED to VOLUNTARY EVACUATION
Three Rivers Neighbors: COME HOME! As of Sunday, September 20, 2020, at 2 p.m., Tulare County Sheriff's Office is downgrading some locations of Three Rivers from an EVACUATION ORDER to an EVACUATION WARNING. Here are the areas where the evacuation … read more
California burning: A list of wildfires consuming the state
Since the beginning of 2020, there have been more than 7,900 wildfires that have burned 3.5 million acres in California. Since August 15, when California’s fire activity elevated due to a spate of lightning strikes in forests that include 163,000,000 … read more
FIRE SEASON 2020: The unrelenting, destructive Castle Fire
Sequoia Complex Public Information Meeting The Sequoia Complex incident command teams will host a public information meeting on Sunday, September 20, 2020, at 4 p.m. The meeting will be broadcast via Facebook Live and will also be … read more
County of Tulare releases map of damaged, destroyed structures due to SQF Complex fire
Tulare County has released a map of properties damaged and destroyed within the SQF Complex. The map, which consists of mountain communities south of Three Rivers in the Tule River watershed, includes a list of damaged and destroyed structures … read more
