Authorities arrested a man for allegedly igniting a brush fire outside Marinwood on Tuesday. No injuries or structure damages were reported. The fire burned between the Queenstone and Ponte fire …
The official cause of the Markely Fire, allegedly set by Victor Serriteno of Vacaville, to conceal the death of a Vallejo woman? “Arson,” said CAL FIRE Battalion Chief Joseph Baldwin, …
In one of his signature songs, Johnny Cash drawls about shooting a man in Reno just to watch him die. In real life, the country star unintentionally ignited a California …
Santa Cruz Mountains residents say they are unsettled by the news that local officials are looking into arson as the potential cause of four recent fires in the area — …
BY JULIE CART | CalMatters Of all the insidious threats faced by wildland firefighters — extreme heat, desiccated forests, unpredictable fire behavior and a nearly year-round fire season — what …
Fire crews have managed to slightly widen containment of a vast and destructive arson-triggered fire that has scorched portions of four counties in Northern California, state officials said Tuesday night. …
OROVILLE — The man accused of starting the Park Fire was reportedly seen leaving Bear Hole in Chico’s upper Bidwell Park “highly intoxicated” before high-centering his car near Alligator Hole …
The second trial has begun in Marin County Superior Court for a man charged with aggravated arson for a wildfire in Northern California. Devin Lamar Johnson, 23, allegedly set the …
A federal grand jury indicted an East Bay academic on charges of firebombing a University of California police patrol vehicle in Berkeley earlier this summer, according to federal officials. Around …
By Colleen Slevin | Associated Press DENVER — A Colorado man pleaded guilty to murder charges on Friday for starting a 2020 house fire that killed five members of a …