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Shuteye Peak is known for its panoramic views of the San Joaquin Valley, Mammoth Mountain, Bass Lake, and North Fork areas and is home to one of the last active fire lookouts in California. Today, Shuteye Peak operates as one of a triangle of lookouts in the Sierra National Forest's Bass Lake Ranger District with Miami Mountain and Signal Peak. [3]
The Sunswept Fire was reported by LAFD at 8:52 p.m. in the 3000 block of North Sunswept in Studio City, Los Angeles. [169] The fire began to burn a four-story home before it was extinguished by firefighters. [170] On January 9, the Creek Fire was reported at 1:51 p.m. PST near Big Tujunga Creek.
The 2020 Creek Fire was a very large wildfire in central California's Sierra National Forest, in Fresno and Madera counties. One of the most significant fires of California's record-setting 2020 wildfire season, it began on September 4, 2020, and burned 379,895 acres (153,738 ha) over several months until it was declared 100% contained on December 24, 2020.
Los Angeles and other areas in California are among the highest-risk areas for wildfires — but they're not the only ones. Many fires take place in areas where humans have overstepped into nature ...
Editor's Note: For the latest on the Palisades Fire for Jan. 8, click here for updates. A large bush fire threatens more than 25,000 homes and structures in Los Angeles as Southern California ...
The fire started about 3:30 p.m. Wednesday near the junction of Road 222 and Road 200. It is one of about a dozen fires across California that have started since Sept. 1
The Butte Fire was a rapidly moving wildfire during the 2015 California wildfire season that started on September 9 in Amador County, California. [1] The fire burned 70,868 acres (287 km 2 ). The fire started at 2:26 P.M. on Wednesday, September 9, just east of Jackson , when a tree came into contact with a power line, and quickly grew to over ...
Walter A. Starr, Jr., author of Starr’s Guide to the John Muir Trail and the High Sierra Region, fell to his death while solo-climbing the northwest face of Michael Minaret in 1933. [8] [9] Steve Fossett, an American aviator and adventurer, died in a plane crash near the Minarets in 2007. [10] Labeled photo of individual Minarets